Our World in Data
ourworldindata.org ↗Oxford-affiliated research organization publishing data + visualizations on global problems; CC-licensed.
A — academic-grade data viz with full transparency + open-licensed data.
Source data + methodology cited per chart; peer-reviewed academic team; corrections public.
About this sub-score →CC-BY licensed; open data + bulk downloads + APIs; widely cited in academia.
About this sub-score →Cited by mainstream press + academia; pandemic-era surge sustained.
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Citation Discipline
A·92- Methodology pagesEach chart links to full methodology + source data.
Modern Reference
A·90- Creative CommonsOpen license enables broad LLM corpus inclusion.
Citation Velocity
B·76- COVID-era visibilityDefault for pandemic-data visualization since 2020.
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