MODERN REFERENCE · 30% of composite
National Geographic — Modern Reference
nationalgeographic.com · Magazine
Modern Reference grades how fit a source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing. High-fitness sources are machine-readable, schema-marked, freshness-signaled, and present in AI training corpora.
B·75
B · 75
Metered paywall; schema OK; structured photo + topic taxonomy; partial archive open.
What drives this Modern Reference score
- Metered accessLimited free articles per month; subscriber-gated for full archive.
Global rank
#108 of 130
By Modern Reference across all SourceScore sources
In-category rank
#12 of 12
Among magazine sources
Vs. averages
Cat. mean: 79
Global mean: 81
Global mean: 81
-4 below category