American Chemical Society (ACS)

Washington, DC, United States · Member ID: 316 · 2,177,968 total works

Global Rank

#768

of 28,501

Percentile

Top 3%

of all publishers

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Nearby in Rankings:

#766Society of Rheology(48 pts)#767The Company of Biologists(48 pts)#769Korean Society of Environmental Engineering(48 pts)#770Embrapa Florestas(48 pts)

Nexus Score

48/ 100

+42 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#144

221,167 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#768

1,956,801 works

Ranked #144 for recent publications vs #768 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

15.1 / 25

People

ORCID coverage

11.5 / 20

Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

4.1 / 15

Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

10.1 / 20

Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

7.1 / 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 Type	Score	Grade	Prov	People	Orgs	Fund	Access
Posted ContentTOP	37	D	15%	76%	56%	23%	26%
Journal Articles	31	F	55%	29%	20%	29%	15%
Reports	22	F	0%	100%	0%	0%	10%
Book Chapters	13	F	31%	0%	32%	0%	0%
Book Series	10	F	36%	0%	0%	0%	6%
Edited Books	8	F	7%	4%	33%	0%	0%
Monographs	7	F	4%	7%	30%	0%	0%
Other	7	F	22%	0%	7%	0%	0%
Books	6	F	8%	13%	7%	0%	0%
Components	0	F	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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

Metric	Coverage	Points	Status
References provenance	83%	12.4 / 15	Excellent
Update Policies provenance	0%	0.0 / 5	Poor
Similarity Check provenance	98%	4.9 / 5	Excellent
ORCID Coverage people	93%	18.5 / 20	Excellent
Affiliations (Text) organizations	93%	4.6 / 5	Excellent
ROR IDs organizations	7%	0.7 / 10	Poor
Funder Registry funding	81%	8.1 / 10	Excellent
Award Numbers funding	75%	7.5 / 10	Good
Licenses access	92%	6.5 / 7	Excellent
Full-text Links access	84%	5.8 / 7	Excellent
Abstracts access	0%	0.0 / 6	Poor

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Small metadata improvements can significantly boost your score. Here are the highest-impact changes you can make:

Improve Access

+9 pts potential

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

Current: 36% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Organizations

+8 pts potential

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

Current: 27% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Funding

+6 pts potential

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

Current: 50% 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.

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Score Breakdown by Era

Dimension Breakdown

Dimension Profile

Score by Content Type

Detailed Metrics

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Improve Access

Improve Organizations

Improve Funding

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Add ROR IDs for Affiliations

Include Abstracts

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