SourceScore
B TIER · BY DISCIPLINE · 59 sources

B-tier sources by Citation Discipline

The same 59 sources that hold composite SourceScore B (70–84) re-ranked by Citation Discipline only. Foreign Affairs takes the top position at A · 92.

Biggest mover

LWN.net jumps 31 positions in the Discipline ranking vs the composite — punches above weight on Citation Discipline.

Discipline mean
84
Average Discipline across these 59 sources
Composite mean
79
Average SourceScore Index across the same sources
Δ vs composite
+5
These B-tier sources score higher on Discipline
Same tier, different signal
Composite Index (default)By Modern ReferenceBy Velocity
  1. 1
    Foreign Affairsforeignaffairs.com↑3

    Bimonthly international-relations magazine published by Council on Foreign Relations since 1922.

    Discipline A · 92·Index B · 83
    A·92
  2. 2
    BMJ Best Practicebestpractice.bmj.com↑29

    BMJ's clinical-decision-support tool; evidence-based, continuously-updated clinical guidance.

    Discipline A · 92·Index B · 79
    A·92
  3. 3
    eLifeelifesciences.org↑3

    Open-access peer-reviewed life-sciences journal; transparent peer-review (reviewer notes published).

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 83
    A·90
  4. 4
    The New Yorkernewyorker.com↑12

    U.S. weekly magazine since 1925; long-form journalism + cultural criticism + named-author byline tradition.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 82
    A·90
  5. 5
    The New York Times Magazinenytimes.com/section/magazine↑2

    Sunday long-form companion to NYT; investigative + cultural features with named-author byline.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 83
    A·90
  6. 6
    RAND Corporationrand.org↑2

    Nonprofit policy research org; defense + health + education research since 1948.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 83
    A·90
  7. 7
    KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)kff.org↓5

    Nonprofit health policy + journalism org; primary-source health-policy data + KFF Health News.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 84
    A·90
  8. 8
    London Review of Bookslrb.co.uk↑2

    Bi-weekly UK literary + cultural review since 1979; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 83
    A·90
  9. 9
    The New York Review of Booksnybooks.com↑2

    U.S. literary + intellectual review since 1963; named-byline tradition + long-form essays.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 83
    A·90
  10. 10
    MIT CSAILcsail.mit.edu↑11

    MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; flagship academic CS research lab.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 82
    A·90
  11. 11
    LWN.netlwn.net↑31

    Linux + open-source technical journalism since 1998; deep technical depth + named-author bylines.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 78
    A·90
  12. 12
    JSTORjstor.org↑10

    Academic journal database since 1995; primary archive for humanities + social-science research.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 82
    A·90
  13. 13
    Statistics Canadastatcan.gc.ca↑10

    Canada's national statistical agency, founded 1971; primary source for Canadian economic + demographic data.

    Discipline A · 90·Index B · 82
    A·90
  14. 14
    Financial Timesft.com↓13

    British business + economics daily; rigorous editorial process; pink-paper standard for finance reporting.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 84
    A·88
  15. 15
    STAT Newsstatnews.com

    Health + biotech newsroom; founded 2015; specialist medical journalism with editorial discipline.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 82
    A·88
  16. 16
    404 Media404media.co↑20

    Independent journalism collective focused on tech + internet investigations; founded 2023.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 78
    A·88
  17. 17
    The Informationtheinformation.com↑23

    Subscription-only tech business news brand; investigative reporting on private companies + tech industry.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 78
    A·88
  18. 18
    The Conversationtheconversation.com

    Academic-journalism collaboration; articles authored by academics + edited by journalists; CC-BY-ND.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 82
    A·88
  19. 19
    Brookings Institutionbrookings.edu↓10

    U.S. policy research think tank; centrist credibility + public-policy research since 1916.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 83
    A·88
  20. 20
    Council on Foreign Relationscfr.org↓1

    U.S. foreign-policy think tank; publishes Foreign Affairs + research on international issues since 1921.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 82
    A·88
  21. 21
    Google DeepMind Researchdeepmind.google↓9

    AI research lab; flagship publications across reinforcement learning + biology + games + foundation models.

    Discipline A · 88·Index B · 83
    A·88
  22. 22
    Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com↓19

    Business + finance newsroom feeding the Bloomberg Terminal; broad data infrastructure + global beat coverage.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 83
    A·86
  23. 23
    Semantic Scholarsemanticscholar.org↓18

    AI-powered academic search engine by Allen Institute for AI; ~200M+ papers indexed.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 83
    A·86
  24. 24
    MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com

    Magazine of MIT covering technology + emerging-tech analysis; named-author byline + editorial standards.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 81
    A·86
  25. 25
    Semaforsemafor.com↑23

    Global news brand founded 2022; structured 'Semaform' format separating reporting + analysis.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 76
    A·86
  26. 26
    The Atlantictheatlantic.com↓1

    U.S. literary + commentary magazine since 1857; long-form essays + investigative journalism.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 81
    A·86
  27. 27
    Harvard Business Reviewhbr.org↑2

    Business management + leadership magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing since 1922.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 80
    A·86
  28. 28
    Bloomberg Businessweekbloomberg.com/businessweek↓2

    Bloomberg's business magazine since 1929; long-form business + finance journalism.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 81
    A·86
  29. 29
    Anthropic Researchanthropic.com↓9

    AI safety research lab publishing technical papers + safety research + Claude model documentation.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 82
    A·86
  30. 30
    Cleveland Clinicmy.clevelandclinic.org↓17

    US tier-1 academic medical center; comprehensive patient-info + Health Library since 1921.

    Discipline A · 86·Index B · 83
    A·86
  31. 31
    Der Spiegelspiegel.de↑12

    Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.

