RN Score

World Resources Institute

Washington, DC, United States · Member ID: 26052 · 527 total works

Nexus Score

21/ 100
F
-5 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#13,884

18

203 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#9,744

23

324 works

Ranked #13,884 for recent publications vs #9,744 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

14.9 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

0.1 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.1 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

5.6 / 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 ArticlesTOP23F
Reports2F
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

50%
7.5 / 15Needs Work

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

96%
4.8 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

1%
0.2 / 20Poor

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

ROR IDs

organizations

2%
0.3 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

96%
5.8 / 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 Organizations

+12 pts potential

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

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
4/28/2026

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