Metagenome Sequencing to Explore Phylogenomics of Terrestrial Cyanobacteria is a dataset published in Microbiology Resource Announcements (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.890, placing it in the top 22.7% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 27 times, with 22 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 29/100.
Ranks in the top 23% for downstream scientific impact
Linked data & code
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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.
“All reads and assemblies were deposited under the NCBI accession numbers listed in Table 1.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper uses NCBI accession numbers (e.g., BioProject, SRA) which are persistent identifiers. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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'
“All reads and assemblies were deposited under the NCBI accession numbers listed in Table 1.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are deposited in NCBI, a recognised data repository. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“All reads and assemblies were deposited under the NCBI accession numbers listed in Table 1.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text (Table 1) and not in the reference list. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Data availability. All reads and assemblies were deposited under the NCBI accession numbers listed in Table 1.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a repository record with accession numbers. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 Metadata, accession numbers, and metagenome statistics for the 50 cyanobacterial cultures investigated in this study”
The paper includes an itemised table (Table 1) that lists metadata and statistics for each sample, constituting a structured description of the dataset. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“All reads and assemblies were deposited under the NCBI accession numbers listed in Table 1.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are deposited in a public repository (NCBI) with no stated precondition. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
The paper describes the action of depositing data in NCBI but does not explicitly label the access level. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 sensitive or human-subject; 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
“All reads and assemblies were deposited under the NCBI accession numbers listed in Table 1.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement indicates the data are available now but does not specify how long they persist. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 explicitly name the file format for the deposited 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 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'
“dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.brg4m3yw”
The paper cites a protocol with a DOI, which is an identifier for an external resource. [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'
No license is stated for the data; only the article has a CC-BY license.
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 deposited 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 repository or locator is provided for the study's own code.
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)
“NSF DEB-1441715”
The paper includes specific grant numbers for funding. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“We extracted DNA using the Qiagen DNeasy PowerLyzer microbial kit.”
The paper names specific instruments and kits 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 Metadata, accession numbers, and metagenome statistics for the 50 cyanobacterial cultures investigated in this study”
Variable definitions are provided inside the article (Table 1), 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 →
Base Score Contribution
0.500
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.391
From 16 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 22 citers.
National Science Foundation
Grant: NSF DEB-1441715
Phycological Society of America
Grant: Grant in Aid of Research
The Community Foundation, Riverside
Grant: California Desert Research Fund
Joshua Tree National Park Association
Grant: Robert Lee Graduate Student Research Grant
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grant: CA-R-PPA-5062-H
U.S. Department of Energy
Grant: DE-AC02-05CH11231
U.S. Department of Energy
Grant: CSP 503837
National Science Foundation
Grant: DEB-0842702
National Science Foundation
Grant: DEB-841734
National Science Foundation
Grant: DEB-9870201
NIH HHS
Grant: S10 OD016290
NIGMS NIH HHS
Grant: T32 GM007133
National Science Foundation
Grant: 9870201
Survey of the Algae, Lichens, and Mosses of Microbiotic Crusts in Selected Semiarid and Arid Sites in Western North America
National Science Foundation
Grant: 0842702
Collaborative Research: Biodiversity Survey of Freshwater Algae of the Hawaiian Islands
National Science Foundation
Grant: 1441715
Collaborative Research: The Zygomycetes Genealogy of Life (ZyGoLife)- the conundrum of Kingdom Fungi
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1S10OD016290-01A1
Acquisition of a Scalable Storage Cluster for Data Intensive NIH Research
National Science Foundation
Grant: 1429826
MRI: Acquisition of a Big Data Compute Cluster for Interdisciplinary Research
FWCI
2.75
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Influential Citations
1
Citation Trend
Fields of Study
Keywords
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