Metagenomes and Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences from Nitrogen-Fixing Alder Nodules is a dataset published in Microbiology Resource Announcements (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.193, placing it in the top 65.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 2 times, with 2 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 58/100.
Ranks in the top 65% 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.
“MAGs were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject database under accession no. PRJNA830531 , and nodule metagenomes were deposited under SRA accession no. SRR18933204 for alder savanna and SRR18933205 for alder shrubland.”
The paper provides BioProject and SRA accessions, which are persistent identifier schemes accepted at 'yes'. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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'
“MAGs were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject database under accession no. PRJNA830531 , and nodule metagenomes were deposited under SRA accession no. SRR18933204 for alder savanna and SRR18933205 for alder shrubland.”
NCBI is a recognised data repository listed in re3data. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“MAGs were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject database under accession no. PRJNA830531 , and nodule metagenomes were deposited under SRA accession no. SRR18933204 for alder savanna and SRR18933205 for alder shrubland.”
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
“Data availability. MAGs were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject database under accession no. PRJNA830531 , and nodule metagenomes were deposited under SRA accession no. SRR18933204 for alder savanna and SRR18933205 for alder shrubland. GenBank accession numbers for the MAGs are listed in Table 1 , and quality metrics are provided via Table 1 at https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Quality_metrics_for_metagenome-assembled_genomes_of_Alnus_viridis_spp_Fruticose_nodules/22096520/1 .”
The data-availability statement points to repository records with accessions, satisfying 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
“TABLE 1 Metagenome assembled genomes from Alnus viridis subsp. fruticose nodules”
Table 1 provides an itemised inventory of the MAGs (bin IDs, GenBank accessions, quality, taxonomy).
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'
“MAGs were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject database under accession no. PRJNA830531 , and nodule metagenomes were deposited under SRA accession no. SRR18933204 for alder savanna and SRR18933205 for alder shrubland.”
The data are deposited in public repositories with no stated precondition, implying unconditional availability. [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
“MAGs were deposited in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject database under accession no. PRJNA830531 , and nodule metagenomes were deposited under SRA accession no. SRR18933204 for alder savanna and SRR18933205 for alder shrubland.”
The paper describes the action of depositing data in public repositories but does not apply an explicit access-level label such as 'open access' to the data itself. [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 metagenomes from environmental samples, not human-subject or sensitive data, so this criterion is not applicable.
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 state how long the data will remain available or any retention commitment.
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 name the file formats (e.g., FASTQ, FASTA) 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
“by minimum information about a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) standards”
MIMAG is a registered community standard in FAIRsharing for metagenome-assembled genomes.
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'
“with the reference database GTDB R06-RS202”
The paper provides a database release identifier (GTDB R06-RS202) for the reference genome taxonomy database used to classify the MAGs. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
The Creative Commons license applies to the article, not the data; no explicit license for the data is stated.
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 to identify the 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; only third-party tools are cited.
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)
“supported by an NIH S10 OD018174 instrumentation grant”
The paper provides an NIH grant number for instrumentation, which is an award identifier. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“Genomic DNA was extracted from each nodule by Qiagen DNeasy DNA isolation kit”
The paper names specific instruments, kits, and software versions 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
“quality metrics are provided via Table 1 at https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Quality_metrics_for_metagenome-assembled_genomes_of_Alnus_viridis_spp_Fruticose_nodules/22096520/1”
The paper states that a separate dataset (figshare table) with quality metrics accompanies the data, serving as documentation. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
0.165
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0279
From 2 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 2 citers.
U.S. Department of Energy
Grant: NGEE Arctic
NIH HHS
Grant: S10 OD018174
FWCI
0.39
Citation Percentile
0.6%
Citation Trend
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