Terminal decline in objective and self-reported measures of motor function before death: 10 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study is a dataset published in BMJ (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.4, placing it in the top 14.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 42 times, with 34 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 42/100.
Ranks in the top 14% 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.
“Data sharing: Data, protocols, and other metadata of the Whitehall II study are available to the scientific community via either the Whitehall II study data sharing portal ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/data-sharing ) or the DPUK platform ( https://www.dementiasplatform.uk/ ).”
The paper provides URLs to the data portals, which are web addresses but not persistent identifiers from the accepted schemes. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Whitehall II study data sharing portal”
The named holder is the Whitehall II study data sharing portal, a non-repository host (not a listed curated repository). [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“Data sharing: Data, protocols, and other metadata of the Whitehall II study are available to the scientific community via either the Whitehall II study data sharing portal ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/data-sharing ) or the DPUK platform ( https://www.dementiasplatform.uk/ ).”
The dataset's identifier (URL) appears only in the body text of the data availability statement, not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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 sharing: Data, protocols, and other metadata of the Whitehall II study are available to the scientific community via either the Whitehall II study data sharing portal ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/data-sharing ) or the DPUK platform ( https://www.dementiasplatform.uk/ ).”
The data availability statement points to a repository record (DPUK platform) and a data sharing portal, which are public repositories. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“Motor function (2007-09, 2012-13, 2015-16) Objective measures Walking speed was measured over an 8 ft (2.44 m) marked course, with no obstructions for an additional 2 ft at either end. ... Grip strength was measured using a Smedley hand grip dynamometer. ... Timed chair rises was the time (in seconds) to stand up and sit down five times. ... Self-reported functioning was measured using the physical component summary score of the Short Form 36 General Health Survey (SF-36).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset content is described in running prose rather than in an itemised inventory (section, table, or list). [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“Data sharing: Data, protocols, and other metadata of the Whitehall II study are available to the scientific community via either the Whitehall II study data sharing portal ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/data-sharing ) or the DPUK platform ( https://www.dementiasplatform.uk/ ).”
The text states the data are available via named portals without stating any precondition such as registration, embargo, or application. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“Data sharing: Data, protocols, and other metadata of the Whitehall II study are available to the scientific community via either the Whitehall II study data sharing portal ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/whitehall-ii/data-sharing ) or the DPUK platform ( https://www.dementiasplatform.uk/ ).”
The paper describes access actions (URLs to portals) but does not label the access level as open, restricted, or embargoed. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
No gatekeeper of any kind is named for the human-subject data. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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
No sentence states when the data become available or how long they 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'
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 data or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, BIDS, GO) is named; the paper mentions only measurement instruments and reporting guidelines. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 (e.g., DOI, accession) is given for any external resource the data depend on; only bare references to the Whitehall II study are present. [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 CC BY 4.0 license applies only to the article, not to the data; no license is stated for 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'
“Assessment of motor function was introduced to the study protocol at the 2007-09 wave of data collection and repeated in 2012-13 and 2015-16”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper uses dates (2007-09, 2012-13, 2015-16) to identify the data collection waves, which serve as a snapshot identifier. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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'
“We used R software (version 4.0.3) for all analyses.”
No locator for the study's own analysis code is given; only the software name 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)
“The Whitehall II study is supported by grants from the National Institute on Ageing, NIH (R01AG056477, RF1AG062553); the UK Medical Research Council (R024227, S011676); and the Wellcome Trust (221854/Z/20/Z).”
Award numbers are provided for the funding sources.
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
“Grip strength was measured using a Smedley hand grip dynamometer.”
The paper names specific instruments (Smedley dynamometer) and methods 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
“Motor function (2007-09, 2012-13, 2015-16) Objective measures Walking speed was measured over an 8 ft (2.44 m) marked course... Grip strength was measured using a Smedley hand grip dynamometer... Timed chair rises was the time (in seconds) to stand up and sit down five times... Self-reported functioning was measured using the physical component summary score of the Short Form 36 General Health Survey (SF-36).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Variable definitions are provided inside the article's methods section, not in a separate documentation object shipped with the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
0.564
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.861
From 24 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 34 citers.
Medical Research Council
Grant: MR/R024227/1
Medical Research Council
Grant: MR/S011676/1
NordForsk
Grant: 75021
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 221854/Z/20/Z
NIA NIH HHS
Grant: R01 AG056477
NIA NIH HHS
Grant: RF1 AG062553
FWCI
11.30
Citation Percentile
1.0%
Citation Trend
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