RN Score

University of Oklahoma Libraries

Norman, OK, United States · Member ID: 6735 · 1,423 total works

Nexus Score

33/ 100
F
+12 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#4,331

39

185 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#3,720

26

1,238 works

Ranked #4,331 for recent publications vs #3,720 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

12.1 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

3.0 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.0 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

17.6 / 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 ArticlesTOP29F
Datasets18F
Database10F
Proceedings6F
Edited Books6F
Reference Books4F
Monographs3F
Posted Content1F
Non-article content types (reviews, components, corrections) typically have lower metadata coverage, which can reduce the aggregate score above.
Want to compare by content type? The leaderboard supports filtering by content type — use it to see how publishers rank for journal articles, peer reviews, or other types individually.

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

72%
10.9 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

94%
4.7 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

24%
4.8 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

88%
6.1 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

94%
6.5 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

98%
5.9 / 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

+13 pts potential

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

Current: 15% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Organizations

+12 pts potential

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

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
5/1/2026

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