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.

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01 · Entity

About Science

Science science.org

Wikidata: academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Top 10K · #2,154 English 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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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

The AtlanticPopular ScienceScienceDirectjamanetwork.comScienceDailyScienceAlertLive Sciencepnas.orgEurekAlert!Nature

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Science

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Science, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

We can’t read science.org’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Nature nature.com Top 1K English

    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.

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    EurekAlert! eurekalert.org Top 10K English

    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.

  3. 03
    pnas.org Top 10K English

    academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences

  4. 04
    Live Science livescience.com Top 10K English

    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.

  5. 05
    Scientific American scientificamerican.com Top 10K English

    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.

  6. 06
    ScienceAlert sciencealert.com Top 10K English

    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.

  7. 07
    ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com Top 10K English

    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.

  8. 08
    jamanetwork.com Top 10K English

    peer-reviewed medical journal

  9. 09
    ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com Top 1K English

    ScienceDirect

    journal

  10. 10
    Cell cell.com Top 10K English

    scientific journal

  11. 11
    Popular Science popsci.com Top 10K English

    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.

  12. 12
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  13. 13
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English

    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.

  14. 14
    The New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org Top 10K English

    peer-reviewed medical journal

  15. 15
    space.com Top 10K English

    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.

  16. 16
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    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.

  17. 17
    Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Phys.org phys.org Top 10K English

    Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology

    Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations

  19. 19
    Slashdot slashdot.org Top 10K English

    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.

  20. 20
    News Medical news-medical.net Top 10K English

    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.

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.

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