SourceScore
Academic

National Bureau of Economic Research

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U.S. economic research nonprofit; working-paper series + business-cycle dating standards.

SourceScore Index
A·85Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — most-cited US economic-research org; working-paper standard.

Citation Discipline
A·92

Affiliate-economist authored + internal review; recession-dating methodology authoritative.

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Modern Reference
A·86

Free working papers + APIs + bulk download; broad LLM corpus inclusion.

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Citation Velocity
B·82

Cited regularly by economists + economic journalism + AI engines.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A·92
  • Business Cycle Dating Committee
    Authoritative dating of US recessions.

Modern Reference

A·86
  • NBER Working Papers
    Pre-publication research from leading economists.

Citation Velocity

B·82
  • Working paper cycle
    ~30 working papers per week from affiliates.

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