NIAGADS: A data repository for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia genomics is a dataset published in Alzheimer s & Dementia (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.306, placing it in the top 54.4% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 5 times, with 3 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 6/100.
Ranks in the top 54% for downstream scientific impact
DataRank reads this dataset's downstream impact straight off the citation graph — no black box, no proprietary weighting. How is this computed?
FAIR checklist signals are shown for context only and do not affect DataRank scoring.
Full FAIR picture · advisory
The headline score is computed from the scored criteria — the fact-shaped checks (a repository, an accession, a licence) that two independent models agree on. The advisory criteria below are real FAIR guidance but rest on judgment calls that models read differently, so they inform without moving the number.
The paper mentions that NIAGADS assigns DOIs to datasets, but it does not provide a specific persistent identifier for this study's own data. No PID string is predicated of this study's dataset.
RDA-F1-01D — FAIR Data Maturity Model: 'Data is identified by a persistent identifier' (priorit · RDA-F1-02D — FAIR Data Maturity Model: 'Data is identified by a globally unique identifier' · FsF-F1-02D — F-UJI/FAIRsFAIR: 'Data is assigned a persistent identifier'
The paper names NIAGADS as a repository, but this is the repository hosting the data, not the holder of this study's own dataset. The study did not generate a dataset that is deposited elsewhere. [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-F4-01M — FAIR Data Maturity Model: metadata is offered so it can be harvested and indexed ( · NIH DMS Policy Element 4 (NOT-OD-21-014) — name the repository where data will be archived · NSTC Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories (2022) — 'Long-Term Sustainability', 'Reten
No identifier for this study's own dataset appears anywhere in the paper, either in the reference list or body text.
FORCE11 Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles (2014) — data should be cited as a first- · RDA-F3-01M — metadata clearly and explicitly includes the identifier of the data it describes · FsF-F3-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes the identifier of the data it describes'
Advisory · not in the published score
“DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Open‐access data can be freely downloaded from the NIAGADS website. Restricted‐access data are available through the NIAGADS Data Sharing Service (dss.niagads.org) and require an approved data access request to ensure compliance with privacy and ethical guidelines and in accordance with the terms outlined by the submitting institutional review boards (IRBs) and the consent provided by research participants. For detailed instructions on accessing specific datasets, including open and restricted data, please visit the NIAGADS website at www.niagads.org .”
The data availability statement points to the NIAGADS website, not to a specific repository record with an accession or DOI for this study's data. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 passes agreed)]
Colavizza, Hrynaszkiewicz, Staden, Whitaker & McGillivray (2020), 'The citation advantage of li · Springer Nature research data policy — Data Availability Statements: standard statement templat · RDA-F3-01M — metadata clearly and explicitly includes the identifier of the data it describes
The paper does not contain an itemized inventory (section, table, or list) describing the files, variables, or samples of this study's own dataset. It describes the repository's contents in general.
RDA-F2-01M — 'Rich metadata is provided to allow discovery' (priority Essential) · FsF-F2-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes descriptive core elements to support data findability' · FsF-R1-01MD — F-UJI: 'Metadata specifies the content of the data'
“Open-access data can be freely downloaded from the NIAGADS website.”
The paper states that open-access data are freely downloadable with no stated precondition, but this refers to the repository's data, not this study's own dataset. No study-specific dataset is claimed. [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-A1.1-01D — 'Data is accessible through a free access protocol' · FsF-A1-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata contains access level and access conditions of the data' · NSTC Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories (2022) — 'Free and Easy Access'
Advisory · not in the published score
“Open-access data can be freely downloaded from the NIAGADS website. Restricted-access data are available through the NIAGADS Data Sharing Service (dss.niagads.org) and require an approved data access request to ensure compliance with privacy and ethical guidelines”
The paper explicitly labels the access levels as 'open-access' and 'restricted-access' for the data held in the repository. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
FsF-A1-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata contains access level and access conditions of the data' · RDA-A1-01M — metadata contains information to enable the user to get access to the data · COAR Controlled Vocabularies — Access Rights v1.0 (open / embargoed / restricted / metadata-onl
“The NIA ADSP Data Access Committee (NADAC) consist of NIH program officers who are federal employees. The DARM system allows NADAC members to review all requested materials, vote to approve for each requested dataset by each research use limitation level”
The paper names an institutional gatekeeper (NADAC) for the sensitive human-subject data, which is a controlled-access committee. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 passes agreed)]
NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy (NOT-OD-14-124) — controlled-access via a Data Access Committee · RDA-A1.2-01D — 'Data is accessible through an access protocol that supports authentication and · NIH DMS Policy Element 5 (NOT-OD-21-014) — Access, Distribution, or Reuse Considerations (conse
“NIAGADS maintains a high-quality data collection for ADRD genetic/genomic research”
No sentence states when the data become available or how long they persist for this study's own data. The repository's general persistence is not specific to this study.
