Sequencing of Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV) genomes from persons of diverse ethnicities and provenances with KSHV-associated diseases demonstrate multiple infections, novel polymorphisms, and low intra-host variance is a dataset published in PLoS Pathogens (2024). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.442, placing it in the top 42.4% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 11 times, with 8 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 63/100.
Ranks in the top 42% for downstream scientific impact
Linked data & code
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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.
“Data Availability Data is available in GenBank referencing accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”
GenBank accession numbers are a persistent identifier scheme accepted in the rubric. [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 Availability Data is available in GenBank referencing accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”
GenBank is a named data 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
“The 66 new KSHV genomes obtained in this study are available online in GenBank as accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset's identifier (accession numbers) appears only in the body text, not as a separate reference-list entry. [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
“Data Availability Data is available in GenBank referencing accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”
The statement points to a repository record with accession numbers.
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
“One hundred and two near full-length KSHV genomes were successfully obtained from 76 of 78 study participants, including longitudinal and paired-sample genome comparisons ( S1 Table ).”
The paper describes the dataset's extent in a running sentence rather than in an itemised section, table, or enumerated list. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Data Availability Data is available in GenBank referencing accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”
The data are stated to be available in GenBank 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
“Data Availability Data is available in GenBank referencing accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”
The paper describes the action of accessing data in GenBank but does not label the access level with a standard vocabulary term. [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
“To protect personally identifiable information, United Nations guidelines for geographical designations were used to describe the region of origin.”
The data are from human subjects but are deposited in open GenBank with no gatekeeper 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
“Data is available in GenBank referencing accession numbers OR829339-OR829404.”
The paper states that the data are available now, but it does not mention how long they will persist; this is an availability-timing statement without a persistence commitment. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Completed curated consensus sequences were exported as FASTA files from Geneious (Geneious Prime 2022.0.2) for downstream analyses and submission to GenBank.”
The paper states that the data were exported as FASTA, an open, community-standard format. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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 for the dataset.
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'
“Published genomes used for phylogenetic analysis: GK18 ( NC_009333.1 ), BC-1 ( U75698.1 ), Japan/Miyako sequences ( LC200587.1 - LC200589.1 ), BCBL-1 ( HQ404500.1 ), JSC-1 ( MK143395.1 ), BrK.219 ( KF588566.1 ), Zambian sequences ZM007-ZM130 ( KT271453-KT271468 ), P044 ( MK876733.1 ), P100 ( MK876737.1 ), P133 ( MK876738.1 ), P030 ( MK876732.1 ), P075 ( MK876735.1 ), P076 ( MK876736.1 ), P072 ( MK876734.1 ), UNC_KICS009 ( MK733606.1 ), ZM004 ( KT271453 ), ZM091 ( KT271455.1 ), ZM095 ( KT271456.1 ), ZM128 ( KT271467.1 ), ZM130 ( KT271468.1 ), ZM121 ( KT271464 ), UG130 (SAMEA103926549), UG145 (SAMEA103926607), UG151 (SAMEA103926625), UG160 (SAMEA103926554), UG128 (SAMEA103926544), UG146 (SAMEA103926610), UG163 (SAMEA103926564), DG1 ( JQ619843.1 ), SPEL ( AP017458 ), and BC-2 ( AF133042.1 ).”
The paper lists multiple accession numbers for external genomes used in analysis. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
No license or terms document is named for the data.
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. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“The details of the de novo method are available as S1 Document.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The study's own code is described only in a supplementary document, which is not a machine-resolvable code repository locator. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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)
“This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health under Contract No. 75N91019D00024/HHSN261201500003I”
Award number is given with a named funder.
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 libraries were pair-end sequenced using 500 cycle V2 cartridges on Illumina MiSeq instruments (Illumina, Hayward, CA).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names the specific sequencing platform (Illumina MiSeq) used to produce the data. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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
“S1 Table Multiple tissue type comparison summary. Samples used in phylogenetic and PCA analyses are indicated in individual columns. Those sequences for which consensus sequences were submitted to GenBank and for whom short read data has been made available in SRA are also specified.”
Variable definitions are provided in a supplementary table inside the article, not as a separate documentation object shipped with the data. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.373
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0693
From 5 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.
National Cancer Institute
Grant: 75N91019D00024/HHSN261201500003I
NIH, National Cancer Institute
Grant: Intramural Research Program
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Grant: R01 AI125397
NCI NIH HHS
Grant: 75N91019D00024
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