RN Score

Health Systems Trust

Westville, South Africa · Member ID: 40045 · 84 total works

Nexus Score

41/ 100
D
+8 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#2,767

45

39 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#2,170

37

45 works

Ranked #2,767 for recent publications vs #2,170 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

13.0 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

3.9 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

11.9 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

12.2 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

79%
11.9 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

23%
4.6 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

90%
4.5 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

69%
6.9 / 10Good

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

79%
4.8 / 6Good

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

+16 pts potential

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

2

Improve People

+12 pts potential

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

Current: 19% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Provenance

+7 pts potential

Add reference lists to your DOI deposits. Even partial references help establish citation links.

Current: 52% 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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