Comprehensive molecular characterization of human colon and rectal cancer is a dataset published in Nature (2012). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 11.8, placing it in the top 0.7% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 8,705 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 42/100.
Ranks in the top 1% 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.
“http://cancergenome.nih.gov/”
The strongest identifier string given is a URL (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/), which is not a persistent identifier scheme; the dbGaP accession is not quoted in the text. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“All of the primary sequence files are deposited in dbGap”
dbGaP is a named repository (NCBI database of Genotypes and Phenotypes), satisfying the class-1 artefact condition.
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 matrices and supporting data can be found at http://tcga-data.nci.nih.gov/docs/publications/coadread_2012/”
The dataset identifier appears as a URL in the body text, not as a reference-list entry. [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
“Data deposits dbGaP accession numbers have been provided in Supplementary Table 1.”
The statement names a repository (dbGaP) and indicates the data are archived there, matching Colavizza category 3. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“we conducted a genome-scale analysis of 276 samples, analysing exome sequence, DNA copy number, promoter methylation and messenger RNA and microRNA expression. A subset of these samples (97) underwent low-depth-of-coverage whole-genome sequencing.”
The dataset is described in running prose rather than via an itemized inventory (section, table, or list), so it is a partial artefact. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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'
“All of the primary sequence files are deposited in dbGap and all other data are deposited at the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for public access (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text states the data are deposited for public access with no stated precondition, such as an embargo, registration, or application process. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“for public access”
The paper labels the data as 'for public access', which is a natural-language synonym for open access. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“All of the primary sequence files are deposited in dbGap”
dbGaP is a controlled-access repository requiring Data Access Committee approval, so an institutional gatekeeper is named. [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
“All of the primary sequence files are deposited in dbGap and all other data are deposited at the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for public access (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text states the data are deposited and available at the time of publication, but does not mention any retention period or persistence commitment. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 for the released data is named in the text; platforms are mentioned but not the formats of deposited files.
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 data or metadata standard (e.g., MIAME, MINSEQE, or a FAIRsharing-registered ontology) is named in the text.
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 text does not provide an identifier (accession, DOI, RRID, or build ID) for any external resource used or referenced.
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's Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-SA) applies to the article, not the data; no licence for the data is stated.
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 for the data snapshot; the dbGaP accession numbers (which may include versioning) are not quoted in the text.
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 (URL, DOI, or repository) 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)
“This work was supported by the following grants from the National Institutes of Health: U24CA143799, U24CA143835, U24CA143840, U24CA143843, U24CA143845, U24CA143848, U24CA143858, U24CA143866, U24CA143867, U24CA143882, U24CA143883, U24CA144025, U54HG003067, U54HG003079 and U54HG003273.”
Award numbers are provided for the funding, meeting the class-1 artefact condition.
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
“We used Affymetrix SNP 6.0 microarrays to detect copy-number alterations”
The paper names specific instruments and platforms 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
No documentation object (README, data dictionary, codebook) is named as traveling with the data, and no variable-definition table is present in 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
1.4
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
10.5
From 100 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 100 citers.
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143799
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24CA143858
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U54 HG003273
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143866
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24CA143840
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24CA143843
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24CA144025
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U54 HG003079
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: P30 CA016672
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U54HG003067
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143867
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143883
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA126554
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143835
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143848
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 CA143882
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: P30 CA016086
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: U24CA143845
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HG006272
FWCI
322.73
Citation Percentile
1.0%
Citation Trend
Fields of Study
MeSH Terms
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals