{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "edition": "Sister City Research Priority",
  "published_on": "2026-10-23",
  "universe": "All 69 released country-to-U.S.-market research leads; 10 countries; 48 U.S. market areas. Discovery is wider than scored coverage.",
  "formula": "Research priority score = existing published Global Consumer Opportunity score (G).",
  "ordering": "Descending G; equal G values share a competition rank. Source lead order supplies stable display placement within a tie and remains a separate identifier.",
  "required_fields": [
    "published G",
    "country ID",
    "U.S. market ID",
    "source release"
  ],
  "context": [
    "International Community Bridge B when supplied",
    "City Population P when supplied",
    "Country Conversion C when supplied",
    "Upstream Match Strength S when supplied"
  ],
  "no_new_requirement": "P, C and S do not block this research edition; B is visible context, not a separately recalculated eligibility gate. Existing G is used as released; its upstream formula is not reconstructed. No new five-component weighted sum is calculated.",
  "scope": "Country-to-U.S.-market research priorities, not a worldwide foreign-city compatibility or partnership-performance ranking. Country-origin community evidence alone does not establish product demand or business results.",
  "legacy": "The older five-component international-city model and methodology PDF remain a separate documented method. Existing source scores and source lead IDs are unchanged."
}