Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 4.3, placing it in the top 5.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 286 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 69/100.
Ranks in the top 5% 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.
“The URL for BMRB is https://bmrb.io .”
The paper provides a URL for the data, not a persistent identifier scheme (DOI, Handle, etc.). [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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'
“BMRB is the open, international online repository for all types of biomolecular NMR data.”
The paper names BMRB as the repository holding 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
“The URL for BMRB is https://bmrb.io .”
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
“The URL for BMRB is https://bmrb.io .”
The data-availability statement provides a URL to the repository, which is a link to archived data. [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
“The BMRB archive is dominated by assigned chemical shifts (frequencies of nuclear resonances) for 1H, 13C and 15N nuclei in proteins and nucleic acids. There are currently >10 868 000 assigned chemical shifts corresponding to 15451 studies in the archive.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset description is given in running prose, not in an itemised inventory or section. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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'
“BMRB is the open, international online repository for all types of biomolecular NMR data.”
The paper states the data are openly available without any precondition. [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
“BMRB is the open, international online repository for all types of biomolecular NMR data.”
The paper explicitly labels the data as 'open' in the repository description. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 biomolecular NMR data, not sensitive human-subject data, 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
The paper makes no statement about when or how long this study's own data will be retained. [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'
“Data housed at the BMRB are deposited, archived, and disseminated in the NMR-STAR file format”
NMR-STAR is an open, community-standard file format (a variant of STAR). The paper also mentions NEF, XML, and RDF as supported formats. [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
“NMR-STAR uses IUPAC (15) atom nomenclature.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names IUPAC, a community standard for atom nomenclature, and also the NMR-STAR data dictionary. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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 paper references external databases but does not provide specific identifiers (accessions, DOIs) for non-own resources. [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'
The paper does not name any license for the data; the CC BY license applies only to the article.
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'
“ReBoxitory provides versioned copies of multiple public domain databases (BMRB, PDB, AlphaFold, etc.) via the file system within NMRbox. NMRbox users can simply browse to /reboxitory/$year/$month/$database to access the data.”
The paper mentions date-based snapshots, not a version token. [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'
“BMRB maintains an open-source GitHub repository ( https://github.com/bmrb-io ).”
The paper gives a machine-resolvable code repository URL (GitHub) for the study's own code. [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)
“B.M.R.B. is supported by the US National Institutes of Health [R01GM109046]”
The paper provides an award number (R01GM109046) 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
The paper describes the repository and deposition processes but does not name specific instruments or kits used to produce the data. [majority verdict 'no' (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 BMRB maintains the NMR-STAR data dictionary, the details of which can be found on the website (https://bmrb.io/dictionary/).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names a data dictionary that travels with the data as documentation. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.849
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
3.4
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.
NIGMS NIH HHS
Grant: R01 GM109046
AMED
Grant: 22ama121001
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Grant: JPMJND2205
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3R01GM109046-01S1
The BMRB as an evolving resource for biomolecular structure-function research
Hoch discretionary
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