The IGVF catalog—from genetic variation to function is a dataset published in Nucleic Acids Research (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.219, placing it in the top 62.8% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 3 times, with 1 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 63/100.
Ranks in the top 63% 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.
“The IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/”
The paper gives a web URL for the data, not a persistent-identifier scheme string (no DOI, Handle, ARK, 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'
“The IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/”
The data are held by the IGVF Catalog platform, a named host that is not a curated repository listed in re3data.
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 IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/”
The dataset's identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not as a reference-list entry.
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 IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/ , with detailed documentation and user guidance provided at https://docs.catalog.igvf.org . The Catalog’s underlying data can also be accessed programmatically through its API service at https://api.catalogkg.igvf.org/ , which includes comprehensive reference materials. All of the code for the IGVF catalog backend, including database and API, is available at Zenedo (10.5281/zenodo.17468372).”
The DAS points to a website and API, not to a repository record with an accession for the dataset itself, so it falls under Colavizza category 2 (link to article/supplement) or category 3 but not to a repository record; the code has a DOI but the data does not.
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
“Table 1. Summary statistics of the data currently loaded into the backend graph database (version 1.0)”
Table 1 provides an itemised inventory of the dataset's entities, counts, and sources.
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 IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/”
The text gives a URL to the data with no stated precondition such as registration, embargo, or application.
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
“The IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/”
The paper labels the data as 'freely available' and 'open-access', which are natural-language equivalents of the 'open access' access level.
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 openly available and no sensitive/human-subject data are mentioned, 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
“The IGVF Catalog is freely available at https://catalog.igvf.org/”
The statement indicates availability now but does not specify how long the data will persist. [majority verdict 'partial' (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 ingestion is done by parsing flat text files (usually TSV, or tab-separated values)”
TSV, JSON, CSV are open, community-standard formats named for the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“GENCODE (v43)”
The paper names GENCODE, a community-standard gene annotation, and other standards like GRCh38, dbSNP, etc. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“dbSNP 155”
The paper gives identifiers for external resources such as dbSNP, GENCODE, UniProt, etc. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 mentions a CC BY-NC license for the article but does not specify a license for the data itself; the data are only described as 'freely available' without a named license artefact. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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'
“Table 1. Summary statistics of the data currently loaded into the backend graph database (version 1.0)”
The paper explicitly states a version token (version 1.0) for the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“10.5281/zenodo.17468372”
The paper provides a DOI (10.5281/zenodo.17468372) for the code, which is a machine-resolvable locator in an archive.
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)
“UM1HG011966”
The paper lists multiple grant numbers from the NIH NHGRI IGVF Program.
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 have chosen to implement this graph database in a package called ArangoDB”
The paper names specific tools and software (ArangoDB, LangChain, GPT-4.1) used to produce and manage the data. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“Table 1. Summary statistics of the data currently loaded into the backend graph database (version 1.0)”
Variable and entity definitions are provided inside the article in Table 1, not as a separate documentation object shipped with 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 →
Base Score Contribution
0.208
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0107
From 1 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 1 citer.
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1.23
Citation Percentile
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