RN Score

Beilstein Institut

Frankfurt am Main, Germany · Member ID: 2086 · 7,688 total works

Nexus Score

62/ 100
C
+25 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#44

74

994 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#73

49

6,694 works

Ranked #44 for recent publications vs #73 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

18.1 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

14.0 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

4.5 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

5.1 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

19.8 / 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 ArticlesTOP53C
Posted Content45D
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

84%
12.7 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

97%
19.5 / 20Excellent

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

ROR IDs

organizations

84%
8.4 / 10Excellent

Funder Registry

funding

45%
4.5 / 10Needs Work

Award Numbers

funding

43%
4.3 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

98%
5.9 / 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

+11 pts potential

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

Current: 25% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Organizations

+8 pts potential

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

Current: 30% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Provenance

+2 pts potential

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

Current: 72% 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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