RN Score

International College of Surgeons

Chicago, IL, United States · Member ID: 4721 · 1,282 total works

Nexus Score

35/ 100
D
+2 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#5,462

36

96 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#3,467

34

1,186 works

Ranked #5,462 for recent publications vs #3,467 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

16.7 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

1.6 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

4.7 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

12.1 / 20

Dimension Profile

Visual overview of metadata coverage across all five dimensions.

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

63%
9.4 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

16%
3.1 / 20Poor

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

92%
4.6 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

40%
2.8 / 7Needs Work

Full-text Links

access

84%
5.9 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

91%
5.4 / 6Excellent

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

+14 pts potential

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

3

Improve Organizations

+7 pts potential

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

Current: 32% 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
4/29/2026

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