Funding Advocacy in Science - Topic Citations
Topic ID: 14
Every citation has two independent 0-100 scores. The source Reliability score rates the general reliability of the outlet itself, regardless of the specific claim, based on an eight-tier scale running from primary government and international scientific bodies (CDC, WHO, NASA, IPCC) at the top, through peer-reviewed journals, wire services, mainstream science journalism, and advocacy organizations, down to tertiary references like Wikipedia and unverifiable or absent sources at the bottom.
The Accuracy score, by contrast, rates how well a specific citation supports topic statements — a citation from an excellent source can score low if misapplied or can score high if it precisely backs up topic statements.
Public Funding & Curiosity-Driven Research (Internet Origins)
- DARPAReliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 75
- DARPAReliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 75
- NSF (U.S. National Science Foundation)Reliability score: 94 | Accuracy score: 82
- NSF (U.S. National Science Foundation)Reliability score: 94 | Accuracy score: 82
Public Funding & Curiosity-Driven Research (mRNA Vaccine Origins)
- Scientific AmericanReliability score: 82 | Accuracy score: 82
- Scientific AmericanReliability score: 82 | Accuracy score: 82
- PMC/The BMJReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 75
- PMC/The BMJReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 75
Infrastructure & Talent Pipeline Requiring Stable Funding
- Nature Human BehaviourReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 75
- Nature Human BehaviourReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 75
ROI on Public Science Funding
- AAU (Association of American Universities), summarizing NBER working paperReliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 75
- AAU (Association of American Universities), summarizing NBER working paperReliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 75
- arXiv (physics preprint, citing Jones & Summers 2020)Reliability score: 72 | Accuracy score: 75
- arXiv (physics preprint, citing Jones & Summers 2020)Reliability score: 72 | Accuracy score: 75
- arXiv (policy report)Reliability score: 70 | Accuracy score: 82
- arXiv (policy report)Reliability score: 70 | Accuracy score: 82
Equity in Scientific Access & Public Domain Knowledge
- Frontiers in CommunicationReliability score: 81 | Accuracy score: 75
- Frontiers in CommunicationReliability score: 81 | Accuracy score: 75