A highly contiguous reference genome for the Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a dataset published in Journal of Heredity (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.364, placing it in the top 49% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 8 times, with 4 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 77/100.
Ranks in the top 49% 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.
“Repeat library and gff files have been deposited in dryad: https://doi.org/10.6078/D15139”
The paper provides a DOI (10.6078/D15139) for the deposited data, which is 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'
“Raw sequencing data for the Steller's jay (NCBI BioSample: SAMN30523672) are deposited in the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) under SRX19143332–SRX19143334.”
The NCBI Short Read Archive is a curated data repository listed in re3data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA720569 for the CCGP. Raw sequencing data for the Steller's jay (NCBI BioSample: SAMN30523672) are deposited in the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) under SRX19143332–SRX19143334.”
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text of the data availability section, 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
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA720569 for the CCGP. Raw sequencing data for the Steller’s jay (NCBI BioSample: SAMN30523672) are deposited in the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) under SRX19143332–SRX19143334. The transposable element library used to mask repeats is included as a supplemental file . Assembly scripts and other data for the analyses presented can be found at the following GitHub repository: www.github.com/ccgproject/ccgp_assembly . Repeat library and gff files have been deposited in dryad: https://doi.org/10.6078/D15139 .”
The data availability statement points to repositories (NCBI, Dryad) with accessions and a DOI, matching Colavizza category 3. [majority verdict 'yes' (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. Metrics for the primary and alternate assemblies of the Steller’s jay ( Cyanocitta stelleri ) genome.”
The paper includes a table (Table 2) that itemises assembly metrics, serving as an itemised inventory of the dataset. [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'
“Raw sequencing data for the Steller's jay (NCBI BioSample: SAMN30523672) are deposited in the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) under SRX19143332–SRX19143334.”
The data are deposited in open repositories without any stated precondition.
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
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA720569 for the CCGP.”
The paper does not label the access level with a standard term like 'open access'; it only describes the action of accessing the data at NCBI, allowing inference of open access. [majority verdict 'partial' (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 and 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
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA720569 for the CCGP.”
The paper states that the data are available now, but does not commit to a retention period. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Repeat library and gff files have been deposited in dryad”
The paper names the GFF (Generic Feature Format) for the deposited files, which is an open community-standard format. [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
“BUSCO scores further underscore the high degree of completeness, with 97.2% of the 8,338 orthologs in the aves_odb10 database present in the jay genome”
BUSCO and the aves_odb10 database are community standards for genome assembly quality assessment. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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'
“NCBI accession: GCA_009650955.1”
The paper provides an NCBI accession for the New Caledonian crow genome, which is an identifier for a resource other than the study's own data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
The paper does not state a reuse license for the data; the article's CC BY-NC license applies to the paper 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'
“Assembly identifier (quality code a) bCyaSte1(6.7.6.Q63.C79)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The assembly is identified with a specific version token (bCyaSte1). [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Assembly scripts and other data for the analyses presented can be found at the following GitHub repository: www.github.com/ccgproject/ccgp_assembly”
The paper provides a URL to a GitHub repository where the code is hosted.
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)
“UC Award ID RSI-19-690224”
The paper includes an award/grant number for the funding agency.
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
“PacBio Sequel II sequencer”
The paper names the specific sequencing platform (PacBio Sequel II) used to generate 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
“Table 2. Metrics for the primary and alternate assemblies of the Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) genome.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The definitions of the assembly metrics are provided inside the article in Table 2, not in a separate documentation file. [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 →
Base Score Contribution
0.330
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0346
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.
University of California
Grant: RSI-19-690224
NIH HHS
Grant: S10 OD018174
NIH HHS
Grant: S10 OD010786
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1S10OD018174-01
Pacific Biosciences PacBio RS Single Molecule Real Time Sequencer
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1S10OD010786-01
Acquisition of Covaris E220 and Sciclone G3 systems for high throughput sequencin
FWCI
0.74
Citation Percentile
0.7%
Citation Trend
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A highly contiguous reference genome for the Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)