miTALOS v2: Analyzing Tissue Specific microRNA Function is a dataset published in PLOS ONE (2016). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 3.1, placing it in the top 7.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 77 times, with 75 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 42/100.
Ranks in the top 7% 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.
“MiTALOS v2 is available at http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The paper gives a web address (URL) for the data, not a string in a persistent-identifier scheme (DOI, Handle, ARK, URN, or repository accession).
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 relevant data are in the paper and on the web application described in the article: http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The data are hosted on a web application, not a named data repository. [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
“MiTALOS v2 is available at http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The dataset's identifier (URL) appears only in the body text, not as a reference-list entry. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“All relevant data are in the paper and on the web application described in the article: http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The statement points to the article and a web application, not to a repository record (Colavizza category 2).
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
“We downloaded and integrated computational target prediction data from TargetScan 6.2 and miRanda. We also added miRNA-target interaction data of CLIP-seq studies from StarBase v2. Pathway data was extracted from KEGG, Reactome and WikiPathways.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes the dataset's content in running prose, not in an itemized inventory (section, table, or enumerated list) that names files, records, variables, or samples. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (2/5 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'
“MiTALOS v2 is available at http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The paper provides a direct route to the data (the web application) with no stated 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
“MiTALOS v2 is available at http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The paper does not apply any explicit access-level label (e.g., 'open access', 'freely available') to the data; it only states where the data can be found. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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
“All relevant data are in the paper and on the web application described in the article: http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The data are not sensitive or human-subject, and no gatekeeper of any kind 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
“All relevant data are in the paper and on the web application described in the article: http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The paper does not mention any retention period, archival commitment, or availability timing for the data.
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 integrated database backend is uses a neo4j graph database (v2.3.1).”
No file format for the released data is named; the database backend is mentioned but not the format of the data files.
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
“We downloaded and integrated computational target prediction data from TargetScan 6.2 and miRanda. We also added miRNA-target interaction data of CLIP-seq studies from StarBase v2. Pathway data was extracted from KEGG, Reactome and WikiPathways.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names databases (KEGG, Reactome, WikiPathways) but does not claim that its own data complies with a community standard (e.g., MIAME, ISA-Tab, an ontology).
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'
“All relevant data are in the paper and on the web application described in the article: http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
No identifier for any external resource other than the paper's own dataset is provided; the paper cites references but does not give accessions or DOIs for the data sources used. [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'
“This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License”
The only license mentioned is for the article, not for the data; no license is attached to the data itself.
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'
“We downloaded and integrated computational target prediction data from TargetScan 6.2 and miRanda.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Versions of underlying data sources are given, but no version token or date is provided for the study's own integrated 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'
“MiTALOS v2 is available at http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
The paper gives a URL for the web application, not a code repository URL, archive DOI, or package identifier for the code.
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)
“Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (InKoMBio: FKZ TH 900/3-2) to MP, an ERC starting grant award (LatentCauses) to FJT and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (PsyCourse: FI 981/9-1) to NSM.”
Award/grant numbers are provided for two of the three funders, satisfying the requirement for an alphanumeric award identifier. [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 downloaded and integrated computational target prediction data from TargetScan 6.2 and miRanda. We also added miRNA-target interaction data of CLIP-seq studies from StarBase v2. Pathway data was extracted from KEGG, Reactome and WikiPathways.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific tools, databases, and versions used to produce the data (TargetScan 6.2, miRanda, StarBase v2, KEGG, Reactome, WikiPathways, neo4j v2.3.1). [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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
“All relevant data are in the paper and on the web application described in the article: http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/mitalos”
No documentation object (README, data dictionary, codebook, schema file) is mentioned as travelling with the data. [majority verdict 'no' (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
0.654
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
2.4
From 63 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 75 citers.
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