RN Score

Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften

Zurich, Switzerland · Member ID: 9598 · 2,130 total works

Nexus Score

63/ 100
C
+7 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#200

67

839 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#59

60

1,291 works

Ranked #200 for recent publications vs #59 overall — recent work trailing historical performance

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

19.2 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

7.7 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

5.0 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

11.9 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

19.3 / 20

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

MetricCoveragePointsStatus

References

provenance

100%
15.0 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

ORCID Coverage

people

36%
7.2 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

100%
5.0 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

73%
7.3 / 10Good

Award Numbers

funding

73%
7.3 / 10Good

Licenses

access

100%
7.0 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

99%
6.9 / 7Excellent

Abstracts

access

99%
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 People

+8 pts potential

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

Current: 38% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Organizations

+7 pts potential

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

Current: 33% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Funding

+4 pts potential

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

Current: 60% 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
3/26/2026

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