VMAP: Vaginal Microbiome Atlas during Pregnancy is a dataset published in JAMIA Open (2024). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.290, placing it in the top 56.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 5 times, with 4 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 27/100.
Ranks in the top 56% 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.
No PID-scheme string (DOI, Handle, ARK, URN, or repository accession) is given for the aggregated 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'
“The aggregated vaginal microbiome dataset can be downloaded from the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Database excluding the datasets that we are unable to share due to legal restrictions (SDY2187).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A named repository holds the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
No identifier for the aggregated dataset appears in the reference list or body text.
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 aggregated vaginal microbiome dataset can be downloaded from the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Database excluding the datasets that we are unable to share due to legal restrictions (SDY2187).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a named database, not a repository record with a persistent identifier. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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. Summary of studies, individuals, samples, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing information.”
The paper contains an itemised inventory (Table 1) that describes the dataset's composition. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 aggregated vaginal microbiome dataset can be downloaded from the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Database”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement gives a route to the data with no stated precondition (e.g., registration, fee, embargo). [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 aggregated vaginal microbiome dataset can be downloaded from the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Database”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes an access action (download) but no explicit access-level label like 'open access'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 is named for the aggregated dataset; the only controlled-access mention is for a source dataset (dbGaP), not the study's own data. [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
No sentence states when the data become available or how long they 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 is named for the aggregated dataset.
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 standard (e.g., MIAME, MIxS, GO) is named as being applied to the data. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“Datasets were downloaded from ImmPort via the March of Dimes Preterm Birth database (Study SDY465), from the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (BioProjects PRJNA242473, PRJNA294119, PRJNA393472, and PRJNA430482), the Sequence Read Archive of the European Nucleotide Archive (Projects PRJEB11895, PRJEB12577, PRJEB21325, and PRJEB30642), and the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) (accession number phs001739.v1.p1).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Identifiers for source datasets used by the study are provided. [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'
No license is named for the data; the CC BY-NC license applies to the article only.
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'
No version token or date is given for the aggregated 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'
“VMAP can be obtained from https://github.com/msirota/vmap.git”
A machine-resolvable code repository URL is provided.
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)
“R35GM138353, 1R01HL139844, 3P30AG066515, 1R61NS114926, 1R01AG058417”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Grant numbers are listed alongside funder names. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Instruments 454 GS FLX Titanium, Illumina HiSeq 2500, Illumina HiSeq 4000, Illumina MiSeq, or Illumina NextSeq 550”
Specific instruments and software used to produce the data are named in Table 1 and the methods. [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
“samples were collected during the 3 pregnancy trimesters allowing insight into microbiome changes across time (Table S1).”
Variable definitions appear in a supplementary table (Table S1) inside the article, not in a separate documentation file shipped with the data. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.269
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0211
From 2 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 4 citers.
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Grant: FPU18/01777
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Grant: EST22/00170
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R35GM138353
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R01HL139844
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3P30AG066515
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R61NS114926
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R01AG058417
NIA NIH HHS
Grant: R01 AG058417
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: R61 NS114926
NHLBI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HL139844
NIA NIH HHS
Grant: P30 AG066515
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01AG058417-03
Dietary Modulation of Neuroinflammation in Age-Related Memory Disorders
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HL139844-02
Preeclampsia to cardiovascular disease: Life course analysis of biomarkers and risk
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HD105256-04
Trio Analysis of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Integrated Bioinformatics Genomics Study (TRIOS)
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R61NS114926-01
SPRINT: Signature for Pain Recovery IN Teens
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1P01HD106414-01
UCSF Stanford Endometriosis Center for Discovery, Innovation, Training and Community Engagement
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5P30AG066515-03
Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R35GM138353-03
Machine Learning for Integrative Modeling of the Immune System in Clinical Settings
Burroughs Welcome Fund
March of Dimes
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Robertson Foundation
Alfred E. Mann Foundation
European Union
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals