RN Score

Canadian Science Publishing

Ottawa, ON, Canada · Member ID: 155 · 205,080 total works

Nexus Score

51/ 100
C
+51 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#21

77

5,186 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#401

26

199,894 works

Ranked #21 for recent publications vs #401 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

17.6 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

9.1 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

3.0 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

5.7 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

16.1 / 20

Score by Content Type

All works are journal articles — the aggregate score above is accurate.

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

92%
13.8 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

95%
4.8 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

90%
18.0 / 20Excellent

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

98%
4.9 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

65%
6.5 / 10Good

Award Numbers

funding

49%
4.8 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

90%
6.3 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

95%
5.7 / 6Excellent

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

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

1

Improve Funding

+10 pts potential

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

Current: 28% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Organizations

+9 pts potential

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

Current: 20% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve People

+7 pts potential

Include ORCID iDs for authors. Encourage authors to authenticate their ORCID during submission.

Current: 45% 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.

Improvement Recommendations

Actionable steps to improve your Nexus Score

About This Score

Data Source
Crossref /members API
Last Updated
3/26/2026

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