Accelerating Cough-Based Algorithms for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Screening: Results From the CODA TB DREAM Challenge is a dataset published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.165, placing it in the top 70.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 2 times, with 1 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 46/100.
Ranks in the top 70% 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.
“The challenge deidentified training data, data dictionary, and links to the code and write-ups for the model submissions are available at www.synapse.org/TBcough”
The only identifier given is a web URL (www.synapse.org/TBcough), not a persistent identifier scheme. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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 challenge was set up on Synapse (www.synapse.org/tbcough)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Synapse is named as the repository hosting the data, and it is a known research data repository. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“available at www.synapse.org/TBcough”
The dataset URL appears only in the body text (Data Availability section), not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“The challenge deidentified training data, data dictionary, and links to the code and write-ups for the model submissions are available at www.synapse.org/TBcough.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a repository (Synapse) with a link, which is Colavizza category 3. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“Challenge teams were given direct access only to the training set, which included the raw peak cough sound recordings in WAV format, as well as associated age, sex, height, weight, smoking status, self-reported duration of cough, prior history of tuberculosis, common tuberculosis symptoms (hemoptysis, fever, night sweats, weight loss), heart rate, and temperature.”
The dataset's content is described in running prose, not in an itemised inventory (section, table, or list).
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'
“To access the data, register for a free Synapse account and then review and agree to the Synapse and CODA TB DREAM Challenge data use policies.”
The data is accessible only after registration and agreement to policies, which is a specified precondition. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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
“To access the data, register for a free Synapse account and then review and agree to the Synapse and CODA TB DREAM Challenge data use policies.”
The paper describes the access action (registration and agreement to policies) but does not explicitly label the access level. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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
“To access the data, register for a free Synapse account and then review and agree to the Synapse and CODA TB DREAM Challenge data use policies.”
The gatekeeper is an institutional process (Synapse account and data use policies), not a natural person. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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 statement about how long the data will remain available is made. [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 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'
“raw peak cough sound recordings in WAV format”
WAV is an open, non-proprietary format. [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
No community standard (e.g., MIAME, ontology) is named for the data.
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., DOI, accession) is given for data the study depends on. [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 license or reuse terms are stated for the data; only the article has a CC BY-NC-ND license. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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'
No version token or date is given for the data snapshot.
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'
“links to the code and write-ups for the model submissions are available at www.synapse.org/TBcough.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The code is available via a repository URL (Synapse), which is a machine-resolvable locator. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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)
“grant U01 AI152087”
An award number (U01 AI152087) is given for the funding. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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 coughs were collected on an Android-based smartphone using the Hyfe Research app”
The data production method names the specific instrument (Hyfe Research app) and platform (Android smartphone). [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
“The challenge deidentified training data, data dictionary, and links to the code and write-ups for the model submissions are available at www.synapse.org/TBcough.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A data dictionary is named as a documentation object that travels with the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.165
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 →US National Institutes of Health
Grant: U01 AI152087
US National Institutes of Health
Grant: K23HL153581
US National Institutes of Health
Grant: D43TW010350
US National Institutes of Health
Grant: U54EB027049
US National Institutes of Health
Grant: R01AI136894
European Union
Grant: RIA2018D-2509
European Union
Grant: RIA2018D-2493
European Union
Grant: RIA2020I-3305
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Fonds de Recherche Santé Québec
FWCI
1.36
Citation Percentile
0.8%
Citation Trend
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