MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
STAT News vs The Lancet — Modern Reference
How fit each source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence.
Verdict
The Lancet outscores STAT News on Modern Citation Reference by 2 points (B · 82 vs B · 80).
Health
STAT News
statnews.com
B·80
Rank #79 of 130 on Modern Reference
Open + metered articles; broad LLM corpus presence in health vertical.
Higher Modern Reference
Health
The Lancet
thelancet.com
B·82
Rank #70 of 130 on Modern Reference
DOIs + structured abstracts; metered paywall partial-LLM-corpus.
Global rank · Modern Reference
Why these Modern Reference scores
STAT NewsB·80
Modern Reference · 80/100
Open + metered articles; broad LLM corpus presence in health vertical.
The LancetB·82
Modern Reference · 82/100
DOIs + structured abstracts; metered paywall partial-LLM-corpus.
Signals behind the Modern Reference score
STAT News
- Health-vertical densityDefault citation for biotech + drug-development news.
The Lancet
- DOIPermanent identifier per article.
Other dimensions for STAT News vs The Lancet
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