Evolution of Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses in 2 Consecutive Seasons of Genomic Surveillance, 2021–2023 is a dataset published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.919, placing it in the top 22% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 27 times, with 22 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 38/100.
Ranks in the top 22% 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.
“Genomes were made publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database.”
No persistent identifier (DOI, Handle, ARK, or repository accession) is given for the dataset; only a general statement of availability in GISAID.
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'
“Genomes were made publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database.”
GISAID is a recognized data repository for influenza sequences.
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 the dataset appears in the reference list or in the body text; the data availability statement names a repository without an accession. [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
“Genomes were made publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database.”
The data availability statement names a repository but does not provide a specific accession, DOI, or persistent link, thus pointing to a repository record only partially. [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
“A total of 445 complete H3N2 genomes were used for the analysis”
The dataset's content is described in running prose (sentence stating the number of genomes) without an itemised inventory section or table. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Genomes were made publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database.”
The paper states the data are publicly available 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
“Genomes were made publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database.”
The paper labels the data as 'publicly available', which is a synonym for open access from the standard access-rights vocabulary.
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 from human subjects but are made publicly available without any gatekeeper or controlled-access procedure mentioned.
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
“Genomes were made publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database.”
The paper provides an availability timing ('publicly available') but no persistence commitment or retention period. [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'
No file format token is named for the released data in GISAID; the paper only mentions formats used during processing (fastq) but not for the deposited data. [majority verdict 'no' (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 (checklist, ontology, or schema) from FAIRsharing or other registry is named in 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'
“A/Darwin/6/2021 (EPI1857216)”
The paper provides an identifier (GISAID accession) for a reference sequence used in the analysis, which is a resource other than the study's own dataset.
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-ND license applies to the article, not the 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'
Neither a version token nor a date is provided to identify the snapshot of the data.
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 availability statement is given; the paper does not mention where or how the authors' code can be obtained.
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 study was funded by the Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance (HHSN272201400007C).”
A specific grant number is provided alongside the funder name.
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 amplification was carried out in 25-μL reactions comprising 5 μL of nuclease-free water, 12.5 μL of 2× RT-PCR buffer, 1 μL of each primer (10 μmol/L), 0.5 μL of SuperScript III One-Step RT-PCR with Platinum Taq High Fidelity (Invitrogen), and 5 μL of extracted RNA.”
The paper names specific kits and reagents used to produce the data (e.g., SuperScript III One-Step RT-PCR with Platinum Taq High Fidelity).
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 README, data dictionary, or codebook is mentioned as 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 →
Base Score Contribution
0.500
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.419
From 13 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 22 citers.
Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance
Grant: HHSN272201400007C
NCEZID CDC HHS
Grant: U01 CK000589
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