Early transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa: An epidemiological and phylogenetic report is a dataset published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2020). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 4.8, placing it in the top 4.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 100 times, with 84 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 58/100.
Ranks in the top 5% for downstream scientific impact
Linked data & code
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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 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences generated in this study were deposited in the GISAID database ( https://www.gisaid.org/ ) under the following accession IDs: EPI_ISL_421572, EPI_ISL_421573, EPI_ISL_421574, EPI_ISL_421575 EPI_ISL_421576 EPI_ISL_436684 EPI_ISL_436685 EPI_ISL_436686 EPI_ISL_436687 . In addition, raw short and long reads were submitted to the Short Read Archive (SRA) and can be accessed under BioProject Accession: PRJNA636748 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA636748 ).”
The paper provides persistent identifiers (GISAID EPI_ISL accessions and BioProject PRJNA636748) for the study's own data. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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'
“The SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences generated in this study were deposited in the GISAID database ( https://www.gisaid.org/ ) under the following accession IDs: EPI_ISL_421572, EPI_ISL_421573, EPI_ISL_421574, EPI_ISL_421575 EPI_ISL_421576 EPI_ISL_436684 EPI_ISL_436685 EPI_ISL_436686 EPI_ISL_436687 . In addition, raw short and long reads were submitted to the Short Read Archive (SRA) and can be accessed under BioProject Accession: PRJNA636748 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA636748 ).”
The paper names GISAID and SRA (via BioProject) as repositories holding the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“The SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences generated in this study were deposited in the GISAID database ( https://www.gisaid.org/ ) under the following accession IDs: EPI_ISL_421572, EPI_ISL_421573, EPI_ISL_421574, EPI_ISL_421575 EPI_ISL_421576 EPI_ISL_436684 EPI_ISL_436685 EPI_ISL_436686 EPI_ISL_436687 . In addition, raw short and long reads were submitted to the Short Read Archive (SRA) and can be accessed under BioProject Accession: PRJNA636748 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA636748 ).”
The dataset's identifiers appear only in the body text (data availability section), not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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
“The SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences generated in this study were deposited in the GISAID database ( https://www.gisaid.org/ ) under the following accession IDs: EPI_ISL_421572, EPI_ISL_421573, EPI_ISL_421574, EPI_ISL_421575 EPI_ISL_421576 EPI_ISL_436684 EPI_ISL_436685 EPI_ISL_436686 EPI_ISL_436687 . In addition, raw short and long reads were submitted to the Short Read Archive (SRA) and can be accessed under BioProject Accession: PRJNA636748 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA636748 ).”
The data availability statement points to repositories with accessions, satisfying Colavizza category 3. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“It managed to produce 20 near-whole genome sequences (>90% coverage) from these samples, and six partial genomes.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset's content is described in running prose (number of sequences and coverage) without an itemised inventory or section. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences generated in this study were deposited in the GISAID database ( https://www.gisaid.org/ ) under the following accession IDs: EPI_ISL_421572, EPI_ISL_421573, EPI_ISL_421574, EPI_ISL_421575 EPI_ISL_421576 EPI_ISL_436684 EPI_ISL_436685 EPI_ISL_436686 EPI_ISL_436687 . In addition, raw short and long reads were submitted to the Short Read Archive (SRA) and can be accessed under BioProject Accession: PRJNA636748 ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA636748 ).”
The data are deposited in public repositories (GISAID and SRA) with no stated precondition; the text does not mention registration, embargo, or application. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“The SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences generated in this study were deposited in the GISAID database (https://www.gisaid.org/) under the following accession IDs: EPI_ISL_421572, EPI_ISL_421573, EPI_ISL_421574, EPI_ISL_421575 EPI_ISL_421576 EPI_ISL_436684 EPI_ISL_436685 EPI_ISL_436686 EPI_ISL_436687. In addition, raw short and long reads were submitted to the Short Read Archive (SRA) and can be accessed under BioProject Accession: PRJNA636748 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA636748).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data availability statement describes the action of deposition but does not explicitly label the access level (e.g., 'open access' or 'restricted'). [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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 project was approved by University of KwaZulu-Natal Biomedical Research Ethics Committee. Protocol reference number: BREC/00,001,195/2020.”
The data are human-subject derived but deposited in public repositories with no named gatekeeper; the ethics approval is for the study, not an access gatekeeper.
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
No sentence states when the data become available or how long they persist; only the act of deposit is mentioned.
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 text mentions 'sequences' and 'reads' but not a specific format like FASTA or FASTQ.
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, FAIRsharing-registered ontology) is named for the data. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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 dataset also contained one additional KZN sequence ( EPI_ISL_417186 ) that was generated by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and represented a distant contact of the first diagnosed case in South Africa.”
The paper references an identifier for a third-party dataset (EPI_ISL_417186) and also a GenBank accession (MN908947) for Wuhan-Hu1. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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'
No licence or terms-of-use document is named for the data; the article's CC-BY footer applies to the paper, not the 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'
No version token or date is stated for the data; the accession IDs are persistent identifiers, not version indicators.
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 a locator for the study's own code; only third-party tools are mentioned.
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)
“by the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24HG006941.”
A specific grant number (U24HG006941) is attached to a named funder. [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
“Illumina MiSeq sequencing PCR products for samples yielding sufficient material were included in this sequencing platform.”
The paper names specific instruments, kits, and software (e.g., Illumina MiSeq, QIAGEN Viral RNA Mini Kit, Genome Detective) used to produce the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“Supplementary Table S2, Table S3”
Variable/field definitions are provided in supplementary tables within the article, not in a separate documentation file shipped with the data. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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
0.692
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
4.1
From 70 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 84 citers.
South African Medical Research Council
Grant: MRC-RFA-UFSP-01-2013/UKZN HIVEPI
South African Medical Research Council
Grant: MRC SIR HIVDR-POC
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U24HG006941
Additional file 1 of Genomic surveillance of SARS-COV-2 reveals diverse circulating variant lineages in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties, Kenya
Additional file 1 of Genomic surveillance of SARS-COV-2 reveals diverse circulating variant lineages in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties, Kenya