    Discipline A · 85·Index B · 78
    A·85
  32. 32
    NPRnpr.org↓4

    U.S. nonprofit public-radio newsroom; broad daily news coverage with editorial guidelines + ombudsman model.

    Discipline B · 84·Index B · 80
    B·84
  33. 33
    PLOS ONEjournals.plos.org↑4

    Open-access multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published by Public Library of Science.

    Discipline B · 84·Index B · 78
    B·84
  34. 34
    BBC Research & Developmentbbc.co.uk/rd↑5

    BBC's research division publishing peer-reviewed-style technical papers + open-source projects.

    Discipline B · 84·Index B · 78
    B·84
  35. 35
    Aeonaeon.co↑6

    Online magazine for long-form essays on philosophy, science, society; CC-BY-ND licensed.

    Discipline B · 84·Index B · 78
    B·84
  36. 36
    Le Mondelemonde.fr↑9

    France's paper of record since 1944, with English edition (lemonde.fr/en/) widely cited.

    Discipline B · 84·Index B · 77
    B·84
  37. 37
    Axios Proaxios.com/pro↑12

    Axios's professional-tier specialist newsletters covering deals + policy + niches.

    Discipline B · 82·Index B · 76
    B·82
  38. 38
    The Times (UK)thetimes.co.uk↑15

    UK paper of record since 1785, hard-paywalled, owned by News UK (News Corp).

    Discipline B · 82·Index B · 74
    B·82
  39. 39
    The Globe and Mailtheglobeandmail.com↑15

    Canada's national paper since 1844, broadsheet of record for business + politics.

    Discipline B · 82·Index B · 74
    B·82
  40. 40
    National Geographicnationalgeographic.com↓8

    Long-form science, exploration, photojournalism since 1888; National Geographic Society heritage.

    Discipline B · 82·Index B · 79
    B·82
  41. 41
    BBC Newsbbc.com↓27

    UK public broadcaster with editorial guidelines + corrections discipline; vast topic + language coverage.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 82
    B·80
  42. 42
    Politicopolitico.com↓7

    U.S. + EU political journalism site; daily coverage with strong source-network in Washington + Brussels.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 78
    B·80
  43. 43
    Axiosaxios.com↓5

    U.S. news brand emphasizing 'smart brevity'; political + business + tech beat coverage since 2017.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 78
    B·80
  44. 44
    Zillow Researchzillow.com/research↑12

    Zillow's research arm publishing primary-source housing market data + research.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 73
    B·80
  45. 45
    Hugging Facehuggingface.co↓18

    AI/ML model + dataset hub; open-source community for transformers + ML research.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 81
    B·80
  46. 46
    OpenAI Researchopenai.com↓16

    AI research lab publishing technical papers + GPT model documentation + safety research.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 80
    B·80
  47. 47
    Asahi Shimbunasahi.com↑12

    Japan's tier-1 daily since 1879; English edition asahi.com/ajw partial open access.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 71
    B·80
  48. 48
    El Paíselpais.com↑7

    Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 74
    B·80
  49. 49
    Smithsonian Magazinesmithsonianmag.com↓5

    Smithsonian Institution's magazine since 1970; long-form science, history, culture.

    Discipline B · 80·Index B · 78
    B·80
  50. 50
    Ars Technicaarstechnica.com↓4

    Long-form technical journalism since 1998; deep-dive tech reporting + named-author byline accountability.

    Discipline B · 78·Index B · 76
    B·78
  51. 51
    Wiredwired.com↓4

    Tech + culture magazine since 1993; long-form tech reporting + named contributor bylines.

    Discipline B · 78·Index B · 76
    B·78
  52. 52
    Al Jazeera Englishaljazeera.com↓18

    Qatari international news network; English edition since 2006; Middle East + global beat coverage.

    Discipline B · 78·Index B · 78
    B·78
  53. 53
    GitHubgithub.com↓36

    Developer collaboration platform; primary host for open-source code + CI workflows.

    Discipline B · 78·Index B · 82
    B·78
  54. 54
    South China Morning Postscmp.com↓4

    Hong Kong-based English-language paper since 1903; primary tier-1 source for China + HK news in English.

    Discipline B · 78·Index B · 75
    B·78
  55. 55
    The Economisteconomist.com↓22

    British weekly known for explanatory rigor on economics + politics; named-author byline absent by editorial policy.

    Discipline B · 71·Index B · 78
    B·71
  56. 56
    Stack Overflowstackoverflow.com↓4

    Q&A platform for software engineers since 2008; community-voted answers with content moderation.

    Discipline B · 70·Index B · 74
    B·70
  57. 57
    McKinsey Insightsmckinsey.com↓6

    McKinsey & Company's research arm; widely cited in business press despite client-conflict caveats.

    Discipline B · 70·Index B · 75
    B·70
  58. 58
    BCG Insightsbcg.com↓1

    Boston Consulting Group's publications; strategy-research authority since 1963.

    Discipline B · 70·Index B · 73
    B·70
  59. 59
    Stratecherystratechery.com↓1

    Ben Thompson's tech-strategy analysis newsletter since 2013; widely cited despite single-author format.

    Discipline C · 65·Index B · 73
    C·65

Why this ranking is different

The composite SourceScore Index averages all three sub-scores — Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, and Citation Velocity. This page surfaces the SAME composite-B sources but ranks ONLY by Citation Discipline. Sources can hold the same composite grade with very different sub-score profiles — this view reveals the ranking that emerges when one dimension is the only signal.

Use this view when citation discipline is the decision-relevant signal for your citation. The composite Index is the safer default; this dim-faceted view is the precision lens.