Updates to HCOP: the HGNC comparison of orthology predictions tool is a dataset published in Briefings in Bioinformatics (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.4, placing it in the top 14.3% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 47 times, with 42 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 50/100.
Ranks in the top 14% 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.
“All HCOP data are available from https://www.genenames.org .”
The paper gives a web address (URL) as the location of the data, not a persistent identifier scheme. [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 HCOP data are available from https://www.genenames.org .”
The host is the HGNC website (genenames.org), which is an institutional website, not a curated repository. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“All HCOP data are available from https://www.genenames.org .”
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, 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
“All HCOP data are available from https://www.genenames.org . There are no restrictions for using the data.”
The statement points to a URL (genenames.org website) rather than a repository record; this is a non-repository host. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
The paper contains no section, table, or enumerated list that itemises the files, records, variables, or samples of the HCOP dataset. [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 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'
“There are no restrictions for using the data.”
The paper states the data are available with no stated precondition such as embargo, registration, or formal application.
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
“There are no restrictions for using the data.”
The paper explicitly states no restrictions, which is a natural-language equivalent of 'freely available', a standard access-level label.
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 data are not sensitive or human-subject, so no gatekeeper is named.
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 how long the data will be available or any persistence commitment.
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'
“a link to download the complete result set as a tab-separated text file is displayed above the first result panel.”
The paper names tab-separated text files, which are an open, community-standard format.
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 is named for the HCOP dataset itself.
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'
“Table 1 lists versions for each orthology source, e.g., 'eggNOG Version 5.0', 'Ensembl Release 102'.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides version identifiers for the source data used to build HCOP, which are resources other than the paper's own dataset. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“There are no restrictions for using the data.”
The paper does not name a standard licence; it only states no restrictions, which is not a licence artefact.
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 HCOP dataset itself. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 mention code availability for the HCOP pipeline code.
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)
“Wellcome Trust (208349/Z/17/Z)”
The paper provides specific grant numbers 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
“The HCOP pipeline code that combines the data from each of the orthology and nomenclature sources was recently completely rewritten to utilize the eHive production system [28] developed by the Ensembl project.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific software (eHive) and database systems (MySQL) used to produce the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“For the human and single ortholog species files, the '6 Column' output returns the raw assertions, Ensembl gene IDs and NCBI Gene IDs for human and one other species, while the '15 Column' output includes additional information such as the chromosomal location, accession numbers and, where possible, references the approved gene nomenclature.”
Variable definitions are provided inside the article, not as a separate documentation object shipped with the data. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.581
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.868
From 33 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 42 citers.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U24HG003345
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 208349/Z/17/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 208349
The Nomenclature of Human and Vertebrate Genes
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U24HG003345-16
The Nomenclature of Human and Vertebrate Genes
Wellcome Trust
FWCI
2.37
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Citation Trend
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