RN Score

CSIRO Publishing

Clayton South, VIC, Australia · Member ID: 67 · 124,036 total works

Nexus Score

35/ 100
D
+25 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#1,919

47

5,254 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#2,971

23

118,782 works

Ranked #1,919 for recent publications vs #2,971 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

12.6 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

6.4 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

2.8 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

2.5 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

10.7 / 20

Score by Content Type

Scores calculated separately for each content type registered with Crossref. The aggregate score above includes all types.

Content TypeScoreGrade
Journal ArticlesTOP26F
Grant20F
Monographs6F
Books6F
Book Chapters6F
Edited Books6F
Journals2F
Non-article content types (reviews, components, corrections) typically have lower metadata coverage, which can reduce the aggregate score above.
Why doesn't the leaderboard use per-type scores? Deciding which content types count as "primary research" is subjective and varies by discipline and publisher model. The leaderboard uses Crossref's aggregate coverage to ensure a consistent, comparable baseline across all 27,000+ publishers. This per-type breakdown lets you see the full picture for any individual publisher.

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

72%
10.8 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

98%
4.9 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

59%
11.7 / 20Good

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

80%
4.0 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

28%
2.8 / 10Needs Work

Award Numbers

funding

21%
2.1 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

87%
6.1 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

84%
5.0 / 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

+14 pts potential

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

Current: 12% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve People

+10 pts potential

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

Current: 32% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Organizations

+9 pts potential

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

Current: 19% 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
3/26/2026

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