Editor's Choice GlycoEnzDB: a database of enzymes involved in human glycosylation is a dataset published in Glycobiology (2025). 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
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.
“The user–friendly web interface is accessible at www.virtualglycome.org/glycoenzdb .”
The paper provides a web address (URL) for the data, not a persistent identifier scheme.
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'
“Source data are provided at https://github.com/neel-lab/webGlycoEnzDB , and they come from original resources listed in Table 1”
The data are hosted on GitHub, a non-repository host (not a curated 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
“All data, instructions and source code used to generate the web interface are available at: https://github.com/neel-lab/webGlycoEnzDB”
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not in the reference list.
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 data, instructions and source code used to generate the web interface are available at: https://github.com/neel-lab/webGlycoEnzDB . GlycoEnzDB is deployed at: www.virtualglycome.org/glycoenzdb .”
The statement points to a public repository (GitHub) with a link, corresponding to Colavizza category 3.
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
“GlycoEnzDB curates 403 human glycoEnzymes based on their function (Table S1) and the pathways (Table S2) they participate in.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper references supplementary tables (Table S1, S2) that provide an itemized inventory of the dataset. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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 data, instructions and source code used to generate the web interface are available at: https://github.com/neel-lab/webGlycoEnzDB”
The paper provides a direct link with no stated precondition for access.
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 goal of this manuscript is to introduce a resource called GlycoEnzDB that is freely available as part of the virtualglycome.org website.”
The paper labels the data as 'freely available', which is a natural-language equivalent of 'open access', satisfying the class-1 requirement. [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 not sensitive or human-subject data; no gatekeeper is mentioned.
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 specify when the data are 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 paper does not name any file format for the released 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
“GlycoEnzOnto: ontology for ~400 glycoGenes”
The paper uses GlycoEnzOnto, an ontology, which is a community standard for data representation. [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'
“UniProt: Universal Protein Knowledgebase https://www.uniprot.org/”
The paper provides identifiers (URLs) for external resources used, such as UniProt. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
The paper does not mention any licence for the data itself, only the article's CC BY licence.
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 current version of GlycoEnzDB is focused on a limited set of experimental data.”
The paper mentions 'current version' but does not provide a version token or date.
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'
“All data, instructions and source code used to generate the web interface are available at: https://github.com/neel-lab/webGlycoEnzDB”
The paper gives a GitHub URL, a machine-resolvable locator, for the 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)
“National Institutes of Health grants [HL103411 to S.N. and R.G., and HL151333 to S. N.]. S.V. was partially supported by SUNY Multidisciplinary Small Team Award [201047.2].”
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
“DrawGlycan-SNFG is used to draw reaction schemes describing the catalytic activity of the individual glycoEnzymes”
The paper names specific tools (e.g., DrawGlycan-SNFG) used to produce the data.
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
“GlycoEnzDB curates 403 human glycoEnzymes based on their function (Table S1) and the pathways (Table S2) they participate in.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Variable definitions are provided inside the article via supplementary tables, not as a separate documentation object shipped with the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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 →
National Institutes of Health
Grant: HL151333
National Institutes of Health
Grant: HL103411
SUNY Multidisciplinary Small Team Award
Grant: 201047.2
NHLBI NIH HHS
Grant: P01 HL151333
NHLBI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HL103411
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