RN Score

Scientific Societies

St. Paul, MN, United States · Member ID: 1665 · 54,355 total works

Nexus Score

33/ 100
F
+23 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#2,892

45

5,289 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#3,461

22

49,066 works

Ranked #2,892 for recent publications vs #3,461 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

12.6 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

8.6 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

3.1 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

6.1 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

2.9 / 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 TypeScoreGrade
Journal ArticlesTOP26F
Other5F
Book Chapters5F
Reports3F
Monographs1F
Report Component1F
Proceedings0F
Non-article content types (reviews, components, corrections) typically have lower metadata coverage, which can reduce the aggregate score above.
Want to compare by content type? The leaderboard supports filtering by content type — use it to see how publishers rank for journal articles, peer reviews, or other types individually.

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

65%
9.8 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

83%
4.2 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

68%
13.6 / 20Good

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

78%
3.9 / 5Good

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

52%
5.2 / 10Good

Award Numbers

funding

48%
4.8 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

52%
3.1 / 6Good

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 Access

+13 pts potential

Add abstracts, license URLs (using SPDX identifiers), and full-text links to your metadata.

Current: 14% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Funding

+10 pts potential

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

Current: 31% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

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 →

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

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About This Score

Data Source
Crossref /members API
Last Updated
4/28/2026

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