Free water elimination tractometry reveals local and remote white matter alterations in diffuse gliomas is a dataset published in Journal of Neuro-Oncology (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0, placing it in the top 100% of the data-sharing corpus. Its calibrated FAIR score is 25/100.
Ranks in the top 100% 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.
“Results of tractometry analysis are available at: [https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Free-water_elimination_tractometry_from_the_The_University_of_California_San_Francisco_Preoperative_Diffuse_Glioma_MRI_dataset/30402736]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text provides a figshare URL rather than a DOI or other persistent-identifier scheme string for the study's own data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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'
“Results of tractometry analysis are available at: [https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Free-water_elimination_tractometry_from_the_The_University_of_California_San_Francisco_Preoperative_Diffuse_Glioma_MRI_dataset/30402736]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are deposited in figshare, a repository listed in re3data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Results of tractometry analysis are available at: [https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Free-water_elimination_tractometry_from_the_The_University_of_California_San_Francisco_Preoperative_Diffuse_Glioma_MRI_dataset/30402736]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset identifier appears only in the body text (Data availability section), 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
“Results of tractometry analysis are available at: [https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Free-water_elimination_tractometry_from_the_The_University_of_California_San_Francisco_Preoperative_Diffuse_Glioma_MRI_dataset/30402736]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a repository (figshare) with a link, which is 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
No itemised inventory (section, table, or list) of the deposited dataset's files, variables, or samples exists in the text.
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'
“Results of tractometry analysis are available at: [https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Free-water_elimination_tractometry_from_the_The_University_of_California_San_Francisco_Preoperative_Diffuse_Glioma_MRI_dataset/30402736]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are offered via a public figshare URL with no stated precondition. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Results of tractometry analysis are available at: [https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Free-water_elimination_tractometry_from_the_The_University_of_California_San_Francisco_Preoperative_Diffuse_Glioma_MRI_dataset/30402736]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes an action (the URL) but does not label the access level with a standard vocabulary term like 'open access'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 study's own data derived from a public dataset are not sensitive, and no gatekeeper is named for their access.
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 paper states only that the data are 'available at' a URL, with no mention of retention period or persistence commitment.
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'
The paper does not name the file format of the released tractometry results.
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 community-standard checklist, metadata schema, or ontology is named as 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'
“The UCSF-PDGM dataset analyzed in this study is publicly available through The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) at (https://doi.org/10.7937/TCIA.2020.C1GQ4842)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a DOI for the source dataset (UCSF-PDGM) that the study's data depend on. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 for the data is stated in the text; the CC-BY 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'
No version token or date is given for the tractometry dataset; only software versions are mentioned.
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'
“Code to reproduce the statistical analysis and visualizations in the paper is available at [https://github.com/nrdg/fwe_tractometry_glioma]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a GitHub repository URL for the code, which is a machine-resolvable locator. [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)
“5T32NS091008-07”
The paper provides a specific grant number (5T32NS091008-07) from a named funder. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“Tractography reconstruction, tractometry, and FWE analysis were performed as previously described, using the open-source pyAFQ software version 2.1, which relies on techniques implemented in the DIPY software”
The paper names specific software and version (pyAFQ 2.1, DIPY) used to produce the data.
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 README, data dictionary, or codebook is mentioned as accompanying the deposited data.
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 →
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Grant: 5T32NS091008-07
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Grant: K99NS138680
National Institutes of Health, United States
Grant: R01AG060942
National Institutes of Health, United States
Grant: MH121868
National Science Foundation
Grant: 1934292
NIMH NIH HHS
Grant: RF1 MH121868
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: T32 NS091008
NEI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 EY033628
NIA NIH HHS
Grant: P30 AG066509
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