ZFIN updates to support zebrafish environmental exposure data is a dataset published in Genetics (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.252, placing it in the top 59.6% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 3 times, with 3 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 46/100.
Ranks in the top 60% 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 relevant data are available at ZFIN, zfin.org.”
The only identifier given for the data is the web address zfin.org, which is not a persistent identifier scheme (no DOI, Handle, ARK, or repository accession). [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 relevant data are available at ZFIN, zfin.org.”
ZFIN (Zebrafish Information Network) is a named, curated model-organism database that qualifies as a data repository.
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
The paper does not contain a reference-list entry for the dataset; the only identifier (zfin.org URL) appears in the body text, but it is not a persistent identifier for a specific dataset. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 relevant data are available at ZFIN, zfin.org.”
The statement points to ZFIN (a repository) but provides a generic homepage URL, not a specific dataset record with an accession or DOI.
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
“Table 2. Description of toxicology download files.”
Table 2 provides an itemised inventory of the 7 toxicology download files, each with a description, constituting a structural inventory of the dataset. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 relevant data are available at ZFIN, zfin.org.”
The text gives a route (ZFIN website) with no stated precondition; the data are publicly available now.
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 data are freely available following the FAIR principles”
The paper explicitly labels the data as 'freely available', which is a recognized access-level label ('open access' synonym). [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
The data are zebrafish (non-human) and openly available with no gatekeeper; no sensitive or human-subject data are involved.
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 relevant data are available at ZFIN, zfin.org.”
The text states that the data are available now (availability timing) but says nothing about how long they will persist. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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'
The paper does not name any file format (e.g., TSV, CSV) for the released data; the only format mention is in a reference to the mapping file (.tsv), which is not the main dataset. [majority verdict 'no' (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
“ZFIN annotates chemicals using the Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology (ChEBI) along with the Zebrafish Experimental Conditions Ontology (ZECO) to denote route of exposure and other experimental conditions.”
The paper names ChEBI and ZECO, both community-standard ontologies registered in FAIRsharing.
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 MeSH-ChEBI mapping file is updated monthly and is available from the publicly available ZFIN download files (https://zfin.org/downloads/mesh-chebi-mapping.tsv), as well as from Zenodo (Pich et al. 2024).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a Zenodo DOI (from Pich et al. 2024) for the mapping file, which is a resource other than the paper's own dataset. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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 states the data are 'freely available' but does not name any standard reuse license (e.g., CC0, CC BY) or other terms document.
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 paper mentions monthly updates and daily downloads but provides no version token or date that pins a specific snapshot of the dataset.
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; the ZFIN web resource is a database, not a code repository.
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)
“U41 HG002659 (ZFIN) and U24 HG010859 (Alliance of Genome Resources)”
The paper lists specific grant numbers from the National Human Genome Research Institute, which are award identifiers.
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 paper describes curation processes using ontologies but does not name specific instruments, kits, platforms, or software versions used to produce the data. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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
“Table 2. Description of toxicology download files.”
The definitions of the data files (download files) are provided inside the article in Table 2, with no documentation object said to accompany 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
0.208
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0444
From 2 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 3 citers.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U41 HG002659 (ZFIN) and U24 HG010859
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG010859
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG002659
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: P41 HG002659
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U41 HG002659
Alliance of Genome Resources
National Human Genome Research Institute
Alliance of Genome Resources
FWCI
1.46
Citation Percentile
0.8%
Citation Trend
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Sustainable Development Goals