RN Score

Medknow

Mohali, India · Member ID: 2581 · 251,527 total works

Nexus Score

25/ 100
F
+19 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#5,363

34

13,960 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#6,368

16

237,567 works

Ranked #5,363 for recent publications vs #6,368 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

18.7 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

0.3 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

2.6 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

3.6 / 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 TypeScoreGrade
Journal ArticlesTOP17F
Journal Issues3F
Journals0F
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

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

94%
14.1 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

97%
4.8 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

99%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

3%
0.5 / 20Poor

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

96%
4.8 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

4%
0.3 / 7Poor

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

81%
4.9 / 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 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 Access

+12 pts potential

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

Current: 18% 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
4/29/2026

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