RN Score

The Microbiological Society of Korea

Seoul, South Korea · Member ID: 4586 · 2,536 total works

Nexus Score

49/ 100
D
+30 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#254

64

212 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#546

34

2,324 works

Ranked #254 for recent publications vs #546 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

22.6 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

4.1 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.0 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

8.2 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

14.4 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

91%
13.7 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

39%
7.8 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

82%
8.2 / 10Excellent

Award Numbers

funding

80%
8.0 / 10Good

Licenses

access

96%
6.7 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

96%
6.7 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

55%
3.3 / 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 People

+12 pts potential

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

Current: 20% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Organizations

+12 pts potential

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

3

Improve Funding

+8 pts potential

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

Current: 41% 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

About This Score

Data Source
Crossref /members API
Last Updated
3/26/2026

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