Exposure to heavy metals in utero and autism spectrum disorder at age 3: a meta-analysis of two longitudinal cohorts of siblings of children with autism is a dataset published in Environmental Health (2024). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.554, placing it in the top 35.3% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 17 times, with 16 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 63/100.
Ranks in the top 35% 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.
“EARLI cohort repository: 1600, MARBLES cohort repository: 1946, EARLI/MARBLES metals repository: 2462”
The identifiers are numeric repository-specific accessions from the NIMH Data Archive, not a standard persistent identifier scheme (DOI, Handle, ARK, etc.) or a URL. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive”
The paper names a proper-noun data repository (NIMH Data Archive) as the holder of the data.
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 used in this manuscript is publicly available through the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (EARLI cohort repository: 1600, MARBLES cohort repository: 1946, EARLI/MARBLES metals repository: 2462)”
The dataset identifier appears only in the body text (data availability statement), not as a reference-list entry.
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 used in this manuscript is publicly available through the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (EARLI cohort repository: 1600, MARBLES cohort repository: 1946, EARLI/MARBLES metals repository: 2462) and through data requests to the Principal Investigators of cohorts (EARLI: MDF, MARBLES: RJS).”
The statement points to a repository record (NDA with accession numbers), which is Colavizza category 3.
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
“Urinary concentrations of a panel of metals were measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry by NSF International (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention method 3018.3, with modifications for the expanded metals panel and the Thermo Scientific iCAP RQ instrument).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset content is described in running prose without an itemised inventory (section, table, or list). [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'
“Data used in this manuscript is publicly available through the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive”
The text states that the data are 'publicly available' through a named repository, with no precondition stated.
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 used in this manuscript is publicly available through the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive”
The paper labels the access level as 'publicly available', which is a natural-language synonym for 'open access'.
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
“and through data requests to the Principal Investigators of cohorts (EARLI: MDF, MARBLES: RJS)”
The only gatekeeper named for the sensitive human-subject data is a personal one (the Principal Investigators), not an institutional committee or repository. [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 in the paper states how long the data will be retained or when they become available. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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, MIxS, GO) is named and 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'
No identifier for any external resource (e.g., reference genome accession, cohort application number) is provided.
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”
The paper applies the CC0 waiver to the data, which is an open standard licence. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 is given for 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'
“https://github.com/bakulskilab/Urine-Metals-ASD”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A machine-resolvable code repository URL is provided for the study's own code. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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)
“R01ES016443”
The paper provides specific grant numbers (e.g., R01ES016443) from the National Institutes of Health.
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
“Thermo Scientific iCAP RQ instrument”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text names specific instruments and kits used to produce the data (e.g., Thermo Scientific iCAP RQ). [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
No documentation object (README, codebook) is mentioned as accompanying the data, and no variable-definition table exists inside the article. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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
0.434
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.120
From 9 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 16 citers.
NIEHS NIH HHS
Grant: P30 ES023513
FWCI
1.89
Citation Percentile
0.8%
Citation Trend
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