The Cancer Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (CEDAR) is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.5, placing it in the top 13.6% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 71 times, with 56 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 31/100.
Ranks in the top 14% 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.
“CEDAR is freely accessible at https://cedar.iedb.org/”
The identifier is a web URL, not a PID scheme (DOI, Handle, etc.), so it is 'partial'.
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 deposited in cedar.iedb.org”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The holder is a website (cedar.iedb.org), not a named repository from the list, so it is 'partial'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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
“CEDAR is freely accessible at https://cedar.iedb.org/”
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in body text, not in the reference list, so it is 'partial'. [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 deposited in cedar.iedb.org”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a website (cedar.iedb.org) without an accession or persistent identifier, so it is 'partial'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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 31 July 2022, we have curated a total of 224,355 cancer-associated epitopes from 875 references”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset content is described in running prose, not in an itemised inventory or table, so it is 'partial'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“CEDAR provides a freely accessible, comprehensive collection of cancer epitope and receptor data curated from the literature.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text gives a route to the data with no stated precondition; it is stated to be freely accessible. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“CEDAR provides a freely accessible, comprehensive collection of cancer epitope and receptor data curated from the literature.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper explicitly labels the data as 'freely accessible', which is a natural-language equivalent of the open access label. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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 not sensitive or human-subject, so no gatekeeper is needed; the verdict is 'no'.
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 temporal commitment is stated; the paper does not mention how long the data will persist.
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'
“Complete database exports are available in XML and MySQL formats”
XML and CSV (from CSV Metric Exports) are open, community-standard formats, meeting the 'yes' class.
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
“CEDAR utilizes community-supported ontologies for most of its specific fields: NCBITaxonomy, UniProt, ChEBI, OBI, MRO, Cell Ontology, Uberon, Disease Ontology”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names multiple community standards (ontologies) applied to the data, meeting the 'yes' class. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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'
No identifier for any external resource (e.g., other dataset accession, RRID) is given in the text.
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 licence is explicitly stated for the data; the CC BY licence applies only to the article, not 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'
“as of 31 July 2022, we have curated a total of 224,355 cancer-associated epitopes from 875 references”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A date (31 July 2022) is given to pin the data snapshot, but no version token, so it is 'partial'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 code locator is given for the study's own code; the paper describes a database, not software.
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)
“National Institutes of Health [U24CA248138, 75N93019C00001]”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Award numbers are provided for the funding, meeting the 'yes' class. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Curation is performed on a per publication basis, with all data, including positive and negative outcomes, from each publication curated fully as a stand-alone record.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes the curation process in generic terms without naming specific instruments, software versions, 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
No documentation object (README, codebook, data dictionary) is named as travelling with the data. [majority verdict 'no' (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
0.641
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.881
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 56 citers.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U24CA248138
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 75N93019C00001
NIDCR NIH HHS
Grant: U01 DE028227
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3U24CA248138-03S1
THE CANCER EPITOPE DATABASE AND ANALYSIS RESOURCE
FWCI
5.46
Citation Percentile
1.0%
Citation Trend
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Sustainable Development Goals