RN Score

Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO

Urca, RJ, Brazil · Member ID: 4924 · 3,181 total works

Nexus Score

47/ 100
D
+34 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#301

64

293 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#956

30

2,888 works

Ranked #301 for recent publications vs #956 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

13.1 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

13.3 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

3.4 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

16.8 / 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 TypeScoreGrade
Journal ArticlesTOP33F
Proceedings20F
Edited Books20F
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

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

64%
9.6 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

83%
4.1 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

99%
4.9 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

96%
19.3 / 20Excellent

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

83%
4.1 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

16%
1.6 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

99%
6.9 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

100%
6.0 / 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 Organizations

+9 pts potential

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

Current: 23% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Provenance

+7 pts potential

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

Current: 53% 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
4/16/2026

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