CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies is a dataset published in Ecology (2024). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.422, placing it in the top 43.9% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 13 times, with 4 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 42/100.
Ranks in the top 44% 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.
“Data and code are available as Supporting Information (Data S1) and are available in Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10780971.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a DOI (10.5281/zenodo.10780971) for the dataset, which is a persistent identifier. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/4 passes agreed)]
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'
“Data and code are available as Supporting Information (Data S1) and are available in Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10780971.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Zenodo is named as the repository holding the data; Zenodo is a curated data repository. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/4 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
“Data and code are available as Supporting Information (Data S1) and are available in Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10780971.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset identifier appears only in the body text, not as a reference-list entry. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 and code are available as Supporting Information (Data S1) and are available in Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10780971.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points at a repository record with a DOI, fulfilling Colavizza category 3. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“There were 278,260 independent records of 371 distinct species, comprising 232 mammals, 132 birds, and seven reptiles. The total trapping effort accumulated in this data paper consisted of 876,606 trap nights”
The dataset's content is described in running prose, not in an itemised inventory such as a section or table.
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'
“The data are fully available to the public for utilization and research.”
The paper gives an unconditional availability statement with no precondition.
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
“The data are fully available to the public for utilization and research.”
The paper states 'The data are fully available to the public' which is an explicit access-level label equivalent to 'open access'.
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 data are not sensitive and no gatekeeper is named; the data are openly available.
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
“The data are fully available to the public for utilization and research.”
The paper states availability timing (now) but does not state a persistence commitment or retention period.
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 token is named for the released data.
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
No data or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, Darwin Core) is named as being applied to the data.
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'
No identifier for any external resource other than the paper's own dataset is provided in the text.
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'
No licence or terms document is named for the data; the article's Creative Commons licence applies to the article, not the data. [majority verdict 'no' (3/4 passes agreed)]
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'
No version token or date is provided to identify a specific snapshot of the data.
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'
“Data and code are available as Supporting Information (Data S1) and are available in Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10780971.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A machine-resolvable locator (Zenodo DOI) is given for the code. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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)
“GBIF: Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia, Grant/Award Number: BIFA6_005; Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: DE210101440; National Geographic Society, Grant/Award Number: 9384-13”
Multiple grant/award numbers are attached to named funders. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/4 passes agreed)]
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
“camera traps have emerged as an effective, non-invasive, widespread, and common approach to surveying vertebrates in their natural habitats.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The production method is described in generic terms without naming specific instruments, kits, or software. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
No documentation object (README, data dictionary, codebook) is named as accompanying the data, and no variable-definition table appears inside the article.
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
0.396
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0263
From 2 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 4 citers.
Australian Research Council
Grant: DE210101440
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210101440
National Geographic Society
Grant: 9384‐13
GBIF: Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia
Grant: BIFA6_005
National Geographic Society
Grant: 9384-13
Nanyang Technological University
Smithsonian Institution ForestGEO program
Smithsonian Institution
University of Queensland Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
FWCI
6.13
Citation Percentile
1.0%
Citation Trend
Fields of Study
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Sustainable Development Goals