RN Score

Utah Tech University

St. George, UT, United States · Member ID: 22784 · 51 total works

Nexus Score

36/ 100
D
+2 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#4,695

37

3 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#3,094

35

48 works

Ranked #4,695 for recent publications vs #3,094 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

19.9 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

0.0 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

5.9 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

10.6 / 20

Dimension Profile

Visual overview of metadata coverage across all five dimensions.

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

100%
15.0 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

0%
0.0 / 20Poor

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

33%
3.3 / 10Needs Work

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

33%
2.0 / 6Needs Work

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 People

+16 pts potential

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

2

Improve Funding

+16 pts potential

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

3

Improve Organizations

+6 pts potential

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

Current: 39% 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
4/9/2026

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