Construction of a new chromosome-scale, long-read reference genome assembly for the Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus is a dataset published in GigaScience (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.606, placing it in the top 32.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 15 times, with 14 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 52/100.
Ranks in the top 33% 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.
“Harris RA, Raveendran M, Lyfoung DT, et al. Supporting data for “Construction of a new chromosome-scale, long-read reference genome assembly of the Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus.” GigaScience Database. 2022. 10.5524/102203.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a DOI for the supporting data, which is a persistent identifier scheme. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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'
“The new BCM_Maur_2.0 genome assembly is available in the NCBI data repository”
The paper names NCBI (a curated repository) and GigaDB as the holders of the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“Harris RA, Raveendran M, Lyfoung DT, et al. Supporting data for “Construction of a new chromosome-scale, long-read reference genome assembly of the Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus.” GigaScience Database. 2022. 10.5524/102203.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset's DOI appears as a reference-list entry in the Data Citations section. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (2/5 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 new BCM_Maur_2.0 genome assembly is available in the NCBI data repository under BioProject PRJNA705675 (GenBank accession GCA_017639785.1).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a repository record with an accession, matching Colavizza category 3. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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 1: Assembly statistics for BCM_Maur_2.0 versus the MesAur1.0 Syrian hamster assembly”
The paper contains an itemised inventory (Table 1) that lists assembly metrics (length, N50, etc.) of the dataset.
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 new BCM_Maur_2.0 genome assembly is available in the NCBI data repository under BioProject PRJNA705675 (GenBank accession GCA_017639785.1).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper gives a direct route to the data with no stated precondition. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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 paper states the data are available but does not label the access level using any vocabulary term such as 'open access' or 'restricted access'. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 not sensitive or human-subject, and no gatekeeper is named.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are a genome assembly from a single animal and are openly available, so no gatekeeper is needed.
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 mention how long the data will be retained or any persistence commitment. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“generate AGP and FASTA files for the scaffolds”
FASTA is an open, community-standard format for sequence data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
No named data or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, FAIRsharing-registered) is claimed for the data; only quality assessment tools are mentioned.
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 MesAur1.0 genome assembly is available in the NCBI database under BioProject PRJNA77669 (GenBank accession GCA_000349665.1).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides an identifier for the previous MesAur1.0 assembly, a resource other than its 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'
No license is stated for the data; the CC-BY license applies only to the article, not the data.
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'
“BCM_Maur_2.0”
The assembly is named with a version (BCM_Maur_2.0) and has a version-specific GenBank accession.
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'
No code repository URL, DOI, or supplementary code is provided for the study's own analysis pipeline; only third-party tools are cited.
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 research was supported by contract HHSN272201600007C awarded to D.H.O. from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a specific contract number (HHSN272201600007C) attached to a named funder. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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 the Flye assembler v2.8.1 (Flye, RRID:SCR_017016 ) [ 23 ] to generate an initial de novo genome assembly.”
The paper names specific tools and versions (Flye v2.8.1, Pilon v1.23, ONT PromethION, etc.) used to produce the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
No README, data dictionary, or codebook is mentioned as accompanying the deposited data; the paper's Table 1 describes assembly statistics but is not a documentation object shipped 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 →
Base Score Contribution
0.416
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.191
From 10 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 14 citers.
NIH HHS
Grant: P51 OD011106
NIGMS NIH HHS
Grant: T32 GM135119
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: HHSN272201600007C
National Institutes of Health
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