Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Science
The 20 closest scientific journal publishing alternatives to Science, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Science? The closest matches are Nature, EurekAlert! and pnas.org. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
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01 · Entity
About Science
Science science.org
Wikidata: academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Summary by Claude
Website of Science, the weekly peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, publishing original research, reviews, science news and commentary, along with its sister journals.
- Who it’s for
- Scientists, researchers, academics and science readers
- Business model
- Subscriptions, institutional licensing, membership and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Science’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Science
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Science, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read science.org’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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Nature
First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.
Very close cos 0.938 - 02
EurekAlert! Science News Releases
EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apache HTTP Server
- Font Awesome
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Fonts
Very close cos 0.930 - 03
academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences
Very close cos 0.928 - 04
Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Very close cos 0.926 - 05
Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
- Google Search Console
- Amazon CloudFront
- GlobalSign
- Google Tag Manager
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.925 - 06
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.919 - 07
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.915 - 08
peer-reviewed medical journal
Very close cos 0.912 - 09
ScienceDirect
journal
Very close cos 0.912 - 10 Very close cos 0.904
- 11
Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872
Awe-inspiring science reporting, technology news, and DIY projects. Skunks to space robots, primates to climates. That's Popular Science, for over 150 years strong.
Very close cos 0.905 - 12
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.907 - 13
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close cos 0.906 - 14
peer-reviewed medical journal
Very close cos 0.902 - 15
Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.
Very close cos 0.903 - 16
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.905 - 17
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close cos 0.904 - 18
Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology
Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations
- Google Search Console
- Apache HTTP Server
- Google Ad Manager
- Google AdSense
- Google Analytics
- Meta Business Suite
Very close cos 0.901 - 19
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.
Very close cos 0.902 - 20
Medical News | Medical Articles
Medical News and articles you can trust from around the world. All content is written and reviewed by qualified health, medical and scientific experts.
Very close cos 0.902
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to science.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Science uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Science is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630879ee8662da-HAM
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=kOrRR8Wac1GleusKP0_rQEHEjg-3aSNn9Dm_KCJGblg
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Science adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- GlobalSign · not on science.org 10/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on science.org 9/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on science.org 9/20
- Google Workspace · not on science.org 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on science.org 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on science.org 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on science.org 7/20
- Adobe · not on science.org 6/20
- OneTrust · not on science.org 6/20
- OpenAI · not on science.org 6/20
- Atlassian · not on science.org 5/20
- Fastly · not on science.org 5/20
- Mailchimp · not on science.org 5/20
- Google Fonts · not on science.org 5/20