RN Score

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · Member ID: 286 · 7,508,568 total works

Nexus Score

20/ 100
F
+18 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#7,111

29

480,992 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#10,264

11

7,027,576 works

Ranked #7,111 for recent publications vs #10,264 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

7.8 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

3.1 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

1.9 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

2.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

5.2 / 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 ArticlesTOP21F
Book Sections12F
Other9F
Edited Books9F
Journal Issues7F
Books6F
Book Chapters6F
Proceedings3F
Reference Entry1F
Journals1F
Monographs0F
Components0F
Reference Books0F
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

40%
5.9 / 15Needs Work

Update Policies

provenance

3%
0.2 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

71%
3.5 / 5Good

ORCID Coverage

people

28%
5.6 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

58%
2.9 / 5Good

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

19%
1.9 / 10Poor

Award Numbers

funding

14%
1.4 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

56%
3.9 / 7Good

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

61%
3.7 / 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

+14 pts potential

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

Current: 10% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve People

+13 pts potential

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

Current: 16% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Provenance

+12 pts potential

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

Current: 31% 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
5/9/2026

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