Advanced Functions Embedded in the Second Version of Database, Global Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2/hCoV-19 Sequences 2 is a dataset published in Frontiers in Medicine (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0, placing it in the top 100% of the data-sharing corpus. Its calibrated FAIR score is 23/100.
Ranks in the top 100% 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.
“All analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper provides a web URL for the dataset, which is not a persistent identifier scheme such as DOI, Handle, or repository accession. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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 analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are hosted on an institutional website (shiny.ph.iu.edu) rather than a named data repository listed in re3data/FAIRsharing. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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
“All analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The dataset identifier (URL) appears only in the body text (data availability statement) and not in the reference list. [downgraded to 'no' — 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
“All analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data availability statement points to a website URL rather than a repository record with an accession or DOI. [downgraded to 'no' — 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
The paper does not contain an itemised inventory of the dataset (e.g., section, table, or list of files/variables); it only describes the website's functions in running prose. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 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'
“All analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The text provides a direct download route without any stated precondition such as registration, embargo, or application. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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
“All analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper describes an action (download from the website) but does not apply an explicit access-level label like 'open access' or 'publicly available'. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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
“The data analyzed in this study is subject to the following licenses/restrictions: The release of original data must go through the GISAID based on the agreements.”
The paper only mentions restrictions on the original GISAID data, not on the study's own analyzed results, and no gatekeeper is named for the study's own data.
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 analyzed results can be found and downloaded from the website, https://shiny.ph.iu.edu/GESS_v2/.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper states that the data are currently available for download but gives no indication of how long they will persist. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 results can be downloaded in the format of either csv or excel.”
CSV is an open, community-standard format explicitly named for the 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 or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, ISA-Tab, ontology) is named in the paper.
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 reference genome Wuhan-Hu-1 (NCBI reference sequence: NC_045512.2)”
The paper provides an NCBI accession (NC_045512.2) for the reference genome, which is a resource not produced by this study.
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 reuse license is stated for the study's own dataset; the CC-BY license applies to the article 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 GESS v2 analyzes over 4 million high-coverage SARS-CoV-2 complete genome sequences as of January 21, 2022.”
A date (January 21, 2022) is given to pin the snapshot of the data, but no version token is provided. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
No code location or repository is mentioned for the study's own 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)
“National Institutes of Health (P30CA082709 to JW)”
A specific award number (P30CA082709) is provided for 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
“the minimap2 (16) is used for the alignment”
Specific tools (minimap2, ANNOVAR) are named for data production. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
No README, data dictionary, codebook, or variable-definition table is mentioned as accompanying the data or provided within the article. [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 →
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