How to Interpret Scion
Use this page when you need the meaning of a score, badge, or status label. For general orientation, start from the landing page. For project context and source links, use About.
Comparability Score
This is a ranking aid for likely overlap, not a claim that two studies are equivalent. It rewards shared biology and shared technical structure, then compresses that into a quick reading. A high score means “look here first,” not “pool these records without caveats.”
Metadata Completeness
This measures how fully a record reports standardized fields such as modality, resolution, sample size, and curation status. It is not a scientific-quality score.
Public Data Status
None: no reusable public data source is known from the current corpus materials.
Partial: some public underlying data or assets are available, but not necessarily the full dataset.
Complete: reusable public data is known to exist for the dataset in a stronger form.
Included vs Borderline
Included records met the primary corpus criteria. Borderline records are still useful, but they usually have a methodological, reporting, or whole-cell-coverage caveat that should remain visible.
Badge Legend
Compare Workflow
The current compare workflow starts from the corpus. Add two or more datasets from the table or card view, then use the compare drawer or Compare link. The empty compare page is just a destination, not where selection begins.
Compare is dataset-level. Some papers contribute multiple records, so same-paper comparisons can be useful for checking conditions or modalities but should not be read as independent cross-study validation.