Complex Portal 2022: new curation frontiers is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 2.2, placing it in the top 9.8% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 69 times, with 62 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 88/100.
Ranks in the top 10% 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.
“Data can be accessed either via our ftp site ( ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/intact/complex/current/ ) or our REST API ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/complex-ws/ ).”
The paper gives a URL (ftp site) rather than 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'
“The Complex Portal ( www.ebi.ac.uk/complexportal ) is a manually curated, encyclopaedic database of macromolecular complexes”
The Complex Portal is named as the holder of the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“Data can be accessed either via our ftp site ( ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/intact/complex/current/ ) or our REST API ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/complex-ws/ ).”
The dataset's identifier (the ftp URL) appears only in the body text (Data Availability section), 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
“Data can be accessed either via our ftp site ( ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/intact/complex/current/ ) or our REST API ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/complex-ws/ ).”
The statement points to a public repository via ftp and REST API, corresponding to Colavizza category 3. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“As of release 241 (18 October 2021), 3572 complexes from 26 species have been curated and released.”
The paper describes the dataset's scope in running prose, not as an itemized inventory.
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 can be accessed either via our ftp site ( ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/intact/complex/current/ ) or our REST API ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/complex-ws/ ).”
The data are stated to be accessible via ftp and REST API with no 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
“Our data license is now CC0 to encourage data reuse.”
The paper does not use an explicit access-level label such as 'open access', but it describes the access action (ftp and API) and the license.
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 about macromolecular complexes and are not sensitive or human-subject, so no gatekeeper is needed.
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
“the original entries remain available in previous release files accessible via our ftp repository”
The paper states that previous release files remain available, indicating persistence. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“PSI-MI XML3.0”
PSI-MI XML is an open, community-standard format (non-proprietary). [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
“PSI-MI XML3.0 ( 30 ), MI-JSON and ComplexTab files ( 9 )”
PSI-MI XML is a community-standard data format registered in FAIRsharing. [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'
“P15927/Q13156”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides UniProt accessions for human replication protein A, which are identifiers for resources other than the paper's own dataset. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“Our data license is now CC0 to encourage data reuse.”
CC0 is an open standard license for data reuse.
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'
“As of release 241 (18 October 2021)”
The paper states a specific release number, which is 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'
“Developers can contribute to the code at https://github.com/Complex-Portal/complex-portal-view”
A machine-resolvable code repository URL is given.
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)
“OTAR-044”
The paper provides a grant number (OTAR-044) from Open Targets.
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
“The Complex Portal is a manually curated, encyclopaedic database of macromolecular complexes with known function from a range of model organisms.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The production method is described generically as manual curation, without naming specific instruments or kits. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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
“adding a ‘UniProt ID-only’ column that lists the UniProt accession numbers (and their stoichiometry) for the protein participants of complexes”
The paper describes the data format and columns inside the article, but no separate documentation object is named. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.637
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
1.5
From 50 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 62 citers.
Open Targets
Grant: OTAR-044
Open Targets
Grant: OTAR-048
National Institute of Mental Health
Grant: U24HG007822
National Human Genome Research Institute
Grant: U41HG002273
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Grant: R01GM080646
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Grant: P20GM103446
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Grant: R01 GM089820
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 218294
ProCos: Protein co-regulation scores as a new resource for systematic and large-scale protein function annotation
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 203149
Core Funding for the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology
São Paulo Research Foundation
Grant: 2019/26284-1
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Grant: G-2019-11458
NHGRI NIH HHS
Grant: U24 HG001315
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01GM089820-11
Gene Wiki: A community-maintained knowledge base of biomedical information
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 4U41HG002273-16
Gene Ontology Consortium
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5P20GM103446-15
Bioinformatics Core
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U24HG007822-12
UniProt: A Protein Sequence and Function Resource for Biomedical Science
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01GM080646-12
PRO: A Protein Ontology in OBO Foundry for Scalable Integration of Biomedical Knowledge
NEI NIH HHS
NIDDK NIH HHS
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Cancer Institute
European Bioinformatics Institute
NHLBI NIH HHS
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NCI NIH HHS
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIA NIH HHS
National Eye Institute
National Institute on Aging
Inserm
NIA NIH HHS
NCI NIH HHS
NIDDK NIH HHS
NHLBI NIH HHS
NEI NIH HHS
FWCI
3.48
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Citation Trend
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