The genome sequence of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769 is a dataset published in Wellcome Open Research (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.3, placing it in the top 15.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 46 times, with 26 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 56/100.
Ranks in the top 15% 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.
“Accession number PRJNA662962”
The paper provides a BioProject accession, which is a persistent identifier scheme. [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'
“All raw data and the assemblies have been deposited in INSDC databases under BioProject PRJNA662962.”
The paper names INSDC databases (which include NCBI) as the repository.
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
“NCBI BioProject: Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) genome assembly, mRatBN7, Accession number PRJNA662962: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA662962/”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset identifier appears only in body text, not in the reference list. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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
“Underlying data NCBI BioProject: Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) genome assembly, mRatBN7, Accession number PRJNA662962: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA662962/ NCBI Assembly: mRatBN7.2 primary assembly, Accession number GCA_015227675.2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCF_015227675.2”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data-availability statement points to repository records with accessions. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“Table 1. Genome data for R. norvegicus.”
The paper includes an itemised table (Table 1) listing assembly and data accessions.
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 genome sequence is released openly for reuse.”
The text states the data are openly available with no precondition.
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 genome sequence is released openly for reuse.”
The paper explicitly labels the data as 'openly for reuse'.
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 not sensitive or human-subject, and no gatekeeper is named.
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 statement about when the data become available or how long they persist. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 (e.g., FASTA, FASTQ) 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/metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, BIDS) is named. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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'
“the pre-existing mitochondrial assembly MT AY172581.1”
The paper cites an external resource (mitochondrial assembly) with an accession. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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 license is explicitly attached to the data; the article's CC-BY license covers the paper only.
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 genome assembly, mRatBN7.2”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
A version token ('mRatBN7.2') is stated for the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — 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'
No locator for the study's own code is given; only third-party tools are listed.
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)
“core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (206194)”
Award 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
“DNA was extracted using an agarose plug extraction from kidney tissue following the Bionano Prep Animal Tissue DNA Isolation Soft Tissue Protocol.”
The paper names specific kits, instruments, and software 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
“Table 1. Genome data for R. norvegicus.”
Variable-level definitions (accessions, sizes) are inside the article in a table, not shipped with data.
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
0.578
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.752
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 26 citers.
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R24OD024617
National Institutes of Health
Grant: DA044223
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R01HL064541
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 206194
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - generic account for deposition of all core- funded research papers.
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 218328
Darwin Tree of Life
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 207492
Whole genome sequence based analysis of genetic variation and genome evolution
NIAAA NIH HHS
Grant: R24 AA013162
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/P024238/1
Wellcome Trust
Grant: 218328/Z/19/Z
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Grant: BB/P024238/2
NIDA NIH HHS
Grant: P30 DA044223
NIDA NIH HHS
Grant: U01 DA047638
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R24OD024617-03
Hybrid Rat Diversity Program
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5P30DA044223-03
Overall NIDA Core "Center of Excellence" in Transcriptomics, Systems Genetics and the Addictome
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HL064541-25
Rat Genome Database
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
FWCI
2.67
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Citation Trend
Fields of Study
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
Additional file 2 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 2 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
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Additional file 3 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 4 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 4 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 5 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 5 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 6 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 6 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 1 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data
Additional file 1 of Omic horizon expression: a database of gene expression based on RNA sequencing data