Newborn blood DNA methylation and childhood asthma: findings from the ECHO program is a dataset published in International Journal of Epidemiology (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.180, placing it in the top 66.3% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 2 times, with 2 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 38/100.
Ranks in the top 66% 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 paper does not provide a persistent-identifier-scheme string (DOI, Handle, ARK, or repository accession) for its own dataset.
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'
“Select de-identified data from the ECHO Program are available through NICHD’s Data and Specimen Hub (DASH).”
DASH (NICHD’s Data and Specimen Hub) is a named 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
No identifier for the dataset appears in the reference list or in the body text; the dataset is not cited as a bibliographic entry. [majority verdict 'no' (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
“Select de-identified data from the ECHO Program are available through NICHD’s Data and Specimen Hub (DASH). Information on study data not available on DASH, such as some Indigenous datasets, can be found on the ECHO study DASH webpage.”
The statement names a repository (DASH) but does not provide an accession, DOI, or persistent link to a specific dataset record.
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
“A total of 1213 samples and 405 478 cytosine–phosphate–guanine (CpG) sites for the 450K and 783 517 CpG sites on the EPIC passed QC and were included in downstream analyses.”
The dataset's extent (sample and CpG counts) is stated in running prose, not in an itemized inventory such as a dedicated section or table. [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'
“Select de-identified data from the ECHO Program are available through NICHD’s Data and Specimen Hub (DASH).”
The text gives a route to the data (DASH) with no stated precondition such as registration, embargo, or application. [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 text does not label the access level of the data; it only states the data are available through a repository without using any standard access-level vocabulary. [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
No gatekeeper of any kind is named for the human-subject data; the data are simply stated to be available through DASH. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 states neither when the data become available (beyond 'available') nor 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'
No file format for the released data is mentioned anywhere in the text.
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 community data or metadata standard (e.g., MIAME, MIxS, an OBO ontology) is named as being applied to the data.
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 does not provide an identifier (accession, DOI, RRID, assembly ID, etc.) for any external resource it builds upon. [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 licence or terms-of-use artefact is named for the data; the CC-BY-NC footer applies 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'
Neither a version token nor a snapshot date is provided for 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 study's own code is not offered through any locator; only third-party software is mentioned.
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)
“Research reported in this publication was supported by the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, under Award Numbers U2COD023375 (Coordinating Center), U24OD023382 (Data Analysis Center), U24OD023319”
Specific award numbers are provided for the funding supporting the work.
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
“DNAm was measured using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadChip (450K) or the HumanMethylationEPIC BeadChip (EPIC) arrays.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific instruments and kits (Illumina arrays) used to produce the data, satisfying the requirement for provenance information. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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 documentation object (README, data dictionary, codebook) is named as accompanying the data; variable definitions are not provided in a separate shipping artefact. [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
0.165
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0150
From 1 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 2 citers.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U2COD023375
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U24OD023382
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U24OD023319
NIDDK NIH HHS
Grant: P30 DK048520
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U2COD023375-04
ECHO Coordinating Center
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5UH3OD023348-07
Environment, Epigenetics, Neurodevelopment & Health of Extremely Preterm Children
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 4UH3OD023248-03
The Early Life Exposome and Childhood Health - The Colorado Healthy Start 3 Cohort Study
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 4UH3OD023286-03
Common and distinct early environmental influences on cardiometabolic and respiratory health: Mechanisms and methods
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5P30ES000002-36
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HD092374-02
Placental Epigenome and Brain Dysfunction after Preterm Birth
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3R01HD034568-17S2
Early vitamin D status and supplement use and later body composition and bone health
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U24OD023319-04
ECHO PRO Research Resource: A Developmentally-based Measurement Science Framework for Assessing Environmental Exposure and Child Health
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3UH3OD023290-06S1
Measuring Peripartum Depression Symptoms in Latina and Black Women.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5UG3OD023282-02
Children's Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup (CREW)
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U24OD023382-07
ECHODAC (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center)
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes
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