B-grade sources on Citation Velocity
Citation Velocity tracks how often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite a source per week — the most volatile sub-score. Score range 70–84 = solid.
Associated Press leads B-grade Velocity sources at B · 84 · 88 sources qualify (68% of 130)
Ranked — B on Velocity
- #1B·84
Cited daily by downstream outlets; AI engines pull AP regularly for breaking news.
- #2B·84
Cited daily by global outlets + AI engines; strong international beat coverage.
- #3B·84
Cited daily by international press + economists; default for development-economics claims.
- #4B·84
Cited daily by developer queries + AI engines; default for code-citation.
- #5B·82
Cited heavily by global news + AI engines; strong UK-domain authority.
- #6B·82
Cited regularly by international press + economists; spring + fall WEO releases drive cycles.
- #7B·82
Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets DC political news cycle.
- #8B·82
Cited regularly by education + culture press + UN agencies.
- #9B·82
Cited regularly by economists + economic journalism + AI engines.
- #10B·82
Cited by science press + AI engines; major mission events drive same-day citation.
- #11B·82
Default EU economic + social-statistic citation across European press + academic papers.
- #12B·82
Heavy health-information citation; secondary to Mayo Clinic in tier-1 retrieval frequency.
- #13B·81
Cited daily by clinicians + AI engines for medical queries; landmark-trial citations spike.
- #14B·80
Cited by other academic papers + science journalism; lower volume than wire news but high-trust per cite.
- #15B·80
Cited by science journalism + research; lower volume but high per-cite trust.
- #16B·80
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.
- #17B·80
Massive daily output + cable-broadcast amplification; cited often within US conservative-media network.
- #18B·80
Cited daily by clinicians + medical journalism; pandemic-era surge sustained.
- #19B·80
Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets daily DC + business agenda.
- #20B·80
Cited daily by other US outlets; major essays drive national conversation.
- #21B·80
Cited weekly + on major investigative drops; cultural-conversation setting.
- #22B·80
Cited weekly; major features drive same-week conversation.
- #23B·80
Cited weekly by business press; major investigations drive same-week conversation.
- #24B·80
Cited by policy press + economists; established think-tank citation tier.
- #25B·80
Cited by science press + academics; specialist science journalism authority.
- #26B·80
Cited by literary + cultural press + academics; bi-weekly cadence.
- #27B·80
Cited by literary + cultural press + academics globally.
- #28B·80
Cited by CS research + tech press; specialist academic authority.
- #29B·80
Heavy academic citation; less in news + AI-engine retrieval due to access gates.
- #30B·80
Default UK economic + demographic citation; heavy media + academic use.
- #31B·80
Default citation for cross-industry trend analysis in business press.
- #32B·80
Default IT-industry citation; cited by every major tech vendor + IT press.
- #33B·80
Default philosophy reference in academic + AI-engine retrieval; cross-cited in humanities.
- #34B·80
Default science + nature press citation; heavy AI-engine retrieval for long-tail biology + geography.
- #35B·78
Weekly print + daily online; cited heavily in finance and policy discourse.
- #36B·78
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.
- #37B·78
Multiple posts per day; cited rapidly within tech blogosphere + Twitter/X.
- #38B·78
Cited often as second-opinion to Wikipedia; trusted in journalism + research; lower volume than wire news.
- #39B·78
Cited heavily within medical journalism + biotech investing; AI engines surface for biomedical news.
- #40B·78
Cited daily by news + academia for survey data; default for US public-opinion claims.
- #41B·78
Cited daily on Middle East + global-South coverage; AI engines surface for regional-news queries.
- #42B·78
Cited heavily within medical journalism + investigative health reporting.
- #43B·78
Cited daily by health journalism + AI engines; default for U.S. health-policy claims.
- #44B·78
Cited daily by tech queries + AI engines; default for code questions.
- #45B·78
Cited by international-affairs press; specialist foreign-policy citation.
- #46B·78
Default US GDP citation in financial press; heavy academic + policy use.
- #47B·78
Default tech-discovery channel; tier-1 tech-press monitor HN front page daily.
- #48B·78
Default tech-strategy citation; heavy cross-cite in business + tech press.
- #49B·76
Cited by other US news outlets + cited as authoritative on US-policy beats.
- #50B·76
Cited heavily in international-affairs discourse; lower volume than daily news.
- #51B·76
Cited by mainstream press + academia; pandemic-era surge sustained.
- #52B·76
Cited within tech + science journalism; lower volume than wire news but higher per-cite depth.
- #53B·76
High daily output across news + lifestyle + politics; cited within US news ecosystem.
- #54B·76
Cited by policy press + academia; defense + health beats heaviest.
- #55B·76
Cited within business + management discourse; weekly cadence.
- #56B·76
Cited within tech-business journalism + venture circles; specialist authority.
- #57B·76
Cited by AI research + tech press globally; major model releases drive cycles.
- #58B·76
Cited by AI research + biology + games press; landmark publications drive cycles.
- #59B·76
Heavily cited in DACH press; regular tier-1 English-press citation.
- #60B·76
Default English-language citation for HK / China news in tier-1 press.
- #61B·75
Multiple posts per day, cited rapidly by tech blogs + Twitter/X.
- #62B·75
Tier-1 in francophone retrieval, regularly cited by tier-1 English press.
- #63B·75
Tier-1 UK citation; regularly referenced by other Anglosphere press.
- #64B·75
Heavy clinician citation; less surfaced in AI engines due to access gate.
- #65B·75
Heavy business-press citation; secondary to McKinsey in cross-industry coverage frequency.
- #66B·75
Regular cross-cite in science + history press; AI-engine retrieval for long-tail history queries.
- #67B·72
Massive output + UK + US editions; cited often in entertainment + celebrity coverage but rarely as factual source.
- #68B·72
Cited within academic + AI research; lower volume than DOI/PubMed but high-quality.
- #69B·72
Cited within life-sciences research; lower volume than NEJM/Lancet but high open-access reach.
- #70B·72
Cited regularly by mainstream press as second-opinion source; specialist + academic citation.
- #71B·72
Cited within AI research + tech press; growing share of citation in AI/safety space.
- #72B·72
Cited within CS research + tech press; specialist academic citation.
- #73B·72
Default Spanish-language tier-1; regular cross-citation in international press.
- #74B·72
Default citation for Canadian statistics; lower international cross-cite vs G7 peers.
- #75B·70
Hundreds of posts per day across topics; high cite-volume but lower per-cite trust.
- #76B·70
Modest daily output; cited heavily within tech but not by general news.
- #77B·70
High volume across staff + contributors; daily citation by other business news outlets.
- #78B·70
Daily output across tech + culture; cited within tech blogosphere + AI engines.
- #79B·70
Cited within tech journalism; specialist citation rather than mass volume.
- #80B·70
High volume but per-paper citation lower than top-tier; mass-base of academic citations.
- #81B·70
Cited within international + media-industry coverage; volume building since 2022 launch.
- #82B·70
Cited within media-tech research; specialist citation rather than mass volume.
- #83B·70
Cited by real-estate journalism + economists; corporate-source caveat.
- #84B·70
Cited within deal + policy verticals; specialist citation rather than mass.
- #85B·70
Cited within AI research + tech press; growing share.
- #86B·70
Cited within philosophy + culture discourse; specialist long-form authority.
- #87B·70
Cited within Linux + open-source community; specialist technical citation.
- #88B·70
Tier-1 Canadian citation; regular tier-1 English press cross-cite.