Public Library of Science (PLoS)

San Francisco, CA, United States · Member ID: 340 · 404,914 total works

Global Rank

#193

of 28,259

Percentile

Top 1%

of all publishers

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Nearby in Rankings:

#191University of Media, Arts and Communication(58 pts)#192BioAcademic Press(58 pts)#194Landscape Online(57 pts)#195Korean Diabetes Association(57 pts)

Nexus Score

57/ 100

+23 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#153

53,763 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#193

351,151 works

Ranked #153 for recent publications vs #193 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

24.3 / 25

People

ORCID coverage

13.3 / 20

Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.0 / 15

Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

8.8 / 20

Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

10.3 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

Metric	Coverage	Points	Status
References provenance	100%	15.0 / 15	Excellent
Update Policies provenance	100%	5.0 / 5	Excellent
Similarity Check provenance	100%	5.0 / 5	Excellent
ORCID Coverage people	93%	18.7 / 20	Excellent
Affiliations (Text) organizations	0%	0.0 / 5	Poor
ROR IDs organizations	0%	0.0 / 10	Poor
Funder Registry funding	63%	6.3 / 10	Good
Award Numbers funding	56%	5.6 / 10	Good
Licenses access	100%	7.0 / 7	Excellent
Full-text Links access	0%	0.0 / 7	Poor
Abstracts access	92%	5.5 / 6	Excellent

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

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

Improve Organizations

+12 pts potential

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

Current: 0% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Funding

+7 pts potential

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

Current: 44% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Access

+6 pts potential

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

Current: 51% 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.

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Score Breakdown by Era

Dimension Breakdown

Score by Content Type

Detailed Metrics

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Improve Organizations

Improve Funding

Improve Access

Improvement Recommendations

Add ROR IDs for Affiliations

Add Full-Text URLs

Include Author Affiliations

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