How to cite the Compassion Benchmark
Cite the Compassion Benchmark as “Compassion Benchmark” with the URL compassionbenchmark.com and the date accessed. Compassion Benchmark data is free and open to cite with attribution — no permission is required.
Independence: Entities never pay for inclusion, score changes, or suppression of findings. Commercial services support access, interpretation, and institutional use only.
General citation string
Use this string when citing the benchmark as a whole, rather than a specific entity or index.
Compassion Benchmark. compassionbenchmark.com. Accessed [Month Year]. Independent — entities never pay for inclusion, score changes, or suppression of findings.
Citation formats
Replace bracketed placeholders with the specific entity, index, year, and access date.
APA
Compassion Benchmark. ([Year]). [Entity name]. Compassion Benchmark. compassionbenchmark.com/[entity-type]/[slug]
MLA
"[Entity name]." Compassion Benchmark, [Year], compassionbenchmark.com/[entity-type]/[slug]. Accessed [Day Month Year].
Chicago
Compassion Benchmark. "[Entity name]." Accessed [Month Day, Year]. compassionbenchmark.com/[entity-type]/[slug].
Plain text / journalism
According to the Compassion Benchmark (compassionbenchmark.com), accessed [Month Year], [Entity] scores [score] out of 100 on the [Index].
Canonical URL & date pattern
Every entity and index page has a stable, citable URL. Always include the date you accessed the score — scores update over time.
Entity URL pattern: compassionbenchmark.com/[entity-type]/[slug], for example compassionbenchmark.com/company/microsoft. The [entity-type]segment is the entity's kind (e.g. company, country, ai-lab), not the name of the index it appears in — see the table below.
Index URL pattern: compassionbenchmark.com/[index], for example compassionbenchmark.com/ai-labs.
| Index | Entity URL prefix |
|---|---|
| World Countries Index | compassionbenchmark.com/country/[slug] |
| U.S. States Index | compassionbenchmark.com/us-state/[slug] |
| Fortune 500 Index | compassionbenchmark.com/company/[slug] |
| Top 50 AI Labs Index | compassionbenchmark.com/ai-lab/[slug] |
| Humanoid Robotics Labs Index | compassionbenchmark.com/robotics-lab/[slug] |
| U.S. Cities Index | compassionbenchmark.com/us-city/[slug] |
| Global Cities Index | compassionbenchmark.com/city/[slug] |
| Universities Index | compassionbenchmark.com/university/[slug] |
Because scores are updated through a nightly evidence-review pipeline, always include an access date (Month Year is sufficient) in any citation. This lets readers know which version of the score you referenced.
Free & open data, with attribution
Compassion Benchmark data is free to access and cite.
Data published at compassionbenchmark.com/data/ is free to access. Please cite with attribution using one of the formats above. For formal data usage rights — structured exports, institutional licensing, or redistribution — see the data licenses page.