RN Score

American Physiological Society

Bethesda, MD, United States · Member ID: 24 · 191,412 total works

Nexus Score

37/ 100
D
+25 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#1,638

49

9,333 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#2,758

24

182,079 works

Ranked #1,638 for recent publications vs #2,758 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

14.7 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

6.4 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

4.9 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

5.5 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

5.4 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

55%
8.3 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

99%
4.9 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

60%
3.0 / 5Good

ORCID Coverage

people

57%
11.5 / 20Good

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

98%
4.9 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

16%
1.6 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

48%
4.8 / 10Needs Work

Award Numbers

funding

44%
4.4 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

5%
0.3 / 7Poor

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

92%
5.5 / 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: 27% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Access

+11 pts potential

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

Current: 27% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve People

+10 pts potential

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

Current: 32% 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
3/25/2026

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