A+-grade sources on Citation Discipline
Citation Discipline measures how rigorously a source backs each factual claim with verifiable evidence. Score range 95–100 = exceptional.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leads A+-grade Discipline sources at A+ · 98 · 26 sources qualify (20% of 130)
Ranked — A+ on Discipline
- #1A+·98
Filings are sworn legal documents under oath; perjury liability for false statements.
- #2A+·96
Inline citations required by editorial policy on every factual claim; uncited claims tagged within hours.
- #3A+·96
Indexes peer-reviewed literature only; MeSH controlled-vocabulary tagging maintained by NLM staff.
- #4A+·96
Rigorous peer-review; clinical-trial registration mandatory; data disclosure standards.
- #5A+·96
Statutory regulator with peer-reviewed approvals + safety-monitoring methodology.
- #6A+·96
Statutory peer-review on policy decisions; methodology + data disclosed; minutes published.
- #7A+·96
Peer-reviewed scientific publications + open-access policy + methodology rigorous.
- #8A+·96
Peer-review across ACM journals + conferences (SIGGRAPH, CHI, etc.); methodology rigorous.
- #9A+·96
Peer-reviewed by NAS members; rigorous review across all sciences; corrections + retractions public.
- #10A+·96
Rigorous peer review; high rejection rate; corrections + retractions public; methodology required.
- #11A+·96
Methodology-mandatory systematic reviews; transparent inclusion criteria; multi-author review.
- #12A+·96
Every entry peer-reviewed by domain experts; updates tracked via versioning; bibliography per entry.
- #13A+·95
Peer-review enforced; data + code disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.
- #14A+·95
Federally-funded research subject to grant + ethics oversight; ClinicalTrials.gov registration required for human studies.
- #15A+·95
Methodology + raw data published alongside most stories; fact-checked; corrections public.
- #16A+·95
Peer-review enforced; data + code disclosure increasingly mandatory; retractions public.
- #17A+·95
Statutory data collection under Title 13; methodology + microdata published with every release.
- #18A+·95
Methodology documented per data series; sample sizes + revision practices public.
- #19A+·95
Peer-review enforced; methodology + data disclosure increasingly mandatory; retraction watch active.
- #20A+·95
Methodology + data quality documented per dataset; peer-reviewed climate research.
- #21A+·95
Surveillance + outbreak data subject to peer-review + ethics oversight; MMWR is the standard.
- #22A+·95
Statutory examination process; granted patents undergo legal review; TM database authoritative.
- #23A+·95
Strict peer-review + ICMJE compliance + clinical-trial registration mandatory.
- #24A+·95
Statutory peer-review on monetary decisions; staff projections + methodology public.
- #25A+·95
Peer-reviewed publications + methodology disclosed; long-standing scientific reputation.
- #26A+·95
Multi-stage review across thousands of expert + government reviewers; methodology + uncertainty explicit.