REDfly: An Integrated Knowledgebase for Insect Regulatory Genomics is a dataset published in Insects (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.767, placing it in the top 26.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 32 times, with 22 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 60/100.
Ranks in the top 26% 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.
“http://hdl.handle.net/10477/82107”
The paper provides a Handle (hdl.handle.net) for the permanent archive, which is a persistent identifier scheme. [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'
“as a permanent archive in the University at Buffalo Institutional Repository”
The paper names the University at Buffalo Institutional Repository, which is a repository listed in re3data/FAIRsharing.
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
“http://hdl.handle.net/10477/82107”
The dataset identifier appears only in the body text (data availability statement), not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
“The data presented in this study are publicly available at http://redfly.ccr.buffalo.edu and as a permanent archive in the University at Buffalo Institutional Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/10477/82107 .”
The DAS points to a repository record with a Handle, satisfying Colavizza category 3. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 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
“Table 1. REDfly contents as of 1 July 2022.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper includes a table (Table 1) that itemises the dataset's contents (counts of RCs, CRM_segments, etc.), constituting an inventory. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 data presented in this study are publicly available”
The data availability statement gives unconditional public access without any stated precondition. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
“publicly available”
The data availability statement labels the data as 'publicly available', an explicit access-level label. [majority verdict 'yes' (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 presented in this study are publicly available at http://redfly.ccr.buffalo.edu and as a permanent archive in the University at Buffalo Institutional Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/10477/82107.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are not sensitive human-subject data; no gatekeeper is named and access is unrestricted.
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
“as a permanent archive in the University at Buffalo Institutional Repository”
The paper describes the data as a 'permanent archive', indicating a commitment to persistence. [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 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'
“Checkboxes allow selection of records for download ( Figure 4 A(h)) in any of a number of convenient formats.”
The paper does not name any specific file format for the data; it only mentions 'convenient formats' without specifying any.
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
“Expression is described using the Drosophila Anatomy Ontology [ 67 ] (or, for non- Drosophila species, an appropriate species-specific anatomy ontology).”
The paper names the Drosophila Anatomy Ontology and Gene Ontology, which are community-standard ontologies registered in FAIRsharing. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
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'
“REDfly utilizes the staff and servers of the University at Buffalo Center for Computational Research ( http://hdl.handle.net/10477/79221 ).”
The paper provides a Handle identifier for the Center for Computational Research, an external resource. [majority verdict 'yes' (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'
“REDfly is freely available to the public at http://redfly.ccr.buffalo.edu.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper does not state a license for the data; it only says the data are 'freely available', which is not a standard reuse licence.
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'
“REDfly v6”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper states 'the release of REDfly v6 in 2020', a version token for the dataset. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 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'
“REDfly is freely available to the public at http://redfly.ccr.buffalo.edu.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper does not provide a locator for the code; the website is for the database, not 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)
“REDfly is supported by NIH grants U24 GM142435 and R01 GM114067 and NSF grant DBI-1758252.”
The paper provides specific grant numbers (U24 GM142435, etc.) attached to named funders.
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 paper does not name specific instruments or software used to produce the database itself; it describes the curation process generically. [majority verdict 'no' (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
“Table 1. REDfly contents as of 1 July 2022.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper includes a table (Table 1) and extensive description of the data model, but no separate documentation object (e.g., README) is said to accompany the data. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [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
0.524
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.242
From 14 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 22 citers.
NIH
Grant: U24 GM142435
NIH
Grant: R01 GM114067
NIH
Grant: S10OD024973
NIH
Grant: DBI-1758252
NIH
Grant: 1724891
MRI: Acquisition of High Performance Computing Infrastructure to Support Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01GM114067-03
REDfly: The regulatory sequence resource for Drosophila and other insects
National Science Foundation
Grant: 1758252
ABI Sustaining: The REDfly database of transcriptional regulatory elements
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1U24GM142435-01
REDfly: The regulatory sequence resource for Drosophila and other insects
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1S10OD024973-01A1
Acquisition of High Performance Data and Computing Infrastructure to Advance Biomedical Research
FWCI
2.12
Citation Percentile
0.9%
Citation Trend
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