Prevalence and correlates of carotid plaque in a mixed HIV-serostatus cohort in Uganda is a dataset published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.335, placing it in the top 51.7% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 5 times, with 4 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 13/100.
Ranks in the top 52% 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.
No persistent identifier string of any kind is given for the dataset.
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'
No repository is named; the data are held by the authors.
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
No identifier or link for the dataset appears anywhere in the paper.
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 datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.”
The data-availability statement points to a person (Colavizza category 1). [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 dataset is described only in running prose (e.g., sample size, characteristics) without an itemised inventory of files or variables. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 only offered route is a discretionary request to the corresponding author, which is not a followable process.
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 paper does not provide a standard access-level label; it only describes an action (email the author) to obtain data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.”
The data are accessible only by contacting the corresponding author, a personal gatekeeper. [majority verdict 'partial' (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 is named in the context of the dataset.
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 paper cites the clinical trial registration number NCT02445079 for the cohort study that generated the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper states that CC0 (an open license) applies to the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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'
No version token or date pins the data snapshot.
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; only third-party tools are named.
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 UGANDAC study was funded by the National Institutes of Health (R21 HL124712, P30 AI060354, R24 AG044325, P30 AG024409, P30 AI027763, R01 HL141053, and R01 MH113494), and the Massachusetts General Hospital Executive Committee on Research.”
Specific grant numbers are provided for the funding. [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
The paper names specific instruments (Sonosite M-Turbo) and software (SonoCalc 5.0, Stata 15.0) used to produce the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Table 1 Study participant characteristics at Enrollment into a Mixed HIV‑Serostatus Cohort in Uganda”
Variable definitions are provided inside the article in Table 1, not in a separate documentation file. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.269
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0660
From 3 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 4 citers.
Fogarty International Center
Grant: D43 TW010543
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R01 MH113494
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R21 HL124712
NHLBI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HL141053
FIC NIH HHS
Grant: K43 TW010715
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R21HL124712-02
Epidemiology of atherosclerosis among older-age individuals with HIV in Uganda
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3R24AG044325-03S1
Developing Research At The Interface Of HIV And Aging
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R01MH113494-01
Social Networks, HIV Stigma, and the HIV Care Cascade in Rural Uganda
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HL141053-02
Epidemiology of coronary artery disease among people with HIV in rural sub-Saharan Africa
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5P30AG024409-13
The Center for the Global Demography of Aging
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3P30AI027763-12S2
UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS research
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3D43TW010543-06S3
Partnership for Global Health Research Training Program(Renewal)
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1P30AI060354-01
Harvard Medical School Center for AIDS Research
FWCI
0.97
Citation Percentile
0.8%
Citation Trend
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