🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Verena Ras

University of Salento

ORCID: 0000-0003-3938-7241

Also affiliated with Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyEarth and Planetary SciencesEngineeringDecision Sciences

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 4%percentile
0.604Author DataRank

Indexed papers

2in pilot corpus
datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology
Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 2 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Top data-sharing exemplar

The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree of life

Frontiers in Science(2025)10.3389/fsci.2025.1514835
Top 33%
0.604DataRank
Top 33%25 citations

Harris A. Lewin, Federica Di-Palma, Richard Challis, Manuela da Silva, Richard Durbin +25 more

Papers

Driven by 10 papers — median percentile 67. Top paper: “The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree of life”.

The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree of life

Frontiers in Science(2025)10.3389/fsci.2025.1514835
Top 33%
0.604DataRank
Top 33%25 citations

Harris A. Lewin, Federica Di-Palma, Richard Challis, Manuela da Silva, Richard Durbin +25 more

Establishing African genomics and bioinformatics programs through annual regional workshops

Nature Genetics(2024)10.1038/s41588-024-01807-6
N/A
0.500DataRank · unranked
27 citations

Lucky Tendani Nesengani, Ichrak Hayah, Josiah Ochieng Kuja, Sinebongo Mdyogolo, Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun +106 more

Ten simple rules for organizing a bioinformatics training course in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS Computational Biology(2021)10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009218
N/A
0.416DataRank · unranked
15 citations

Patricia Carvajal-López, Paballo Abel Chauke, Marco Cristancho, Victoria Dominguez Del Angel, Selene L. Fernández-Valverde +11 more

Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation

GigaScience(2025)10.1093/gigascience/giaf041
N/A
0.372DataRank · unranked
10 citations

Kevin M. Kocot, Jonas J. Astrin, Mark Blaxter, Cibele G. Sotero-Caio, Katharine Barker +11 more

Using a multiple-delivery-mode training approach to develop local capacity and infrastructure for advanced bioinformatics in Africa

PLoS Computational Biology(2021)10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008640
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
34 citations

Gerrit Botha, Shaun Aron, Katie Lennard, Imane Allali, Shantelle Claassen-Weitz +8 more

The ISCB competency framework v. 3: a revised and extended standard for bioinformatics education and training

Bioinformatics Advances(2024)10.1093/bioadv/vbae166
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
11 citations

Michelle D. Brazas, Nicola Mulder, Russell Schwartz, Verena Ras, Sarah L. Morgan +10 more

Correction: Ten simple rules for organizing a bioinformatics training course in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS Computational Biology(2022)10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010197
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Patricia Carvajal-López, Paballo Abel Chauke, Marco Cristancho, Victoria Dominguez Del Angel, Selene L. Fernández-Valverde +11 more

The Development of a Sustainable Bioinformatics Training Environment Within the H3Africa Bioinformatics Network (H3ABioNet)

Frontiers in Education(2021)10.3389/feduc.2021.725702
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
23 citations

Paballo Abel Chauke, Verena Ras, Sumir Panji, Katherine Johnston, Nicola Mulder +1 more

Data Management Plans in the genomics research revolution of Africa: Challenges and recommendations

Journal of Biomedical Informatics(2021)10.1016/j.jbi.2021.103900
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
20 citations

Lyndon Zass, Melek Chaouch, Chaimae Samtal, Verena Ras, Judit Kumuthini +3 more

Challenges and Considerations for Delivering Bioinformatics Training in LMICs: Perspectives From Pan-African and Latin American Bioinformatics Networks

Frontiers in Education(2021)10.3389/feduc.2021.710971
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
17 citations

Patricia Carvajal-López, Piraveen Gopalasingam, Alice Matimba, Paballo Abel Chauke, Nicola Mulder +7 more