RN Score

American Dairy Science Association

Champaign, IL, United States · Member ID: 1747 · 40,681 total works

Nexus Score

51/ 100
C
+23 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#356

62

2,694 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#464

39

37,987 works

Ranked #356 for recent publications vs #464 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

21.6 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

9.0 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.0 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

6.3 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

14.0 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Content TypeScoreGrade
Journal ArticlesTOP41D
Book Chapters10F
Non-article content types (reviews, components, corrections) typically have lower metadata coverage, which can reduce the aggregate score above.
Why doesn't the leaderboard use per-type scores? Deciding which content types count as "primary research" is subjective and varies by discipline and publisher model. The leaderboard uses Crossref's aggregate coverage to ensure a consistent, comparable baseline across all 27,000+ publishers. This per-type breakdown lets you see the full picture for any individual publisher.

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

100%
15.0 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

41%
2.0 / 5Needs Work

ORCID Coverage

people

81%
16.3 / 20Excellent

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

63%
6.3 / 10Good

Award Numbers

funding

38%
3.8 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

0%
0.0 / 6Poor

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 Organizations

+12 pts potential

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

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 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
3/25/2026

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