The Unified Phenotype Ontology : a framework for cross-species integrative phenomics is a dataset published in Genetics (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.406, placing it in the top 45.3% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 10 times, with 5 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 58/100.
Ranks in the top 45% 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.
“https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The paper gives a URL for the data, not a persistent identifier scheme such as a DOI, Handle, 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'
“https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The data are hosted on GitHub, a code repository that is not a dedicated data repository listed in re3data/FAIRsharing. [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
“The uPheno ontology, pattern library and associated files can be found here: https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The dataset identifier (GitHub URL) appears only in the body text, not as a reference-list entry. [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
“The uPheno ontology, pattern library and associated files can be found here: https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The statement points to a GitHub URL, which is a link to an archived location but not a repository record with a persistent identifier. [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
“uPheno has 3 main components: the uPheno ontology, a library of design patterns (templates) for computationally tractable phenotype definitions, and a number of standardized mappings to connect disparate phenotype ontologies.”
The dataset's content is described in running prose, not in an itemised inventory such as a table or bulleted list of files. [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 uPheno ontology, pattern library and associated files can be found here: https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The paper gives a URL to GitHub where the data can be accessed without any stated precondition such as registration, embargo, or request. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“The uPheno ontology, pattern library and associated files can be found here: https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The paper provides a URL to access the data but does not use any explicit access-level label such as 'open access' or 'publicly available'. [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 dataset is an ontology, not sensitive human-subject data, 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 when the data become available or how long they will persist.
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 uPheno ontology is a computational logic-based ontology built using the W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL).”
The data are released in OWL, an open, community-standard format. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 uPheno ontology is a computational logic-based ontology built using the W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL).”
OWL is a W3C standard, and the ontology is built within the OBO Foundry community standard, which is explicitly named. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 cites external ontologies by name and reference, but does not provide identifiers (e.g., DOIs, accessions) for those resources themselves. [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'
No license for the data is mentioned in the paper; the CC-BY 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'
The paper does not provide a version token or date for the uPheno 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'
“The uPheno ontology, pattern library and associated files can be found here: https://github.com/obophenotype/upheno/blob/master/docs/reference/data-availability.md”
The paper provides a machine-resolvable GitHub URL for the code/ontology, which is an authoritative locator. [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)
“This work was supported by NIH National Human Genome Research Institute Phenomics First Resource, NIH-NHGRI # 5RM1 HG010860”
The paper includes a specific award/grant number alongside the funder name. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“The release system of the uPheno ontology is implemented as an ODK workflow, which makes it easily executable in a platform-agnostic manner through Docker.”
The paper names specific tools (ODK, Docker) and versions used to build the data. [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
The paper does not mention a README, data dictionary, or codebook shipped with the data. [majority verdict 'no' (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
0.360
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0467
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.
NIH National Human Genome Research Institute Phenomics First Resource
Grant: NIH-NHGRI # 5RM1 HG010860
National Institutes of Health
Grant: #5R24 OD011883
US Department of Energy
Grant: DE-AC0205CH11231
US Department of Energy
Grant: HG000330
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: 1U24HG012542-01
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: RM1 HG010860
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: U41HG001315
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: #5U24HG011449-03
BBSRC Growing Health
Grant: BB/X010953/1
BBSRC Growing Health
Grant: BBS/E/RH/230003A
Delivering Sustainable Wheat
Grant: BB/X011003/1
Delivering Sustainable Wheat
Grant: BBS/E/RH/230001B
Gene Ontology Consortium
Grant: U41HG002273
Alliance of Genome Resources
Grant: U24HG010859)
NICHD
Grant: P41 HD064556
NIH
Grant: OD R24 OD011883
EMBL-EBI Core Funds
Grant: 7R24 OD011883
EMBL-EBI Core Funds
Grant: 7RM1 HG010860
EMBL-EBI Core Funds
Grant: 24HG012542
EMBL-EBI Core Funds
Grant: UM1HG006370
Wellcome Grant
Grant: 218236/Z/19/Z
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Grant: U41 HG002659
NIH HHS
Grant: R24 OD011883
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG010859
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: P41 HG000330
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG011449
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG012542
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 226924
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG000330
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 218236
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG012212
ODCDC CDC HHS
Office of Science
Dicty database and Stock Center
Takeda
Biogen
Office of the Director
Center of Excellence in Genomic Science
GSK
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
Sanofi
Celgene
EMBL-EBI
Open Targets
FWCI
4.04
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Citation Trend
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Sustainable Development Goals