Over 100 Years of Rift Valley Fever: A Patchwork of Data on Pathogen Spread and Spillover is a dataset published in Pathogens (2021). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 1.9, placing it in the top 11% of the data-sharing corpus. It has been cited 51 times, with 41 citing works in its 1-hop citation network. Its calibrated FAIR score is 69/100.
Ranks in the top 11% 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.
“Data is contained within the supplementary material and the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/UXRA6), as part of the OSF project (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/54UKB).”
A DOI is provided for the dataset.
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 is contained within the supplementary material and the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/UXRA6), as part of the OSF project (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/54UKB).”
The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a named 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
“Data is contained within the supplementary material and the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/UXRA6), as part of the OSF project (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/54UKB).”
The dataset identifier appears only in the 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
“Data is contained within the supplementary material and the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/UXRA6), as part of the OSF project (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/54UKB).”
The statement points to a repository record with a DOI (Colavizza category 3).
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
“Information parsed from the different sources was summarized in four data types: human RVF cases, animal RVF cases, human serology, and animal serology.”
The dataset content is described in running prose, not as an itemised inventory or section. [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'
“Data is contained within the supplementary material and the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/UXRA6), as part of the OSF project (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/54UKB).”
The data-availability statement gives a direct route to the data with no precondition. [majority verdict 'yes' (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
No access-level label is applied to the data in the text. [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 are not sensitive human-subject data; 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
“Data is contained within the supplementary material and the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/UXRA6), as part of the OSF project (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/54UKB).”
The statement indicates the data are available now but says nothing about persistence. [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'
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
No community data or metadata standard is named.
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'
No identifier for an external resource that the data depends on is given. [majority verdict 'no' (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'
No licence is stated 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'
“The database was last updated on 13 January 2021, and includes publications published up until 31 December 2020, including data pertaining to 2020 and earlier.”
A date is given to pin the snapshot, but no version token.
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'
“Code to reproduce figures and tables is available in the OSF project ( https://osf.io/54ukb/ )”
A code-forge URL 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)
“USDA-NIFA AFRI Grant 2019-67015-28982”
A grant number is provided along with the funder name.
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
“We extracted data from case reports, outbreak reports, and serological studies available in openly accessible, online databases, and in peer-reviewed journals.”
The methods are described in generic terms without naming specific instruments or software. [majority verdict 'partial' (4/5 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
“Supplementary Table S1”
The definitions of the data fields are provided inside the article (Supplementary Table S1), not as a separate documentation object shipped with the data. [majority verdict 'partial' (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
0.593
From this paper's citation signal
Citation Network Contribution
1.3
From 36 citing papers with measurable signal
Ranked by each citer's contribution to N(p) — log1p(Cq) divided by its reference count — out of 41 citers.
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Grant: 0000000
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grant: 2019-67015-28982
Wageningen University Graduate School
Grant: Postdoc-talent program
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