The connectome of an insect brain is a dataset published in Science (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 3.9, placing it in the top 5.6% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 454 times, with 100 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 50/100.
Ranks in the top 6% 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.
“https://catmaid.virtualflybrain.org/”
The paper provides a URL for the data, which is not a persistent identifier scheme (no DOI, Handle, etc.).
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'
“through the CATMAID interface at https://catmaid.virtualflybrain.org/”
The host named is virtualflybrain.org, which is not a recognized repository listed in re3data or FAIRsharing.
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
“Raw EM data and neuron reconstructions are publicly available through the CATMAID interface at https://catmaid.virtualflybrain.org/ (L1 Larval CNS).”
The dataset identifier 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
“Raw EM data and neuron reconstructions are publicly available through the CATMAID interface at https://catmaid.virtualflybrain.org/ (L1 Larval CNS).”
The data-availability statement points to a repository record (the CATMAID interface at virtualflybrain.org), which is a link to publicly archived data (Colavizza category 3). [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“The resulting dataset contains 480 input neurons and 2536 differentiated brain neurons (3016 neurons total), and ~548,000 synaptic sites.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset is described in running prose without an itemized inventory or section heading. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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'
“Raw EM data and neuron reconstructions are publicly available through the CATMAID interface at https://catmaid.virtualflybrain.org/ (L1 Larval CNS).”
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
“publicly available”
The paper uses the phrase 'publicly available' to describe the access level of 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
The data are not human-subject or sensitive, 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
“Raw EM data and neuron reconstructions are publicly available through the CATMAID interface at https://catmaid.virtualflybrain.org/ (L1 Larval CNS).”
The sentence states that the data are available now but says nothing about how long they will persist; only availability timing is given. [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 is named 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, MINSEQE) 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'
“10.5281/zenodo.7473710”
The paper references code deposited at Zenodo with DOIs, which are identifiers for a resource other than the dataset. [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 CC BY 4.0 license is applied to the article, not explicitly to the data.
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'
“All code is deposited at Zenodo ( 132 – 134 ).”
The paper gives a machine-resolvable locator (Zenodo DOIs) for the study's own code. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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)
“Wellcome Trust grant 205038/Z/16/Z”
Multiple grant numbers are provided, e.g., Wellcome Trust grant 205038/Z/16/Z.
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
“using computer-assisted reconstruction with CATMAID”
The paper names the specific software (CATMAID) used for data reconstruction. [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
No documentation object (e.g., README, data dictionary) is named as accompanying the data. [majority verdict 'no' (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
0.918
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
3.0
From 100 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 100 citers.
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 205050/Z/16/Z
Medical Research Council
Grant: MC_UP_1201/21
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 205038
The complete synaptic-level connectome of a nervous system and experimental connectomics
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 205050
Circuit principles of memory-based behavioral choice
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 205038/Z/16/Z
European Research Council
Grant: 819650
Principles of Learning in a Recurrent Neural Network
NINDS NIH HHS
Grant: R01 NS054814
Medical Research Council
Grant: MC_UP_1201/20
NIMH NIH HHS
Grant: RF1 MH123233
National Science Foundation
Grant: 2014862
NeuroNex: Enabling Identification and Impact of Synaptic Weight in Functional Networks
National Science Foundation
Grant: 1942963
CAREER: Foundational statistical theory and methods for analyzing populations of attributed connectomes
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 2R01NS054814-15A1
Developmental and functional analysis of neural circuits controlling navigation in Drosophila
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1RF1MH123233-01
Graspy: A python package for rigorous statistical analysis of populations of attributed connectomes
National Science Foundation
Grant: 1746891
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
FWCI
50.39
Citation Percentile
1.0%
Citation Trend
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