The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) a curated compendium of ancient human genomes is a dataset published in Scientific Data (2024). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 3.7, placing it in the top 6% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 362 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 79/100.
Ranks in the top 6% 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.
“29. Mallick, S. & Reich, D. The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR): A curated compendium of ancient human genomes. Harvard Dataverse, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FFIDCW (2023).”
The dataset's DOI is given in the reference list entry. [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'
“Harvard Dataverse”
The paper names Harvard Dataverse as the repository holding the data.
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
“29. Mallick, S. & Reich, D. The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR): A curated compendium of ancient human genomes. Harvard Dataverse, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FFIDCW (2023).”
The dataset's DOI appears as a reference-list entry (reference 29).
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 AADR dataset is available at Harvard Dataverse29”
The Data Record section states the dataset is available at Harvard Dataverse, which is a link to archived data in a public repository.
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
“Data Record”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper has a dedicated 'Data Record' section that itemises the dataset's files and variables in a bulleted list, constituting an itemised inventory. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“The AADR dataset is available at Harvard Dataverse29”
The dataset is stated to be available at Harvard Dataverse with no precondition.
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 AADR dataset is available at Harvard Dataverse29”
No access-level label is applied, but the text describes the action of accessing the dataset via the repository. [majority verdict 'partial' (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 AADR dataset is available at Harvard Dataverse29”
The data are ancient human genomes, but no gatekeeper is named; the data are openly available.
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 does not state any retention period or persistence commitment for the data. [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'
“EIGENSTRAT format ( .ind,.snp, and.geno)”
The released data are in EIGENSTRAT format, which is not among the listed open/community-standard formats (e.g., CSV, FASTA, BAM) and is considered a proprietary format. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 ontology; it mentions only format and methods. [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 paper does not provide a persistent identifier (DOI, accession, RRID) for any external resource that the data depend on; it only mentions names like 'European Nucleotide Archive' without identifiers. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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'
The paper does not state a license for the data; the CC BY 4.0 license applies to the article, 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'
“The latest release at the time of writing and peer review is 8.0.”
The paper states the latest release version as 8.0.
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'
“https://github.com/DReichLab/adna-workflow”
The paper provides a GitHub repository URL for the processing pipeline.
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)
“supported by NIH grant HG012287”
The paper lists NIH grant HG012287 as 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
“We create a bam file aligned to the hg19 genome reference sequence.”
The paper describes the data production process in generic terms without naming specific instruments, software versions, or kits. [majority verdict 'partial' (2/5 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
“We also include an annotation file that is rich in meta-information for the dataset (.anno ).”
The annotation file (.anno) is a documentation object shipped with the data that defines the variables and metadata. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
0.884
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
2.8
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.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Center for Information Technology
Grant: HG012287
John Templeton Foundation
Grant: 61220
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HG012287
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HG012287-10
Advanced tools for using ancient DNA to study biology and history
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Center for Information Technology
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