International epidemiology databases to evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) in sub-Saharan Africa, 2012–2019 is a dataset published in BMJ Open (2020). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.8, placing it in the top 11.9% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 107 times, with 27 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 21/100.
Ranks in the top 12% for downstream scientific impact
Linked data & code
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 are available upon reasonable request.”
The paper does not provide any persistent identifier (DOI, Handle, accession) for the dataset; only a request-based route is given.
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'
“Investigators wishing to work with the IeDEA data should contact the teams at the regional data centres (see www.iedea.org for contact details)”
The data are held by the IeDEA collaboration, which is a named host but not a curated repository listed in re3data/FAIRsharing.
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 are available upon reasonable request.”
No identifier for the dataset appears in the reference list or body text; the dataset is not cited like a reference. [majority verdict 'no' (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 are available upon reasonable request.”
The statement points to a person/process ('available upon reasonable request'), not to a repository record. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“The data include socio-demographic characteristics, clinical outcomes, opportunistic events, treatment regimens, clinic visits and laboratory measurements.”
The dataset content is described in running prose, not in an itemised inventory like a section, table, or list.
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'
“Those wishing to work with the data must sign a data-use agreement.”
The text gives a followable access process that carries a precondition (signing a data-use agreement), so it is not unconditional. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“Those wishing to work with the data must sign a data-use agreement.”
The paper describes an access action (signing a data-use agreement) but does not apply an explicit access-level label such as 'open access' or 'restricted access'. [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
“Those wishing to work with the data must sign a data-use agreement.”
The data are from human subjects, and the gatekeeper is an institutional process (data-use agreement and regional data centres). [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“Data are available upon reasonable request.”
The paper states that data are available upon request but does not specify how long they will persist or any retention period.
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 IeDEA network has developed a Data Exchange Standard protocol (see www.iedeades.org ) with 25 data tables, which include a total of 228 unique variables”
No file format token (e.g., CSV, JSON) 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
“Standardised data collection is supported by eight codebooks, including the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification for drugs”
The ATC classification is a community-standard controlled vocabulary applied to the data.
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'
“The collection, management and sharing of data is facilitated by the Harmonist toolkit, a software and standards package that supports research projects through the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) system.”
No identifier (accession, DOI, RRID) is given for any external resource that the data depend on. [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'
No licence or terms document is named for the data. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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 data include socio-demographic characteristics, clinical outcomes, opportunistic events, treatment regimens, clinic visits and laboratory measurements.”
No version token or data snapshot date is stated for the dataset.
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 collection, management and sharing of data is facilitated by the Harmonist toolkit, a software and standards package that supports research projects through the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) system.”
No locator (URL, DOI) is given for the study's own code, if any.
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)
“Central Africa, U01AI096299; East Africa, U01AI069911; Southern Africa, U01AI069924; West Africa, U01AI069919.”
Specific grant 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
“The data include socio-demographic characteristics, clinical outcomes, opportunistic events, treatment regimens, clinic visits and laboratory measurements.”
Only generic descriptions of data collection are given; no specific instruments, kits, or software versions are named. [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
“Standardised data collection is supported by eight codebooks”
Codebooks are mentioned but not stated to be deposited with the data, and no variable-definition table exists inside the article. [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 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
0.702
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
1.1
From 19 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 27 citers.
Fogarty International Center
Grant: U01AI096299, U01AI069911, U01AI069924, U01AI069919
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Grant: R24AI124872, U01AI096299, U01AI069911, U01AI069924
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Grant: 174281
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: U01 AI096299
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: U01 AI069911
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: U01 AI069919
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: U01 AI069924
NIAID NIH HHS
Grant: R24 AI124872
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U01AI069919-13
IeDEA West Africa Renewal 3
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U01AI069911-08
East Africa IeDEA Regional Consortium
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R24AI124872-03
Harmonist: A Scalable Toolkit for Standardizing and Coordinating Data Sharing Across International Research Networks
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5U01AI069924-13
International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS - Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA)
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3U01AI096299-02S1
Central Africa IeDEA
FWCI
1.48
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Citation Trend
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Sustainable Development Goals
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