Investigating the Association Between Parental Paid Sick Leave Benefit and Children's Dental Care Utilization is a dataset published in Journal of Public Health Dentistry (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. Its calibrated FAIR score is 13/100.
Ranks in the top 78% 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.
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper gives a web address (URL) for the data, not a persistent identifier scheme. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (2/4 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'
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names the MEPS data files page as the holder, which is a non-repository host (AHRQ website). [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/4 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
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset's identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not in the reference list. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/4 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
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data availability statement points to a URL for the MEPS data files, which is a third-party source, not a repository record with an accession. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/4 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_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes the dataset in running prose (sample size, source), but not in an itemised inventory. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (2/4 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'
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are stated to be openly available at a URL with no precondition. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (2/4 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
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper does not label the access level of the data; it only states that the data are openly available, which is an access action. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (2/4 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
“The MEPS data we used is publicly available and deidentified; thus, the study was exempt from Institutional Review Board approval requirements.”
The data are deidentified and publicly available, so 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
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper states that the data are openly available, implying current availability, but no persistence commitment. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/4 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 paper does not specify any file format for the released 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 community data or metadata standard (e.g., MIAME, GO) 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'
“https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files.jsp”
The paper provides a URL identifier for the external MEPS data source, which is a qualified reference. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/4 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 for the data is mentioned; the CC BY-NC-ND 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'
“a_access_conditions_stated”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper specifies the data time range (2017–2019) which pins the snapshot, but no version token. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (2/4 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'
No code availability is mentioned; the only software reference is to SAS, but no code is provided.
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)
“K08DE032443”
The paper includes a specific grant number from the National Institutes of Health. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/4 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
“All data management and analyses were conducted using SAS (version 9.4)”
The paper names a specific software version (SAS 9.4) used to produce the data analysis, which qualifies as a named tool. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/4 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
“A preventive dental visit was coded as 'Yes' if the respondent reported receiving cleaning, prophylaxis, polishing, periodontal recall, fluoride treatment, or sealant application; otherwise, it was coded as 'No'.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Variable definitions are provided within the article text, not in a separate documentation object shipped with the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
Citation network not refreshed for this result
This paper's DataRank is currently driven only by its base citation score. Citation network data was not refreshed for this result.
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Grant: K08 DE032443
FWCI
0.84
Citation Percentile
0.7%
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