Genome Database for Vaccinium: a knowledgebase for genetics, genomics, and breeding research is a dataset published in GENETICS (2026). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0, placing it in the top 100% of the data-sharing corpus. Its calibrated FAIR score is 50/100.
Ranks in the top 100% 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 genomic, genetic, and germplasm data curated in GDV is publicly accessible at https://www.vaccinium.org/ .”
The paper gives a web address (https://www.vaccinium.org/) as the location of the data, not a persistent identifier scheme (DOI, Handle, 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 genomic, genetic, and germplasm data curated in GDV is publicly accessible at https://www.vaccinium.org/ .”
The paper names the GDV website as the holder, which is a project website rather than a recognized repository like GEO or Zenodo. [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 genomic, genetic, and germplasm data curated in GDV is publicly accessible at https://www.vaccinium.org/ .”
The dataset identifier (the 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 genomic, genetic, and germplasm data curated in GDV is publicly accessible at https://www.vaccinium.org/ .”
The statement provides a URL to the database, not a repository record with a PID. [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
“Table 2. Data types in GDV and current count.”
The paper contains an itemized inventory (Table 2) listing the data types and their counts.
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 genomic, genetic, and germplasm data curated in GDV is publicly accessible at https://www.vaccinium.org/ .”
The paper gives a route to the data with no stated precondition; it is publicly accessible. [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
“All genomic, genetic, and germplasm data curated in GDV is publicly accessible”
The paper explicitly states that the data are 'publicly accessible', which is an 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 study's data are not sensitive or human-subject, and no gatekeeper is named for the public data; the private breeding data are not part of the study's own data.
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, persistence commitment, or availability timing 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'
“Data are available in standard community formats (GFF, FASTA, CSV)”
The paper explicitly names open, community-standard formats (GFF, FASTA, CSV) for the data.
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
“metadata uses established ontologies including Plant Trait Ontology, Crop Ontology, Sequence Ontology, and Gene Ontology terms.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names multiple community-standard ontologies used for metadata. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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'
“GRIN Global (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/search)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a URL for an external resource (GRIN Global) that the data depend on. [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'
“All data are freely accessible with clear publication attribution and licensing, enabling unrestricted reuse”
The paper does not name a specific standard license; it only describes the data as 'freely accessible' without naming a license 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'
The paper does not provide a version token or a date that pins the data snapshot. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 offer any locator for the study's own code; code availability is not addressed.
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)
“Specialty Crop Research Initiative project award numbers 2022-51181-38449 and 2019-51181-30015 as well as National Research Support Project 10. This work is also supported by USDA Hatch project 1014919 at Washington State University.”
Award numbers are provided for the funders.
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 database team perform comprehensive analyses including homology searches against protein databases, InterPro domain identification, and synteny analyses between Vaccinium genomes using McScanX.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific software tools (McScanX, InterProScan) used to produce the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
No documentation object (README, codebook) is named as travelling with the data. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 →
USDA Hatch
Grant: 1014919
National Research Support Project 10
U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Specialty Crop Research Initiative
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture
FWCI
0.00
Citation Percentile
0.1%
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