Sources at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's tier
The 5 sources closest to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (A · 89) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.
The 5 closest peers
- 1A·89
Open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science; ~2.4M papers since 1991.
Discipline B · 78(-18)Modern Reference A+ · 95(+5)Velocity A · 93(+13) - 2A·89
Top biology journal since 1974, published by Elsevier (Cell Press); the default citation in molecular biology.
Discipline A+ · 96Modern Reference B · 78(-12)Velocity A · 90(+10) - 3A·89
Global wire service with mandatory two-source verification and machine-readable archives since 1851.
Discipline A · 91(-5)Modern Reference A · 88(-2)Velocity A · 89(+9) - 4A·89
U.N. agency for international public health; primary-source global health data + policy.
Discipline A · 90(-6)Modern Reference A · 88(-2)Velocity A · 89(+9) - 5A·89
International organization for trade rules + trade-statistics; primary source for trade-policy data.
Discipline A · 92(-4)Modern Reference A · 88(-2)Velocity A · 86(+6)
How we picked these peers
Peers are the 5 sources with the smallest absolute distance to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on the composite SourceScore Index, across all reference and non-reference sources. Distance is computed as |peer Index − Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Index|. Ties are broken by higher Index first, then alphabetical by name.
Distinct from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's curated comparator hub, which lists hand-selected head-to-head pairs. Peers is auto-computed from the score data — every source has one, and it surfaces neighbors regardless of editorial selection.