Parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors: a case–control study in Denmark, 1968–2016 is a dataset published in Cancer Causes & Control (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.329, placing it in the top 52.3% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 6 times, with 4 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 4/100.
Ranks in the top 52% for downstream scientific impact
Linked data & code
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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 does not provide any persistent identifier (DOI, Handle, ARK, or repository accession) for its own 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'
No repository is named as holding the study's data; the data are stated to be unavailable.
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 or link for the dataset appears anywhere in 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
“As per the EU General Data Protection Regulation, data cannot at the present time be made available.”
The data-availability statement declares the data cannot be shared, which falls under Colavizza category 0 (no route).
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 describes the study population and data sources in running prose, but does not provide an itemised inventory of the dataset. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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'
“As per the EU General Data Protection Regulation, data cannot at the present time be made available.”
The paper provides no route to access the data; it states the data cannot be made available.
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
“As per the EU General Data Protection Regulation, data cannot at the present time be made available.”
The paper does not apply a standard access-rights label (e.g., 'open access', 'restricted') to the data; it merely states that the data cannot be made available.
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 paper does not name any gatekeeper (institutional or personal) for the data, and the data are stated to be unavailable.
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
“As per the EU General Data Protection Regulation, data cannot at the present time be made available.”
No persistence commitment or availability timing is given; the data are stated to be unavailable.
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 the released data; the data are not shared.
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 does not name a community standard vocabulary or checklist applied to the data. [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 passes agreed)]
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 does not provide identifiers (accessions, DOIs, RRIDs) for any external resources used (e.g., registries, databases, or code).
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 license is attached to the data; the Creative Commons license applies to the article only.
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'
The paper does not provide a version token or a date that pins a specific snapshot of the data. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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 provide any locator for the study's own code; only the use of SAS 9.4 is mentioned without sharing.
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)
“Grants from the US National Institutes of Health (Grant # R21CA175959, R03ES021643)”
Specific grant numbers are attributed to named funders. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“This study was based on a linked database of five national registries in Denmark”
The data production process is described in generic terms without naming specific instruments, kits, or software versions used to create the dataset. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
No documentation object (README, data dictionary, codebook) is mentioned, and no variable-definition table is provided 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
0.292
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0373
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.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R21CA175959
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R03ES021643
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Grant: T42OH008412
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
Grant: T29DT0485
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
Grant: 17-01882
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 6T42OH008412-21M003
Southern California Education and Research Center
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R21CA175959-01A1
Maternal comorbidities, prescription drug use in pregnancy and childhood cancer
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R03ES021643-02
Parental Occupation and Childhood Cancers
FWCI
0.61
Citation Percentile
0.7%
Citation Trend
Fields of Study
MeSH Terms
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
Study on maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood metabolic outcomes