RN Score

CSIRO Publishing

Clayton South, VIC, Australia · Member ID: 67 · 124,364 total works

Nexus Score

35/ 100
D
+25 points vs historical

Score Breakdown by Era

Current

Last 2 years

#1,973

47

5,499 works

Backfile

Older than 2 years

#3,008

23

118,865 works

Ranked #1,973 for recent publications vs #3,008 overall — improving with recent work

Dimension Breakdown

Provenance

References, update policies, similarity check

12.6 / 25
People

ORCID coverage

6.5 / 20
Organizations

Affiliations and ROR IDs

2.9 / 15
Funding

Funder registry and award numbers

2.4 / 20
Access

Licenses, full-text links, abstracts

10.7 / 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 ArticlesTOP26F
Grant20F
Book Chapters7F
Monographs6F
Other6F
Edited Books6F
Books5F
Journals2F
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

72%
10.9 / 15Good

Update Policies

provenance

0%
0.0 / 5Poor

Similarity Check

provenance

98%
4.9 / 5Excellent

ORCID Coverage

people

59%
11.8 / 20Good

Affiliations (Text)

organizations

80%
4.0 / 5Excellent

ROR IDs

organizations

0%
0.0 / 10Poor

Funder Registry

funding

26%
2.6 / 10Needs Work

Award Numbers

funding

20%
2.0 / 10Poor

Licenses

access

87%
6.1 / 7Excellent

Full-text Links

access

0%
0.0 / 7Poor

Abstracts

access

83%
5.0 / 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 Funding

+14 pts potential

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

Current: 12% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
2

Improve People

+10 pts potential

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

Current: 32% coverageView Crossref Documentation →
3

Improve Organizations

+9 pts potential

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

Current: 19% 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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