RN Score

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom · Member ID: 265 · 303,870 total works

Nexus Score

26/ 100
F
+12 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#5,961

32

19,048 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#5,796

20

284,822 works

Ranked #5,961 for recent publications vs #5,796 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

11.1 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

4.5 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

3.3 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

2.4 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

4.9 / 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 ArticlesTOP27F
Books5F
Book Chapters5F
Monographs3F
Other3F
Proceedings1F
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

39%
5.8 / 15Needs Work

Update Policies

provenance

39%
2.0 / 5Needs Work

Similarity Check

provenance

51%
2.5 / 5Good

ORCID Coverage

people

39%
7.7 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

89%
4.5 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

18%
1.9 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

17%
1.7 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

40%
2.8 / 7Needs Work

Full-text Links

access

15%
1.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

39%
2.3 / 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 Funding

+14 pts potential

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

Current: 12% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve People

+11 pts potential

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

Current: 23% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Access

+11 pts potential

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

Current: 24% 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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