RN Score

IU Indianapolis University Library

Indianapolis, IN, United States · Member ID: 7476 · 5,682 total works

Nexus Score

25/ 100
F
+12 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#5,963

32

700 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#5,843

19

4,982 works

Ranked #5,963 for recent publications vs #5,843 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

5.1 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

5.8 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.0 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

0.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

14.6 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

0%
0.0 / 15Poor

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

99%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

49%
9.7 / 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

74%
5.2 / 7Good

Full-text Links

access

99%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

79%
4.8 / 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 Funding

+16 pts potential

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

2

Improve Provenance

+15 pts potential

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

Current: 20% 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
3/28/2026

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