NIH DMS Plan Element 4 (NOT-OD-21-014) — Data Preservation, Access, and Associated Timelines · NSTC Desirable Characteristics (2022), Organizational Infrastructure: 'Retention Policy' · RDA-A2-01M — 'Metadata is guaranteed to remain available after data is no longer available'
No file format is named for this study's own data. The paper describes various data types in the repository, but not a specific format for a dataset generated by this study.
FsF-R1.3-02D — F-UJI: 'Data is available in a file format recommended by the target research co · RDA-R1.3-02D — data is expressed in a machine-understandable community standard · RDA-I1-01D — data uses a knowledge representation expressed in a standardised format
Advisory · not in the published score
The paper mentions common standards in genetics and genomics, but does not name a specific data or metadata community standard applied to this study's own data. No proper-noun standard is predicated of this study's dataset.
RDA-R1.3-01M — 'Metadata complies with a community standard' (priority Essential) · RDA-R1.3-01D — 'Data complies with a community standard' · RDA-I2-01M — '(Meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles'
The paper references many external resources (e.g., dbGaP, ADSP, etc.), but these are not identifiers for resources that this study's own data depend on or derive from. The study did not produce a dataset that references such resources. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-I3-01M — '(meta)data include references to other (meta)data' · RDA-I3-03M — 'metadata includes qualified references to other metadata' · FsF-I3-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes links between the data and its related entities'
The paper has a Creative Commons license for the article, but not for the data. No license artefact is named for this study's data.
RDA-R1.1-01M — 'Metadata includes information about the licence under which the data can be reu · RDA-R1.1-02M — 'Metadata refers to a standard reuse licence' · RDA-R1.1-03M — 'Metadata refers to a machine-understandable reuse licence'
“ADSP has released five major freezes (R1: 4789 genomes; R2: 20,503 exomes; R3: 12,116 additional genomes and joint genotype calls of 16,905 genomes; R4: 19,456 additional genomes and joint genotype calls of 36,361 genomes; R5: 22,158 additional genomes and joint genotype calls of 58,507 genomes)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper states version tokens (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) for the ADSP data releases, which are part of the repository's data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 passes agreed)]
DataCite Metadata Schema 4.6 — the 'Version' property · RDA-R1.2-01M — provenance information (which version was used is provenance) · NSTC Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories (2022) — 'Provenance', 'Retention Policy'
The paper does not mention any code written for this study, nor does it provide a locator for such code.
NIH DMS Policy Element 2 (NOT-OD-21-014) — 'Related Tools, Software and/or Code' · FAIR4RS Principles v1.0 (Chue Hong et al., 2022; RDA/FORCE11/ReSA) — FAIR Principles for Resear · FORCE11 Software Citation Principles (Smith, Katz & Niemeyer, 2016, PeerJ CS 2:e86)
“This work is supported by U24AG041689, U54AG052427, U01AG032984, and U01AG058654.”
The paper provides specific award/grant numbers attached to named funders (NIA grants), which qualifies as a class 1 artefact for funding attribution.
DataCite Metadata Schema 4.6 — 'FundingReference' property (funderName, funderIdentifier, award · Crossref Funder Registry — canonical funder identifiers for funding metadata · RDA-F2-01M — rich metadata provided to allow discovery (funding is part of the descriptive reco
Advisory · not in the published score
The paper describes the data production process of the repository, but not for this study's own data. No specific instruments, tools, or kits are named for the generation of this study's dataset. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-R1.2-01M — 'Metadata includes provenance information according to community- specific standa · FsF-R1.2-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes provenance information about data creation or generati · W3C PROV-O (W3C Recommendation, 2013) — the entity/activity/agent model of provenance
The paper does not mention a documentation object (README, codebook, etc.) that accompanies this study's own data. No such artefact is predicated.
RDA-R1-01M — '(Meta)data are richly described with a plurality of accurate and relevant attribu · FsF-R1-01MD — F-UJI: 'Metadata specifies the content of the data' · NIH DMS Policy Element 3 (NOT-OD-21-014) — Standards (documentation and metadata to accompany t
Calibrated FAIR score — a parallel quality metric, independent of the DataRank citation score. See the full evaluation →
Base Score Contribution
0.269
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0371
From 1 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 3 citers.
National Institute on Aging
Grant: U24AG041689
National Institute on Aging
Grant: U54AG052427
National Institute on Aging
Grant: U01AG032984
National Institute on Aging
Grant: U01AG058654