Geological Society of London

Bath, United Kingdom · Member ID: 1881 · 36,479 total works

Global Rank

#649

of 28,379

Percentile

Top 2%

of all publishers

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Nearby in Rankings:

#647Aldus Press(50 pts)#648Journal of Pollination Ecology (ASBL)(50 pts)#650The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition(49 pts)#651Korean Society of Medical Education(49 pts)

Nexus Score

49/ 100

+29 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#319

1,402 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#649

35,077 works

Ranked #319 for recent publications vs #649 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

19.3 / 25

People

ORCID coverage

9.6 / 20

Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

3.9 / 15

Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

4.6 / 20

Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

11.5 / 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
Journal ArticlesTOP	36	D	70%	11%	22%	5%	59%
Book Chapters	15	F	29%	9%	0%	0%	31%
Monographs	14	F	13%	33%	0%	0%	23%
Database	12	F	20%	0%	0%	0%	35%
Edited Books	11	F	20%	0%	0%	0%	32%
Journal Issues	10	F	11%	0%	0%	0%	34%
Reports	7	F	0%	0%	0%	0%	35%
Journals	7	F	0%	0%	0%	0%	35%

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	82%	12.3 / 15	Excellent
Update Policies provenance	91%	4.5 / 5	Excellent
Similarity Check provenance	91%	4.5 / 5	Excellent
ORCID Coverage people	87%	17.5 / 20	Excellent
Affiliations (Text) organizations	90%	4.5 / 5	Excellent
ROR IDs organizations	0%	0.0 / 10	Poor
Funder Registry funding	46%	4.6 / 10	Needs Work
Award Numbers funding	38%	3.8 / 10	Needs Work
Licenses access	87%	6.1 / 7	Excellent
Full-text Links access	0%	0.0 / 7	Poor
Abstracts access	89%	5.3 / 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

+11 pts potential

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

Current: 23% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Organizations

+8 pts potential

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

Current: 26% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve People

+6 pts potential

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

Current: 48% 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.

Geological Society of London

Score Breakdown by Era

Dimension Breakdown

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Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Improve Funding

Improve Organizations

Improve People

Improvement Recommendations

Add ROR IDs for Affiliations

Add Full-Text URLs

Deposit Complete References

Add Funder Information

Include Award/Grant Numbers

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