Comparison of clinical characteristics of Zika and dengue symptomatic infections and other acute illnesses of unidentified origin in Mexico is a dataset published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.678, placing it in the top 29.5% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 10 times, with 8 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 21/100.
Ranks in the top 29% 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.
The paper does not provide any persistent identifier (DOI, Handle, accession) for its own 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'
“Requests to access the datasets should be directed to The Mexican Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (LaRed) ( www.redmexei.mx ; [email protected] ).”
The named holder is LaRed, a clinical research network, not a data repository listed in re3data or FAIRsharing. [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
No identifier or link for the dataset appears anywhere in the paper, so it is not cited.
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 for this manuscript are not publicly available because it is needed a data-sharing agreement that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and not to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed. Requests to access the datasets should be directed to The Mexican Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (LaRed) ( www.redmexei.mx ; [email protected] ).”
The data availability statement points to a person/organization (LaRed) with a request process, not a repository record, so it is 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 paper does not contain an itemised inventory of the dataset (no section, table, or list describing files or variables). [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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'
“The datasets for this manuscript are not publicly available because it is needed a data-sharing agreement that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and not to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed.”
The paper states that the data are not publicly available and requires a data-sharing agreement, which is a specified precondition, so the access is conditional. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“The datasets for this manuscript are not publicly available because it is needed a data-sharing agreement that provides for: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes and not to identify any individual participant; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; and (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed. Requests to access the datasets should be directed to The Mexican Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (LaRed) ( www.redmexei.mx ; [email protected] ).”
The paper describes a condition (data-sharing agreement) but does not use a standard access-level label from the COAR vocabulary. [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
“Requests to access the datasets should be directed to The Mexican Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (LaRed) ( www.redmexei.mx ; [email protected] ).”
The paper names an institutional gatekeeper (LaRed) that requires a data-sharing agreement, so it is an institutional gatekeeper. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
The paper does not state any temporal commitment for how long the data will be available or retained.
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 token is named for the released data; the data are not publicly available.
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
The paper does not name any data/metadata community standard registered in FAIRsharing; it mentions PAHO case definitions and WHODAS, which are not such standards.
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 does not provide identifiers for external data resources (e.g., source datasets, reference genomes, code) that the data depend on; funding numbers are not data resources.
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 paper states a CC0 license for the article, but no license is attached to the data; the data are not publicly available and require a DUA.
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 dataset; the data are not deposited.
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 paper does not mention any code availability; no code repository or supplementary code is provided.
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)
“Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [FONSEC SSA/IMSS/ISSSTE Projects No. 71260 and No. 127088]; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, through its Intramural Research Programs and a contract with Westat, Inc., Contract Number: HHSN2722009000031, Task Order Number: HHSN27200002; and in part with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN261200800001E and Contract No. 75N91019D00024, Task Order No. 75N91019F00130.”
The paper provides multiple award/grant numbers from named funders. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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
“We collected blood and urine samples and performed complete blood count and blood chemistries and performed on the same sample RNA identification of Zika, dengue chikungunya and panflavivirus by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction in serum and urine as previously described [13].”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The production description is generic, naming the technique but not specific instruments, kits, or software versions. [downgraded to 'no' — 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 stated to accompany the data; the data are not deposited. [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
0.360
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.318
From 6 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 8 citers.
Mexico Ministry of Health
Grant: funding to LaRed network
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Grant: 71260
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Grant: 127088
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Grant: HHSN2722009000031
National Cancer Institute
Grant: HHSN261200800001E
National Cancer Institute
Grant: 75N91019D00024