PRIME: a database for 16S rRNA microbiome data with phenotypic reference and comprehensive metadata is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.104, placing it in the top 77.8% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 1 time, with 1 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 88/100.
Ranks in the top 78% 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.
“https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15711237”
The paper gives a DOI for the dataset, 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'
“permanently archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15711237”
Zenodo is a named data repository listed in re3data/FAIRsharing. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“All files are freely available for academic use under the MIT license and permanently archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15711237”
The dataset identifier (DOI) appears only in 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 sequence data and associated raw metadata used in the PRIME database are publicly available. The PRIME interactive web interface can be accessed at https://primedb.sjtu.edu.cn . The API (v1) is available at https://primedb.sjtu.edu.cn/api/v1 , and the corresponding R package can be found at https://github.com/reckonzzz/primeDB . All files are freely available for academic use under the MIT license and permanently archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15711237 .”
The statement points to a repository record (Zenodo DOI) and names the repository, category 3.
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
“PRIME is a curated database comprising 53 449 human-associated 16S rRNA sequencing samples from 111 publicly available studies.”
The dataset content is described in running prose but not as an itemised inventory. [majority verdict 'partial' (2/5 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 in PRIME are openly accessible without login or restriction.”
The text states the data are openly accessible without any 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
“All data in PRIME are openly accessible without login or restriction.”
The paper explicitly labels the data as 'openly accessible' using a standard access-rights phrase.
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
“All data in PRIME are openly accessible without login or restriction.”
The data are openly accessible; no gatekeeper is named or 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
“permanently archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15711237”
The paper states the data are permanently archived, a persistence commitment. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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'
“The API adheres to standard REST principles and delivers data in a structured JSON format”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
JSON is an open, community-standard format named for the data via the API. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
No community standard (e.g., MIxS, MIAME) or ontology is named; the controlled vocabulary is custom. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
No identifier for an external resource (e.g., source dataset, database) is provided. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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'
“under the MIT license”
MIT license is an open standard license from the SPDX list.
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 the specific snapshot of the data. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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'
“the corresponding R package can be found at https://github.com/reckonzzz/primeDB”
A machine-resolvable URL (GitHub) is given for the study's own 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)
“National Natural Science Foundation of China (12222111, 12331009, 12571306)”
Award numbers are provided for the 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
“Processed reads were then imported using QIIME 2 (2024.5)”
Specific tools and versions (e.g., QIIME 2, Cutadapt, DADA2) are named for data production.
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) is named as travelling with the data deposit. [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
0.104
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0
From 0 citing papers with measurable signal
This paper's DataRank is currently driven only by its base citation score. None of the citing papers had measurable citation signal.
Learn more about DataRank methodology →National Natural Science Foundation of China
Grant: 12222111
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Grant: 12331009
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Grant: 12571306
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
FWCI
0.38
Citation Percentile
0.6%
Citation Trend
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