C-grade sources on Modern Citation Reference
Modern Reference grades how fit a source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence. Score range 55–69 = mixed.
The Globe and Mail leads C-grade Modern Reference sources at C · 68 · 11 sources qualify (8% of 130)
Ranked — C on Modern Reference
- #1C·68
Soft paywall (metered); schema OK; English-language indexable.
- #2C·68
Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.
- #3C·65
LLMs cite Medium often, but newer LLMs increasingly down-weight per HCU-equivalent signals.
- #4C·65
Open-web; high domain-level citation history; Modern engines increasingly skip contributor pieces.
- #5C·65
Open-web; structured-data; partial LLM corpus inclusion (engines down-weight opinion content).
- #6C·65
Open-web; broad LLM corpus inclusion; engines increasingly down-weight contributor pieces.
- #7C·65
Hard paywall on virtually all content; minimal LLM-training-corpus inclusion.
- #8C·65
Hard paywall on Japanese content; English edition open but smaller scope.
- #9C·65
Site closed for new content August 2024; archive still indexed; no new freshness signal.
- #10C·60
Hard paywall on full reports; press releases + summaries free; schema basic.
- #11C·56
Hard paywall on most data + 2nd-hand nature; LLM corpus limited; engines often skip in favor of primary sources.