University of Johannesburg

Johannesburg, South Africa · Member ID: 13868 · 2,757 total works

Global Rank

#3,780

of 28,608

Percentile

Top 13%

of all publishers

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Nearby in Rankings:

#3778University of Vermont Press(33 pts)#3779Queen Margaret University(33 pts)#3781Sosyal Ekonomik Arastirmalar Dergisi(33 pts)#3782Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos(33 pts)

Nexus Score

32/ 100

+10 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#4,810

976 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#3,780

1,781 works

Ranked #4,810 for recent publications vs #3,780 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

7.3 / 25

People

ORCID coverage

10.1 / 20

Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.7 / 15

Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20

Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

14.4 / 20

Dimension Profile

Visual overview of metadata coverage across all five dimensions.

Score by Content Type

Scores calculated separately for each content type registered with Crossref. The aggregate score above includes all types.

Content Type	Score	Grade	Prov	People	Orgs	Fund	Access
Edited BooksTOP	39	D	20%	72%	46%	0%	63%
Journal Articles	35	D	36%	46%	0%	0%	86%
Book Chapters	31	F	13%	75%	16%	0%	52%
Monographs	30	F	21%	46%	27%	0%	55%
Reports	26	F	0%	100%	0%	0%	30%
Journals	3	F	5%	0%	0%	0%	9%

Non-article content types (reviews, components, corrections) typically have lower metadata coverage, which can reduce the aggregate score above.

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Detailed Metrics

Metric	Coverage	Points	Status
References provenance	28%	4.2 / 15	Needs Work
Update Policies provenance	11%	0.6 / 5	Poor
Similarity Check provenance	70%	3.5 / 5	Good
ORCID Coverage people	66%	13.2 / 20	Good
Affiliations (Text) organizations	5%	0.2 / 5	Poor
ROR IDs organizations	5%	0.5 / 10	Poor
Funder Registry funding	0%	0.0 / 10	Poor
Award Numbers funding	0%	0.0 / 10	Poor
Licenses access	68%	4.8 / 7	Good
Full-text Links access	70%	4.9 / 7	Good
Abstracts access	91%	5.5 / 6	Excellent

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Small metadata improvements can significantly boost your score. Here are the highest-impact changes you can make:

Improve Funding

+16 pts potential

Include funder information using Open Funder Registry IDs and grant/award numbers.

Current: 0% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Provenance

+13 pts potential

Add reference lists to your DOI deposits. Even partial references help establish citation links.

Current: 29% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Organizations

+11 pts potential

Add author affiliations with ROR IDs. The ROR API can help match institution names to IDs.

Current: 5% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Pro Tip: Focus on your current (recent) publications first. Improving metadata on new deposits is easier than updating backfiles, and it will immediately improve your "current" coverage scores.

University of Johannesburg

Score Breakdown by Era

Dimension Breakdown

Dimension Profile

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Detailed Metrics

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Improve Funding

Improve Provenance

Improve Organizations

Improvement Recommendations

Deposit Complete References

Add ROR IDs for Affiliations

Add Funder Information

Include Award/Grant Numbers

Include Author Affiliations

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