Whole-genome sequences of six Borrelia recurrentis strains obtained via PacBio sequencing 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
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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.
“The BioProject accession number is PRJNA1157803 .”
The paper provides a BioProject accession, which is a persistent identifier in a recognized scheme. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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'
“The whole genome sequences of B. recurrentis strains A1, A11, A17, PAbJ, PBeK, and PAbN were deposited in the GenBank database under the following accession numbers: CP169982-CP169987 , CP169976-CP169981 , CP169970-CP169975 , CP169964-CP169969 , CP169958-CP169963 , and CP169952-CP169957 , respectively ( Table 1 ).”
GenBank is a named repository in re3data. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“The whole genome sequences of B. recurrentis strains A1, A11, A17, PAbJ, PBeK, and PAbN were deposited in the GenBank database under the following accession numbers: CP169982-CP169987 , CP169976-CP169981 , CP169970-CP169975 , CP169964-CP169969 , CP169958-CP169963 , and CP169952-CP169957 , respectively ( Table 1 ).”
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text, not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“The whole genome sequences of B. recurrentis strains A1, A11, A17, PAbJ, PBeK, and PAbN were deposited in the GenBank database under the following accession numbers: CP169982-CP169987 , CP169976-CP169981 , CP169970-CP169975 , CP169964-CP169969 , CP169958-CP169963 , and CP169952-CP169957 , respectively ( Table 1 ).”
The data availability statement points to a repository record with accessions. [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
“Each assembled B. recurrentis genome contained one chromosome and 5 linear plasmids ( Table 1 ).”
The paper includes a table (Table 1) that itemizes the genome features and accession numbers, providing an itemised inventory.
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'
“The whole genome sequences of B. recurrentis strains A1, A11, A17, PAbJ, PBeK, and PAbN were deposited in the GenBank database under the following accession numbers: CP169982-CP169987 , CP169976-CP169981 , CP169970-CP169975 , CP169964-CP169969 , CP169958-CP169963 , and CP169952-CP169957 , respectively ( Table 1 ).”
The paper states the data are deposited in public repositories without any precondition or embargo. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“The whole genome sequences of B. recurrentis strains A1, A11, A17, PAbJ, PBeK, and PAbN were deposited in the GenBank database under the following accession numbers: CP169982-CP169987 , CP169976-CP169981 , CP169970-CP169975 , CP169964-CP169969 , CP169958-CP169963 , and CP169952-CP169957 , respectively ( Table 1 ).”
The paper describes the deposit actions but does not label the access level with a standard vocabulary term. [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 whole genome sequences of B. recurrentis strains A1, A11, A17, PAbJ, PBeK, and PAbN were deposited in the GenBank database under the following accession numbers: CP169982-CP169987 , CP169976-CP169981 , CP169970-CP169975 , CP169964-CP169969 , CP169958-CP169963 , and CP169952-CP169957 , respectively ( Table 1 ).”
The data are bacterial genomes and not identified as sensitive or 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, persistence commitment, or availability timing beyond the act of deposit. [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'
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 standard vocabulary or checklist 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'
“Straains PAbJ (NR-51674), PBeK (NR-51672), and PAbN (NR-51673) were obtained through BEI Resources [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), MD, USA].”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper gives identifiers for the strains obtained from BEI Resources, which are external resources. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 named for the data; 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'
“The version described in this paper is the first version.”
The paper states a version token ('first version').
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.
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)
“This project was supported by three NIH NIAID awards: R03AI163601, R21AI182876, and T32OD011083.”
The paper gives specific award numbers.
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
“DNA samples were extracted using the Qiagen MagAtract HMW DNA kit (Qiagen, MI, USA) and sheared to an average size of 10–15 kb. Libraries prepared using the SMRTbell Express Template Prep Kit 2.0 (Pacific Biosciences, CA, USA) were size-selected on the BluePippin instrument (Sage Science, MA, USA) to remove fragments of <10 kb, which excluded the smallest previously sequenced plasmid, lp6 ( 7 , 8 ). The library pool was sequenced with Sequel II Sequencing Kit 2.0 and 8M SMRT cell on the Sequel II instrument (Pacific Bioscience, CA, USA). De-novo assemblies were performed using IPA (SMRTtools version 11.0.0) at IGS. On the Grace computing cluster at Texas A&M University, PacBio reads were downsampled to 25K sequences per sample using seqtk (version 1.3) due to the extremely high coverage of the data set ( Table 1 ). The downsampled data were then assembled in Flye (version 2.9.1) under default parameters. Contigs were annotated using the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline ( 15 ).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific instruments, kits, and software with versions used to produce the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“Each assembled B. recurrentis genome contained one chromosome and 5 linear plasmids ( Table 1 ).”
Variable-level definitions are provided inside the article (Table 1), not as a separate documentation object.
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
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HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Grant: R03AI163601
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Grant: R21AI182876
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Grant: T32OD011083
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