EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in 2022 is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 2.1, placing it in the top 9.9% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 53 times, with 49 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 2/100.
Ranks in the top 10% 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 paper provides no persistent identifier or data URL for a dataset it generated; the URL given is for EMBL-EBI services, not the study's own data. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
The paper does not name a repository holding data generated by this study; it describes EMBL-EBI repositories as resources, not as holders of the study's own data. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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
No identifier for any dataset generated by this study appears in the reference list or body text; the paper is a review of existing resources. [majority verdict 'no' (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 of the data resources described above are freely available to access and reuse at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services”
The data availability statement points to a general URL for EMBL-EBI services, not to a repository record for the study's own data. The study produced no dataset, so the statement does not qualify as a repository pointer. [majority verdict 'no' (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
No itemised inventory of the study's own dataset exists; the paper describes the resources of EMBL-EBI, not a dataset it produced.
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'
The paper does not present a dataset of its own; the availability statement refers to the EMBL-EBI resources described, not to study-generated data. [majority verdict 'no' (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 of the data resources described above are freely available to access and reuse at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services”
The paper states that the data resources described are freely available, but this refers to EMBL-EBI resources, not to data generated by this study. The study itself produced no dataset, so no access conditions are stated for its own data. [majority verdict 'no' (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 paper does not generate any sensitive or human-subject data, so 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
No statement about the timing or persistence of this study's own data appears; the paper describes the retention of EMBL-EBI resources, not its own data.
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 data generated by this study; the study is a review and does not produce a dataset.
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
The paper mentions many community standards (e.g., MIAME, ProForma) but these apply to the described resources, not to any data generated by this study. The study itself produced no data, so no standard is applied to its own 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'
The paper cites many DOIs and accessions for other resources, but since the study itself produced no dataset, there are no references from its own data to other resources.
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 is under a CC BY license (for the article), but no license is attached to any data generated by this study; the study does not produce a dataset.
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'
No version token or date is given for any data generated by this study; the study does not produce a dataset.
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'
The paper describes open-source software tools but does not provide a locator for code written specifically for this study; the study is a review and does not produce 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)
“EMBL-EBI is indebted to its funders, including the EMBL member states; European Commission; Wellcome; UK Research and Innovation; US National Institutes of Health; our Industry Programme and many others.”
The paper names multiple funders (e.g., European Commission, Wellcome) but does not provide specific award or grant numbers. This qualifies as a funder name without an award number.
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 methods for the resources it discusses, but not for any data produced by this study; the study is a review, not a data-generation study.
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 (README, codebook, etc.) is named for data generated by this study; the study does not produce a dataset.
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
0.598
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
1.5
From 39 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 49 citers.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/S020381/1
Medical Research Council
Grant: MR/L007835/1
Medical Research Council
Grant: MR/P019544/1
European Commission
UK Research and Innovation
National Institutes of Health
EMBL-EBI
Wellcome Trust
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