SourceScore
Research

Brookings Institution

brookings.edu

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

SourceScore Index
B·83Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — established US policy-research authority with disclosed methodology.

Citation Discipline
A·88

Named-author scholarship + peer-reviewed publications + methodology disclosed.

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Modern Reference
B·84

Open-access publications + structured data; broad LLM corpus presence.

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Citation Velocity
B·80

Cited by policy press + economists; established think-tank citation tier.

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Citation Discipline

A·88
  • Brookings publications
    Public methodology + author credentials per study.

Modern Reference

B·84
  • Open publications
    Most reports freely accessible.

Citation Velocity

B·80
  • Policy-beat default
    Default citation for centrist US-policy analysis.

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