Characterization of four cluster A1 Mycobacterium phage genomes, Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis is a dataset published in Microbiology Resource Announcements (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0, placing it in the top 100% of the data-sharing corpus. Its calibrated FAIR score is 63/100.
Ranks in the top 100% 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.
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The paper provides GenBank accession numbers and SRA numbers, which are persistent identifiers recognized by the repository.
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'
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The paper names GenBank and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) as the repositories holding the data.
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
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text (data availability statement) and not in the reference list.
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
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The statement points to archived data in public repositories with accession numbers, corresponding to Colavizza category 3.
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
“TABLE 1 Phage and genome characteristics”
The paper includes a structured table listing genome lengths, GC content, sequencing reads, coverage, and gene counts, which is an itemised inventory of the dataset. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The data availability statement provides direct access to the data in public repositories 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
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The paper describes the access action (deposit in public repositories) but does not explicitly label the access level; the open-access label applies to the article, not 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 phage genomes and not sensitive human-subject data; 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
The paper does not mention any retention period, permanent archival claim, or timing of availability beyond the current statement. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
The paper does not specify the file format of the deposited data (e.g., FASTA, FASTQ).
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 vocabulary, checklist, or ontology registered in FAIRsharing 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'
No identifier (DOI, accession, RRID) for a resource other than the study's own data is provided in the text. [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'
The paper only states the article's CC-BY license; no license is explicitly attached to the data themselves.
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'
“Applejack, Hermia, LilBib, and QTRlifeCrisis genomes are available at GenBank with the Accession numbers PP978873.1 , PP750959.1 , PP750957.1 , and PP758914.1 and the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) numbers SRX24123897 , SRX24123887 , SRX24123889 , and SRX24123894 , respectively.”
The GenBank accession numbers include version suffixes (e.g., .1), which identify the specific 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 written by the authors is mentioned or provided with a locator.
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)
“Research reported in this project was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM103423.”
The paper provides a specific grant number (P20GM103423) attached to a named funder.
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
“Genomes were sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform”
The paper names specific instruments and software versions used to produce the data. [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
“TABLE 1 Phage and genome characteristics”
Variable definitions for genome characteristics are provided within the article in a table, but no separate documentation object is said to accompany the data. [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 →
National Institutes of Health
Grant: P20GM103423
FWCI
0.00
Citation Percentile
0.2%
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