RN Score

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Dordrecht, GX, Netherlands · Member ID: 297 · 18,524,187 total works

Nexus Score

39/ 100
D
+17 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#2,299

47

2,204,739 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#2,402

30

16,319,448 works

Ranked #2,299 for recent publications vs #2,402 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

19.8 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

4.6 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

0.2 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

3.0 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

11.3 / 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
Posted ContentTOP47D
Journal Articles39D
Book Chapters22F
Books20F
Reference Books20F
Datasets14F
Monographs12F
Journal Issues5F
Edited Books4F
Reference Entry0F
Proceedings0F
Journals0F
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

88%
13.1 / 15Excellent

Update Policies

provenance

86%
4.3 / 5Excellent

Similarity Check

provenance

98%
4.9 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

35%
7.1 / 20Needs Work

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

7%
0.3 / 5Poor

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

27%
2.7 / 10Needs Work

Award Numbers

funding

20%
2.0 / 10Needs Work

Licenses

access

97%
6.8 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

67%
4.7 / 7Good

Abstracts

access

23%
1.4 / 6Needs Work

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

+13 pts potential

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

Current: 15% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve Organizations

+12 pts potential

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

3

Improve People

+11 pts potential

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

Current: 23% 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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