SomaMutDB 2.0: A comprehensive database for exploring somatic mutations and their functional impact in normal human tissues is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0, placing it in the top 100% of the data-sharing corpus. Its calibrated FAIR score is 46/100.
Ranks in the top 100% 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.
“All data from SomaMutDB 2.0 is available for download at: https://somamutdb.org/SomaMutDB /”
The paper provides a web URL for the data, not a persistent identifier scheme such as a DOI or repository accession.
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 from SomaMutDB 2.0 is available for download at: https://somamutdb.org/SomaMutDB /”
The data are hosted on the SomaMutDB project website, which is not a general-purpose repository from the approved list.
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 data from SomaMutDB 2.0 is available for download at: https://somamutdb.org/SomaMutDB /”
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not in the reference list.
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 from SomaMutDB 2.0 is available for download at: https://somamutdb.org/SomaMutDB /”
The statement points to a URL, not a repository record with an accession or DOI. [majority verdict 'partial' (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 database contains 8 866 453 mutations (8 576 771 SNVs and 289 682 INDELs) derived from 10 852 samples, including single cells, clones, and biopsies, collected from 607 human subjects across 47 studies.”
The dataset's content is described in a running prose sentence, not in an itemized inventory or table.
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 from SomaMutDB 2.0 is available for download at: https://somamutdb.org/SomaMutDB /”
The statement provides a direct download link with no stated 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 from SomaMutDB 2.0 is available for download at: https://somamutdb.org/SomaMutDB /”
The paper does not explicitly label the access level, but it describes the action of downloading the data.
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
No gatekeeper is named because the data are not sensitive and are freely accessible without any restriction.
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 sentence addresses when the data become available or how long they persist. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
No file format is specified for the downloadable data.
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 data or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, VCF) is named for the dataset.
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 external resource identifier (e.g., accession, DOI) is provided for source data or tools used by the study. [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'
No reuse license is stated for the data; the CC BY-NC 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'
“we present SomaMutDB 2.0”
The paper explicitly references the database version '2.0' as 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'
No code repository or locator is provided 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)
“This work was supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (U19 AG056278 to X.D. and J.V., P01 AI172501 to X.D., U01HL145560 to J.V., U01ES029519 to J.V., P01AG017242 to J.V., P01AG047200 to J.V., RF1AG068908 to J.V., P30AG038072 to J.V., and R35 GM159832 to L.Z.), US Department of Defense grant (BC180689P1 to J.V.), and The Michael J. Fox Foundation (J.V.).”
The paper provides specific grant numbers from named funders.
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
“we implemented VEP (version 113) with the dbNSFP plugin (version 4.7) locally on the SomaMutDB server (using GRCh38 coordinates).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific software versions (VEP 113, dbNSFP 4.7) and a job scheduler (SGE 8.1.9) used to produce the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
The paper does not mention a README, data dictionary, or codebook accompanying the data.
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 →
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U19 AG056278
National Institutes of Health
Grant: P01 AI172501
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U01HL145560
National Institutes of Health
Grant: U01ES029519
National Institutes of Health
Grant: P01AG017242
National Institutes of Health
Grant: P01AG047200
National Institutes of Health
Grant: RF1AG068908
National Institutes of Health
Grant: P30AG038072
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R35 GM159832
Department of Defense
Grant: BC180689P1
NIH HHS
National Institutes of Health
NIH HHS
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