Contextualized race and ethnicity annotations for clinical text from MIMIC-III is a dataset published in Scientific Data (2024). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.369, placing it in the top 48.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 5 times, with 5 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 58/100.
Ranks in the top 49% 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.
“The C-REACT Dataset project page on PhysioNet provides further details on the dataset and the access application process (https://doi.org/10.13026/t9ka-6k29)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a DOI (10.13026/t9ka-6k29) for the dataset. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Both sets of reference standard annotations are available on PhysioNet 50.”
PhysioNet is a named data repository. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“Bear Don’t Walk, O. J. et al. C-REACT: Contextualized Race and Ethnicity Annotations for Clinical Text. physionet.org https://doi.org/10.13026/C2JT1Q (2023).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset appears as a reference-list entry (reference 50), cited in the text. [downgraded to 'partial' — 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
“Both sets of reference standard annotations are available on PhysioNet.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a repository record (PhysioNet) with a DOI, corresponding to Colavizza category 3. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“There is one main folder containing two jsonl files with span-level RE indicators and sentence-level RE assignments as well as a subdirectory with raw RE assignment files.”
The 'Data Records' section provides an itemised inventory of the dataset files.
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'
“users are required to register, complete a credentialing process, and sign a data use agreement.”
The access route carries a stated precondition (registration, credentialing, DUA), making it a followable process but not unconditional. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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
“While PhysioNet 51 data are freely accessible, users are required to register, complete a credentialing process, and sign a data use agreement.”
The paper describes the access process but does not label the access level with a standard term like 'open access' or 'restricted access'. [majority verdict 'partial' (2/5 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
“users are required to register, complete a credentialing process, and sign a data use agreement.”
The paper names PhysioNet, an institutional repository, as the gatekeeper with a defined credentialing process and data use agreement. [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
The paper does not state any retention period or permanent archival claim 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'
“jsonl files”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset is provided in JSONL format, which is an open, community-standard format. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“U.S. census categories”
The paper uses the U.S. census categories (a federally recognized community standard) for race and ethnicity labeling. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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'
“All code is made publicly available through GitHub (https://github.com/elhadadlab/MIMIC_race_ethnicity_dataset).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a URL for the code repository, which is an identifier for a resource other than the own dataset. [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'
“users are required to register, complete a credentialing process, and sign a data use agreement.”
A data use agreement is named, which is a terms artefact, but it is not an open standard licence. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 C-REACT dataset itself.
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'
“All code is made publicly available through GitHub (https://github.com/elhadadlab/MIMIC_race_ethnicity_dataset).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A machine-resolvable code repository URL is provided. [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)
“T15LM007079”
The paper includes specific grant numbers (e.g., T15LM007079) from named funders. [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
“We used NLTK40 to extract sentences and heuristics to handle clinical lists such as medication and condition lists.”
The paper names the specific tool (NLTK) 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
“The annotation guidelines for indicators are available in the PhysioNet dataset under the file name “File_1_Annotation_Guidelines_for_Race_and_Ethnicity_Indicators.docx”.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A documentation object (annotation guidelines) is named as accompanying the data in the repository. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
0.269
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.101
From 3 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 5 citers.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | U.S. National Library of Medicine
Grant: T15LM007079
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Grant: T32HS026121
NLM NIH HHS
Grant: R01 LM006910
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 2R01LM006910-14
Discovering and Applying Knowledge in Clinical Databases
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5T15LM007079-29
Training in Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1T32HS026121-01
Columbia University Patient Safety and Health Services Research Training
Data Science Fellowship from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group in High Performance Computing
The Intramural Research Program of the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
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