The Pandemic Journaling Project: A new dataset of first-person accounts of the COVID-19 pandemic is a dataset published in PLoS ONE (2025). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.104, placing it in the top 77.8% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 1 time. Its calibrated FAIR score is 63/100.
Ranks in the top 78% 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.
“https://doi.org/10.5064/F6PXS9ZK”
The paper provides a DOI for the dataset, which is a persistent identifier in a PID scheme, so it is class yes. [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'
“Data from PJP’s first phase (PJP-1) are now accessible at the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) at Syracuse University.”
The paper names the Qualitative Data Repository, a proper repository, as the holder of the data, so it is class yes.
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
“11. Willen SS, Mason KA. Data for: The Pandemic Journaling Project, Phase One (PJP-1). Qualitative Data Repository. 2024. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6PXS9ZK”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset appears as a reference-list entry, so it is class yes. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from 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
“Data described in this paper are available at the Qualitative Data Repository as Willen, Sarah S.; Mason, Katherine A.. 2024. “Data for: The Pandemic Journaling Project, Phase One (PJP-1)”. Qualitative Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5064/F6PXS9ZK Since data contains identifiable human participants, and as required by the UConn IRB, access to full data is by application. Access to the data can be requested via the “Request Access” button on the dataset’s landing page and follows the policy described in the terms of access document (https://doi.org/10.5064/F6PXS9ZK/7UYI4F). An unrestricted dataset that includes the summary data and analysis code that was used to produce the figures in the paper is available on the Harvard Dataverse at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QTQ3V7.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data-availability statement points at a repository record with a DOI, so it is class yes (Colavizza category 3). [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
“Fig 1. Table of Contents to PJP-1 Dataset at QDR.”
The paper includes a figure with a table of contents that itemises the dataset's files, so it is class yes. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“access to full data is by application”
The paper gives a followable access process with a precondition (application), so it is class partial. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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
“access to full data is by application”
The paper describes the access action without using a standard access-level label, so it is class partial.
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
“Access to the data can be requested via the “Request Access” button on the dataset’s landing page and follows the policy described in the terms of access document”
The paper names an institutional gatekeeper (QDR with a request process) for the sensitive human-subject data, so it is class yes. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“These data protection measures will be in place for 25 years, through 2049”
The paper states a persistence commitment (25 years), so it is class yes.
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'
“tabular datasets in Excel format”
The only named format is Excel, which is proprietary, so it is class partial.
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 paper; only instruments and scales, so it is class no.
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 an external resource (other than the paper's own dataset) is given, so it is class no. [majority verdict 'no' (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 licence for the data is named in the paper; only the article's CC-BY licence is mentioned, which is not for the data, so it is class no.
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'
“Data from PJP’s first phase (PJP-1)”
The paper identifies the data snapshot as 'PJP-1', a version token, so it is class yes. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QTQ3V7”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a DOI for the analysis code, which is a machine-resolvable locator, so it is class yes. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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)
“National Science Foundation (2116935)”
The paper gives a grant number attached to a named funder, so it is class yes. [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
“All data were collected using the Qualtrics survey platform.”
The paper names the specific platform (Qualtrics) used to produce the data, so it is class yes.
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
“An accompanying set of documents is included to help users understand the design, scope, implementation, and public-facing dimensions of PJP.”
The paper states that documentation accompanies the data, so it is class yes.
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
0.104
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0
Citation network not refreshed for this result
This paper's DataRank is currently driven only by its base citation score. Citation network data was not refreshed for this result.
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Grant: 2P2CHD041020-16
Brown Population Studies and Training Center
National Science Foundation
Grant: 2116935
Qualitative Data Repository 2021-2024
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