Molecular and cellular dynamics of the developing human neocortex is a dataset published in Nature (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.6, placing it in the top 12.9% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 130 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 54/100.
Ranks in the top 13% for downstream scientific impact
Linked data & code
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.
“10.5061/dryad.2280gb612”
The paper provides a DOI for the dataset (Dryad), which is a persistent identifier scheme. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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'
“Processed data are available ... at Dryad 77 (10.5061/dryad.2280gb612).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Dryad is a named data repository (listed in re3data/FAIRsharing). [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“Wang, L. et al. Data for 'Molecular and cellular dynamics of the developing human neocortex'. Dryad 10.5061/dryad.2280gb612 (2024).”
The dataset appears as a reference list entry with a DOI.
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
“All raw and aligned snMultiome sequencing data were deposited to the NeMO archive ( https://assets.nemoarchive.org/dat-oiif74w ). MERFISH data were deposited to the Brain Image Library (10.35077/g.1156). Processed data are available at an interactive portal ( https://cell.ucsf.edu/snMultiome ), at CELLxGENE ( https://cellxgene.cziscience.com/collections/ad2149fc-19c5-41de-8cfe-44710fbada73 ) and at Dryad 77 (10.5061/dryad.2280gb612).”
The statement points to repositories with accessions/DOIs, corresponding to 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
“We collected 27 brain specimens and 38 biological samples from five key developmental stages, spanning the first trimester to adolescence, to study transcriptomic and epigenomic changes in human neocortical development (Fig. 1a and Supplementary Table 1 ).”
The dataset description is given in running prose rather than a structured itemised inventory. [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 raw and aligned snMultiome sequencing data were deposited to the NeMO archive (https://assets.nemoarchive.org/dat-oiif74w).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text gives a route to the data with no stated precondition; the data are deposited in public repositories. [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
“All raw and aligned snMultiome sequencing data were deposited to the NeMO archive (https://assets.nemoarchive.org/dat-oiif74w).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes the deposit action but does not label the access level with a standard vocabulary term. [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
“For inquiries regarding the acquisition of these data, please contact the corresponding authors.”
No institutional gatekeeper is named; the only route is contacting the authors, but the data are deposited in public repositories with no stated access control.
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 neither states a retention period nor provides a timing for availability (the data are already available). [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 explicitly named for the released data in the paper.
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, MINSEQE) is named for the released data; only reference genomes and software are mentioned. [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'
“Human ganglionic eminence scRNA-seq data are available at the GEO ( GSE135827 ).”
The paper cites other resources with identifiers, such as GEO accession and JASPAR URL. [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 reuse license is stated for the data; the CC-BY-NC-ND license applies only to the article.
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.
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 code used for data analysis in this Article is available at GitHub ( https://github.com/complexdisease/Human_Cortex_Dev_Multiome ).”
A code-repository URL is given. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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)
“National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) grant R35GM142983 to J.L.”
Award/grant numbers are provided for the funding.
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
“Using the single-nucleus multiome (snMultiome) technique from 10x Genomics”
The paper names specific instruments, platforms, and software (e.g., 10x Genomics, NovaSeq, Cell Ranger ARC). [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 1: Samples used in this study”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Variable definitions are provided in the article's supplementary tables, not in a separate documentation file shipped with the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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
0.731
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.874
From 62 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.
NIMH NIH HHS
Grant: K99 MH131832
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: P01 NS083513
NIH HHS
Grant: S10 OD021822
NEI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 EY030138
NIMH NIH HHS
Grant: U01 MH114825
NIGMS NIH HHS
Grant: R35 GM142983
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: R01 NS123912
NIDDK NIH HHS
Grant: P30 DK063720
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: R35 NS097305
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: R35 NS137344
NIH HHS
Grant: S10 OD028511
MeSH Terms
Data from: Molecular and cellular dynamics of the developing human neocortex