The InterPro protein families and domains database: 20 years on is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2020). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 7.4, placing it in the top 2.4% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 2,420 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 46/100.
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.
“All data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The strongest identifier given is a web address (URL), 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 data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The holder is the InterPro website, which is an institutional website, not a named repository from the curated list.
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 data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“All data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The data-availability statement points to the InterPro website, not to a repository record with a persistent identifier, so it is Colavizza category 2/3 but not a repository record. [majority verdict 'partial' (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. Coverage of UniProtKB and UniParc (non-redundant archive of protein sequences) by InterPro entries (version 81.0)”
A table provides an itemised inventory of the dataset's coverage. [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'
“All data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The text gives a route to the data with no stated precondition; the data are stated to be freely available now. [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
“All data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The paper labels the access level as 'freely available', which is a natural-language synonym for open access. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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 protein sequences, not human-subject or sensitive data, and no gatekeeper is 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
“All data is freely available for browsing and download via the InterPro website https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/”
The paper states that the data are available now but does not commit to a retention period, so it is an availability-timing statement only. [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'
No file format token is named for the released data.
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
“InterPro entries are annotated with a unique name and InterPro accession number, a descriptive abstract and Gene Ontology (GO) terms”
The paper names Gene Ontology (GO) as a community standard ontology 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'
“UniProt Proteome Identifier: UP000464024”
The paper gives an identifier for an external resource (UniProt proteome) that the data depends on.
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 licence is named for the data; the article's CC BY licence 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'
“InterPro (version 81.0)”
The paper states a version token for the data.
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'
No locator for the study's own code is given; the code is not addressed. [majority verdict 'no' (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 [108433/Z/15/Z]”
The paper lists specific grant numbers attached to a funder.
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
“InterProScan is the underlying software that allows protein and nucleic acid sequences to be searched against InterPro's signatures.”
The paper names specific software (InterProScan) and tools (e.g., MobiDB-lite) 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
The paper does not mention a documentation object (README, codebook) that travels with the data; documentation is separate from the data deposit. [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
1.2
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
6.2
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.
Division of Biological Infrastructure
Grant: 1458808
Medical Research Council
Grant: MC_UP_1201/14
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/R014892/1
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 108433/Z/15/Z
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/N019172/1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/S020381/1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/N019431/2
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/T010541/1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/N00521X/1
DHHS
National Science Foundation
Open Targets
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
National Institutes of Health
ELIXIR
Wellcome Trust
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