Ensembl 2021 is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2020). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 7.7, placing it in the top 2.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 1,771 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 54/100.
Ranks in the top 2% 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.
“https://www.ensembl.org”
The only locator given for the data is a web URL, which is 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'
“All Ensembl integrated data are available without restriction from our website ( https://www.ensembl.org )”
The named holder is the Ensembl website, which is not a curated repository from the list (e.g., GEO, SRA). [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
“All Ensembl integrated data are available without restriction from our website ( https://www.ensembl.org )”
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“All Ensembl integrated data are available without restriction from our website (https://www.ensembl.org), in bulk from our FTP site (ftp://ftp.ensembl.org) and programmatically via our REST API (https://rest.ensembl.org).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data-availability statement points to the Ensembl repository and provides a persistent link, though not a specific accession. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“We create detailed and comprehensive annotation of gene structures, regulatory elements and variants, and enable comparative genomics by inferring the evolutionary history of genes and genomes”
The dataset is described only in running prose; no itemised inventory of files or variables is provided. [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 Ensembl integrated data are available without restriction”
The data availability statement gives an unconditional, unrestricted access route.
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
“All Ensembl integrated data are available without restriction”
The paper labels the data as 'without restriction', which is a direct synonym for open access.
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
“All Ensembl integrated data are available without restriction”
The data are human genomic but made openly available without any gatekeeper named.
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 how long the data will be available or persist. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
No specific file format is named for the released data; only 'standard formats' mentioned generically.
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
“functional annotation from the Gene Ontology Consortium”
The Gene Ontology is a community‐standard controlled vocabulary registered in FAIRsharing. [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'
“The reference sequence represented in Ensembl (INSDC accession GCA_009858895.3)”
The paper provides an INSDC accession for the SARS‐CoV‐2 reference genome, a resource distinct from the Ensembl dataset.
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 standard reuse licence is named for the data; 'without restriction' is not a 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'
“Ensembl 2021”
The paper's title 'Ensembl 2021' serves as a version token for the data release. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“Ensembl code is available from GitHub ( https://github.com/Ensembl ) under an open source Apache 2.0 license.”
A machine-resolvable code repository URL is given. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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)
“Wellcome Trust [WT108749/Z/15/Z]”
Award numbers are provided for the funding. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 have enhanced our gene annotation pipeline with a new module for incorporating long-read transcriptomic data produced by the Oxford Nanopore Technologies platform”
The paper names a specific sequencing platform (Oxford Nanopore) used to produce part of 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
No documentation object (e.g., README, codebook) is named, and no variable-definition table exists in the article. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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
1.1
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
6.6
From 100 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 100 citers.
Wellcome Trust
Grant: WT108749/Z/15/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: WT104947/Z/14/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: WT200990/Z/16/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: WT201535/Z/16/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: WT212925/Z/18/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: WT218328/B/19/Z
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: U41HG007823
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: 2U41HG007234
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: U41HG010972
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: 2U24HG007497–05
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/N019563/1
The Animal Functional Genomics Resource
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/M011615/1
Ensembl genome portal for farm and companion animals
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/S020152/1
Ensembl - adding value to animal genomes through high quality annotation
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/P016855/1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/S02011X/1
A FAIR community resource for pathogen, host, interactions to enhance global food security and human health
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/P024602/1
WormBase ParaSite
British Council
Grant: 414710385
Horizon 2020
Grant: 733161
Multiple manifestations of genetic and non-genetic factors in Multiple Sclerosis disentangled with a multi-omics approach to accelerate personalised medicine
Horizon 2020
Grant: 825575
European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases
Horizon 2020
Grant: 817923
Advancing European Aquaculture by Genome Functional Annotation
Horizon 2020
Grant: 817998
The regulatory GENomE of SWine and CHicken: functional annotation during development
Horizon 2020
Grant: 815668
BovReg - Identification of functionally active genomic features relevant to phenotypic diversity and plasticity in cattle
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: 2U24HG007497-05
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U41 HG007234
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/M020398/1
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 201535/Z/16/Z
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 218328/Z/19/Z
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/S02008X/1
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG007497
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U24HG007497-07
Identifying and Characterizing the Full Spectrum of Haplotype-resolved Structural Variation in Human Genomes
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U41HG010972-02
The WashU-UCSC-EBI Human Genome Reference Center
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 201535
The Genome Campus Alliance
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 104947
The International Genome Sample Resource.
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 218328
Darwin Tree of Life
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1U41HG007823-01
GWAS Catalog
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 212925
INVAR – assigning function to orphan amino-acid variants
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 108749
ENSEMBL
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U41HG007234-08
GENCODE: comprehensive genome annotation for human and mouse
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 200990
Designing, developing and delivering integrated foundations for genomic medicine
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
FWCI
103.41
Citation Percentile
1.0%
Citation Trend
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Sustainable Development Goals