VELOCITY · GRADE C · 55–69 · 4 sources
C-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 55–69 = mixed.
Top of grade
Asahi Shimbun leads C-grade Velocity sources at C · 68 · 4 sources qualify (3% of 130)
Mean in grade
66
Average Velocity score among the 4 C-grade sources
Global mean
81
Average Velocity across all 130 sources
Share of dataset
3%
4 of 130 sources earn C on Velocity
Ranked — C on Velocity
- #1C·68
Tier-1 in Japanese-language retrieval; lower in English LLM-engine citations.
- #2C·65
Cited often in pop-culture coverage; weak in fact-checked domains.
- #3C·65
Cited often in business-school + presentation contexts; less by AI engines (engines prefer primary sources).
- #4C·65
Declining velocity since closure; archive citations stable for legacy hardware research.