# How elasticsearch calculate the score corresponding to the document

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-elasticsearch-calculate-the-score-corresponding-to-the-document/15725
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 11, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-elasticsearch-calculate-the-score-corresponding-to-the-document/15725 "2014-02-11T11:03:18Z")
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### Author: ![Navneet\_Mathpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navneet_mathpal/32/3677_2.png) [@Navneet\_Mathpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Navneet_Mathpal)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-elasticsearch-calculate-the-score-corresponding-to-the-document/15725/1 "2014-02-11T11:03:18Z")

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HOW DOES ELASTICSEARCH CALCULATE THE SCORE FOR THE FOLLWING AND WHAT THIS  
SCORE MEANS.

hits: [

- {
  - \_shard: 3
  - \_node: k8BXmkARRsaaYlUJTRpIqQ
  - \_index: phone
  - \_type: iphone
  - \_id: 2
  - _\_score: 0.2712221_
  - \_source: {
    - title: iphone update
    - description: this section shows how to update yopur iphone to  
work smoothly in your iphone

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-elasticsearch-calculate-the-score-corresponding-to-the-document/15725/2 "2017-07-06T01:51:09Z")

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