The Penn Medicine BioBank: Towards a Genomics-Enabled Learning Healthcare System to Accelerate Precision Medicine in a Diverse Population is a dataset published in Journal of Personalized Medicine (2022). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.7, placing it in the top 12.2% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 150 times, with 52 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 27/100.
Ranks in the top 12% 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.
“The variant frequency data for exome sequences and imputed data are available here: https://pmbb.med.upenn.edu/allele-frequency (accessed on 18 November 2022).”
A web URL is given, not a persistent identifier scheme.
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 the data used to generate the figures were made available in supplementary.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data are held in the journal's supplementary materials, which is a non-repository host. [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
“The variant frequency data for exome sequences and imputed data are available here: https://pmbb.med.upenn.edu/allele-frequency (accessed on 18 November 2022).”
The identifier (URL) appears only in body text, not in the reference list.
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 the data used to generate the figures were made available in supplementary.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data availability statement points to the article and its supplementary materials, not to a repository record. [downgraded to 'no' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'no' (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
“The variant frequency data for exome sequences and imputed data are available here: https://pmbb.med.upenn.edu/allele-frequency (accessed on 18 November 2022).”
The dataset is described in running prose only, not in an itemised inventory. [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“Researchers request access to data and biospecimens using a simple REDCap project proposal intake form which is then reviewed by the PMBB Steering Committee.”
The primary access route for the PMBB data carries a precondition (application and review by the Steering Committee), so the data are not unconditionally open. [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
“All the data used to generate the figures were made available in supplementary.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data-availability statement describes the access action without using an explicit access-level label. [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
“Researchers request access to data and biospecimens using a simple REDCap project proposal intake form which is then reviewed by the PMBB Steering Committee.”
The PMBB Steering Committee is an institutional gatekeeper, not a natural person. [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
“There is no limit on the length of time samples may be kept in the biobank.”
No persistence commitment is made for the data; the quoted sentence refers to samples, not data. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
No file format is named for the released 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
“PennG&P is based on a standard research data model called the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP), Common Data Model (CDM) [5], which is used worldwide by the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) research consortium. It uses standardized language from national coding systems, such as SNOMED, LOINC [6], and RxNorm [7], for consistent terms and the labeling of information.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The data use OMOP CDM, a community data model, and standard vocabularies (SNOMED, LOINC, RxNorm). [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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'
“with TOPMed version R2 on a GRCh38 reference panel.”
GRCh38 is a reference genome assembly identifier for a resource the data depend on. [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 is named for the data. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
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 variant frequency data for exome sequences and imputed data are available here: https://pmbb.med.upenn.edu/allele-frequency (accessed on 18 November 2022).”
A date (access date) pins the snapshot, but no version token. [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'
No code locator is given 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)
“The PMBB is supported by Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, a gift from the Smilow family, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under CTSA award number UL1TR001878.”
An award number (UL1TR001878) is given.
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
“DNA samples on approximately 44,000 PMBB participants have been genotyped to date on an Illumina Global Screening Array v.2.0 (GSAv2) by the Regeneron Genomics Center (RGC).”
The text names specific instruments and software used to produce the data.
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
“Supplementary Table S1: Phenome-wide association study between body mass index (mean values) and EHR-derived phecodes.”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
Variable definitions are inside the article (supplementary table), not a documentation object shipped with 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
0.753
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.960
From 34 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 52 citers.
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Grant: UL1TR001878
CSRD VA
Grant: IK2 CX001780
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 3UL1TR001878-06S1
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award
Fields of Study
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals