National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)

Grahamstown, Grahamstown, South Africa · Member ID: 14412 · 9,690 total works

Global Rank

#2,663

of 28,608

Percentile

Top 9%

of all publishers

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Nearby in Rankings:

#2661Asociacion Colombiana de Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax(38 pts)#2662Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos(38 pts)#2664Institute of Agrophysics Polish Academy of Sciences(38 pts)#2665Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence(38 pts)

Nexus Score

38/ 100

+25 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#1,477

1,025 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#2,663

8,665 works

Ranked #1,477 for recent publications vs #2,663 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

20.2 / 25

People

ORCID coverage

8.7 / 20

Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

3.6 / 15

Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

4.1 / 20

Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

0.9 / 20

Dimension Profile

Visual overview of metadata coverage across all five dimensions.

Score by Content Type

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

Detailed Metrics

Metric	Coverage	Points	Status
References provenance	94%	14.0 / 15	Excellent
Update Policies provenance	94%	4.7 / 5	Excellent
Similarity Check provenance	94%	4.7 / 5	Excellent
ORCID Coverage people	69%	13.8 / 20	Good
Affiliations (Text) organizations	99%	4.9 / 5	Excellent
ROR IDs organizations	0%	0.0 / 10	Poor
Funder Registry funding	37%	3.7 / 10	Needs Work
Award Numbers funding	24%	2.4 / 10	Needs Work
Licenses access	25%	1.7 / 7	Needs Work
Full-text Links access	0%	0.0 / 7	Poor
Abstracts access	0%	0.0 / 6	Poor

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Small metadata improvements can significantly boost your score. Here are the highest-impact changes you can make:

Improve Access

+15 pts potential

Add abstracts, license URLs (using SPDX identifiers), and full-text links to your metadata.

Current: 5% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Funding

+12 pts potential

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

Current: 20% coverageView Crossref Documentation →

Improve Organizations

+8 pts potential

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

Current: 24% 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.

National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)

Score Breakdown by Era

Dimension Breakdown

Dimension Profile

Score by Content Type

Detailed Metrics

Quick Wins to Improve Your Ranking

Improve Access

Improve Funding

Improve Organizations

Improvement Recommendations

Add ROR IDs for Affiliations

Add Full-Text URLs

Include Abstracts

Add License Information

Include Award/Grant Numbers

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