T2DB: A Web Database for Long Non-Coding RNA Genes in Type II Diabetes is a dataset published in Non-Coding RNA (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0.421, placing it in the top 44% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 8 times, with 6 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 60/100.
Ranks in the top 44% 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://github.com/heartlncrna/Analysis_of_T2D_Studies”
The only locator for the dataset is a GitHub URL, which is not a persistent identifier scheme (DOI, Handle, etc.).
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'
“GitHub”
The supplementary materials are hosted on GitHub, which is a general file-hosting service, not a dedicated data repository from the 'yes' list.
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 supplementary materials can be found on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/heartlncrna/Analysis_of_T2D_Studies (accessed on 1 May 2023).”
The dataset identifier (GitHub URL) appears only in body text, not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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 Statement: The supplementary materials can be found on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/heartlncrna/Analysis_of_T2D_Studies (accessed on 1 May 2023). All codes used to generate T2DB are available on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/Reb08/T2DB (accessed on 26 April 2023).”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The statement points to a public repository (GitHub) with a link, fitting Colavizza category 3. [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper] [majority verdict 'partial' (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
No itemised inventory of the dataset (files, variables, samples) is provided; only a generic description of the web application. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
“The supplementary materials can be found on the GitHub repository: https://github.com/heartlncrna/Analysis_of_T2D_Studies (accessed on 1 May 2023).”
The text gives a route (GitHub) with no stated 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
“T2DB is freely available without password from https://rebeccadistefano.shinyapps.io/T2DB/ (accessed on 26 April 2023).”
The paper labels the data as 'freely available', which is a natural-language equivalent of 'open access'. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
The data are not sensitive (re-analysis of public data) and no gatekeeper is 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
The paper says nothing about how long the data will persist. [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'
“comma-separated values (.csv) or .tsv”
The paper states that data can be downloaded in CSV or TSV, which are open community-standard formats.
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, BIDS) is named and applied to the data; only analysis tools and databases are mentioned. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 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'
“GSE164416, GSE115601, and GSE175988”
The paper provides GEO accession numbers for the datasets it re-analyzed, which are identifiers for external resources.
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 reuse terms are stated for the data; the CC BY license applies only to the article itself.
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'
“accessed on 1 May 2023”
No version token is given, but an access date is provided, which identifies the snapshot. [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'
“https://github.com/Reb08/T2DB”
The code is available on GitHub, a code-forge URL, which is a machine-resolvable locator.
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)
“R01HL126901 and R01HL149302”
The paper gives specific NIH grant numbers attached to a 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
“STAR (version 2.5.0a)”— not found in the paper; verdict downgraded
The paper names specific software and versions used to produce the data (e.g., STAR, fastp, edgeR). [downgraded to 'partial' — no verifiable quote from the paper]
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 documentation object (README, data dictionary, codebook) is named as accompanying the data; supplementary tables define genes but not the dataset's variables. [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
0.330
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
0.0917
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 6 citers.
NHLBI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HL126901
NHLBI NIH HHS
Grant: R01 HL149302
Novo Nordisk Fonden
Grant: NNF18OC0033438
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01HL126901-03
PARP9 and PARP14 in atherosclerosis
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R01HL149302-01
Pro-inflammatory activation of human macrophages regulated by lncRNAs
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