SourceScore
PEERS · 5 CLOSEST · WORLD BANK

Sources at World Bank's tier

The 5 sources closest to World Bank (A · 88) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.

Reference
World Bank
worldbank.org · Government
Disc A · 90·Mod-Ref A · 90·Vel B · 84
A·88
Discipline leader
Cell
A+ · 96+6 vs you
Modern Reference leader
arXiv
A+ · 95+5 vs you
Velocity leader
arXiv
A · 93+9 vs you
Peer-group means (excluding World Bank)
Index
89
+1 vs you
Discipline
89
-1 vs you
Modern Reference
87
-3 vs you
Velocity
89
+5 vs you

The 5 closest peers

  1. 1
    Eurostatec.europa.eu/eurostatGovernment

    EU statistical office providing harmonized data across all 27 member states + candidate countries.

    Discipline A · 92(+2)Modern Reference A · 90Velocity B · 82(-2)
    A·88
  2. 2
    The New York Timesnytimes.comNews

    U.S. national newspaper of record, founded 1851. Pulitzer Prize record + investigative depth + structured-data-rich web platform.

    Discipline A · 88(-2)Modern Reference B · 82(-8)Velocity A · 92(+8)
    A·88
  3. 3
    arXivarxiv.orgAcademic+1

    Open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science; ~2.4M papers since 1991.

    Discipline B · 78(-12)Modern Reference A+ · 95(+5)Velocity A · 93(+9)
    A·89
  4. 4
    Cellcell.comAcademic+1

    Top biology journal since 1974, published by Elsevier (Cell Press); the default citation in molecular biology.

    Discipline A+ · 96(+6)Modern Reference B · 78(-12)Velocity A · 90(+6)
    A·89
  5. 5
    Reutersreuters.comNews+1

    Global wire service with mandatory two-source verification and machine-readable archives since 1851.

    Discipline A · 91(+1)Modern Reference A · 88(-2)Velocity A · 89(+5)
    A·89

How we picked these peers

Peers are the 5 sources with the smallest absolute distance to World Bank on the composite SourceScore Index, across all government and non-government sources. Distance is computed as |peer Index − World Bank Index|. Ties are broken by higher Index first, then alphabetical by name.

Distinct from World Bank'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.