A genome assembly for mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus , from Southern California is a dataset published in Journal of Heredity (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.104, placing it in the top 77.8% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 1 time, with 1 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 71/100.
Ranks in the top 78% 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.
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA777200.”
The paper provides a persistent identifier (NCBI BioProject accession PRJNA777200) from a recognised scheme, so it is a PID.
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'
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA777200.”
The data are deposited in NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), a recognised 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
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA777200.”
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text (Data Availability statement), not as a reference-list entry.
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 PRJNA777200. Raw sequencing data for sample ODHE-2022-008-006_CCGP (NCBI BioSample SAMN41460070) are deposited in the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) under SRX26390780 for PacBio HiFi sequencing data, and SRX26390781, SRX26390782 for the Omni-C Illumina sequencing data. GenBank accessions for both primary and alternate assemblies are GCA_042768445.1 and GCA_042767535.1 ; and for genome sequences JBFCZP000000000 and JBFCZQ000000000 . The GenBank genome assembly for the mitochondrial genome is CM091143.1 .”
The data-availability statement points to a repository record (BioProject, SRA, GenBank) with accessions, which is 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
“Table 2 Genbank accession numbers and genome assembly statistics.”
The paper contains a table (Table 2) that itemises assembly metrics and accessions, serving as an itemised inventory 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'
“Data generated for this study are available under NCBI BioProject PRJNA777200.”
The data are deposited in a public repository (NCBI) with no stated precondition, so the route is unconditional.
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 PRJNA777200.”
The paper does not label the access level with a standard term like 'open access', but it describes the action of accessing via BioProject, so it is partial.
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 human or sensitive, and no gatekeeper is named, so the verdict is no.
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 PRJNA777200.”
The paper states current availability but does not specify how long the data will persist, so it is a timing-only statement. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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'
No file format is named for the released data; the paper does not specify FASTA, FASTQ, or any other format.
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, ISA-Tab, ontology) is explicitly named for 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'
“We downloaded four O. hemionus genomes from NCBI GenBank which represent two mule deer [ PRJNA752226 , accessed 14 June 2023 ( Lamb et al. 2021 )]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper includes identifiers for other genomes (e.g., PRJNA752226) and a reference mitochondrial genome (NC_020729.1). [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 reuse license is stated for the data; the article's CC BY-NC license does not apply to 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'
“GenBank accessions for both primary and alternate assemblies are GCA_042768445.1 and GCA_042767535.1”
The GenBank accessions include version numbers (e.g., .1), and the assembly is named 'mOdoHem1', providing a version token.
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”
A machine-resolvable code-forge URL is given for the study's own 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)
“This work was supported by the California Conservation Genomics Project, with funding provided to the University of California by the State of California, State Budget Act of 2019 [UC Award ID RSI-19-690224].”
The paper includes a specific award number (UC Award ID RSI-19-690224) and another grant number (F24AF01031).
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 assembled a genome de novo utilizing Pacific Biosciences HiFi long-read and Omni-C chromatin-proximity sequencing data.”
The paper names specific instruments and technologies (PacBio, Omni-C, HiFiasm, etc.) used to produce the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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 such as a README or data dictionary is mentioned as accompanying the data; the paper's own tables are not 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
0.104
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0
From 0 citing papers with measurable signal
This paper's DataRank is currently driven only by its base citation score. None of the citing papers had measurable citation signal.
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Grant: F24AF01031
State of California, State Budget Act of 2019
Grant: RSI-19-690224
FWCI
0.41
Citation Percentile
0.6%
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