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U.S. Geological Survey

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Federal scientific agency for earth sciences; primary source for geology + hydrology + earthquake data.

SourceScore Index
A·91Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A+ — federal scientific authority for earth sciences; default for geological citations.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Peer-reviewed publications + methodology disclosed; long-standing scientific reputation.

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Modern Reference
A·90

Earthquake catalog + hydrologic data + APIs; broad LLM scientific corpus.

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Citation Velocity
A·86

Cited regularly by science journalism + emergency response (earthquake reports real-time).

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • USGS Publications Warehouse
    Full-text peer-reviewed reports archive.

Modern Reference

A·90
  • USGS APIs
    Free public APIs for earthquakes, water data, etc.

Citation Velocity

A·86
  • Earthquake feed
    Real-time earthquake notifications globally cited.

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