Complete genome sequence of the archetype bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating bacterium, Clostridium scindens VPI12708, isolated from human feces, circa 1980 is a dataset published in Microbiology Resource Announcements (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.310, placing it in the top 54.1% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 6 times, with 1 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 58/100.
Ranks in the top 54% 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.
“CP113781”
The paper provides a GenBank accession (CP113781), which is a persistent identifier in a recognized scheme.
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'
“GenBank”
The paper names GenBank as the repository where the data are deposited.
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
“This whole genome shotgun project has been deposited in GenBank under the accession no. CP113781 ; project data are available under BioProject accession number PRJNA902789 , with BioSample accession number SAMN31775693 and SRA accession number SRR23686740 .”
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text (Data Availability section), not as a reference-list entry. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“This whole genome shotgun project has been deposited in GenBank under the accession no. CP113781 ; project data are available under BioProject accession number PRJNA902789 , with BioSample accession number SAMN31775693 and SRA accession number SRR23686740 .”
The DAS points to a repository record (GenBank accession and associated project, BioSample, SRA). [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“The genome is composed of 3,983,052 bp, with 47.59% G + C, and 3,707 coding DNA sequences are predicted.”
The dataset is described in running prose, not in a structured section, table, or enumerated 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'
“This whole genome shotgun project has been deposited in GenBank under the accession no. CP113781 ; project data are available under BioProject accession number PRJNA902789 , with BioSample accession number SAMN31775693 and SRA accession number SRR23686740 .”
The data are deposited in a public repository (GenBank) with no stated precondition or embargo. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“This whole genome shotgun project has been deposited in GenBank under the accession no. CP113781 ; project data are available under BioProject accession number PRJNA902789 , with BioSample accession number SAMN31775693 and SRA accession number SRR23686740 .”
The paper describes the deposit in GenBank and gives accessions, which implies open access, but no explicit access-level label like 'openly available' is applied to the data. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
The data are a bacterial genome sequence, not human-subject or sensitive data, and 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
No sentence states when the data become available or how long they persist. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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 stated 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 named data or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, FAIRsharing registered) is applied to 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 identifier for an external resource (other than own data) is provided.
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 stated; the article's CC BY license does not apply 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 provided for the data snapshot. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
No code location is given; only third-party tools are mentioned.
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)
“R03 AI147127”
The paper provides an award number from the National Institutes of Health.
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
“sequenced on one SMRT Cell 8M on a PacBio Sequel IIe”
The paper names the specific instrument (PacBio Sequel IIe) and tools (Canu v.2.2) used to produce the data.
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 (README, codebook) is named as travelling with the data, and no variable-definition table exists inside the article. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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
0.292
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0186
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.
HHS | National Institutes of Health
Grant: R03 AI147127
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R03AI147127-02
Studies towards a pan-genome and genetic manipulation of Clostridium scindens
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