A group B Streptococcus indexed transposon mutant library to accelerate genetic research on an important perinatal pathogen is a dataset published in Microbiology Spectrum (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.165, placing it in the top 70.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 2 times. Its calibrated FAIR score is 54/100.
Ranks in the top 70% 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.
“PRJNA1000625”
The paper provides a BioProject accession (PRJNA1000625) for the sequence reads, which is a persistent identifier scheme recognized in the rubric. [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'
“One complete mutant library for public access is stored at BEI Resources (beiresources.org).”
BEI Resources is a named repository (managed by ATCC, listed in re3data).
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 accession number for the complete library is NR-59477.”
The dataset identifier appears 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
“One complete mutant library for public access is stored at BEI Resources (beiresources.org). The accession number for the complete library is NR-59477. BEI accession numbers for individual 96-well plates and individual mutants within the library can be found in Supplemental Data 2. At the time of publication, BEI anticipates being ready to distribute the GBS library in April 2024. Sequence reads used to specify transposon insertion sites for strains within the library are posted to the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under BioProject PRJNA1000625.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data availability statement points to repository records with accessions, matching Colavizza category 3. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“Our final library, stored in barcoded, traceable glycerol stocks, contains interruptions of 878 genes and 253 intergenic regions.”
The dataset's content is described in running prose, not in an itemised inventory (section, table, or list). [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“At the time of publication, BEI anticipates being ready to distribute the GBS library in April 2024.”
The primary dataset (the library) has a future availability date, which is a precondition (embargo).
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
“We have made this resource freely available to the broader research community through deposition in a publicly funded bacterial maintenance and distribution repository.”
The paper explicitly states the data are 'freely available' and 'for public access', which are natural-language equivalents of 'open access'. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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 bacterial mutants, not human-subject or sensitive data; no gatekeeper is mentioned.
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
“At the time of publication, BEI anticipates being ready to distribute the GBS library in April 2024.”
The paper gives an availability timing (April 2024) but does not state how long the data will persist.
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'
“fastq files”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper states that three fastq files were generated; FASTQ is an open, community-standard format. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 (e.g., MIAME, BIDS, an ontology) 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'
“NCBI GenBank accession no. GCA_000012705.1”
The paper cites the A909 genome with a GenBank accession, 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 standard open license (e.g., CC0, CC BY) is named for the data; 'freely available' is not a license artefact.
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'
Neither a version token nor a 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'
The custom scripts are mentioned but no locator (URL, DOI, package) is given for the 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)
“Financial support was provided by NIH/NIAID R21AI147511 to T.A.H., A.J.R., and H.T.”
The paper provides a specific grant number (R21AI147511) 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
“Quantitative PCR was used to assess the number of fragments suitable for sequencing in the library pool and determine the loading concentration on the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (San Diego, CA, USA).”
The paper names the specific sequencing instrument (Illumina NovaSeq 6000) 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
“Supplemental Data 2: Indexed library details.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Variable definitions are provided in supplementary material, not as a file shipped with the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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
Citation network not refreshed for this result
This paper's DataRank is currently driven only by its base citation score. Citation network data was not refreshed for this result.
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Grant: R21AI147511
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: R01 AI155476
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R21AI147511-01A1
Genome-wide assessment of Group B Streptococcus fitness and virulence
FWCI
0.48
Citation Percentile
0.7%
Citation Trend
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