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Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

In research, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,774 of 17,446 worldwide), Chemistry (#959 of 2,902 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#958 of 2,613 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,321
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#484
of 1,844
Research works
648
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
91k
140.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.58×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

What is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,774 of 17,446 25.0%561
ChemistryField #959 of 2,902 26.0%205
Materials ChemistrySubfield #958 of 2,613 25.6%138
Materials ScienceField #1,591 of 3,771 25.7%168

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (30%), Materials Science (28%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 81.1% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 29.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 17.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 28.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 25.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 12.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCambridgeCrystallographic…52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry1529.6%
    2. Materials Science1528.0%
    3. Computer Science612.2%
    4. Engineering36.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    6. Environmental Science11.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences23.5%
    2. Social Sciences11.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine11.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 18.83× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.03× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 3.66× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 18.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry18.83×16 works
  2. Materials Science8.03×15 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.95×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences3.66×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.57×6 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.91×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.47×1 works
  10. Engineering0.44×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.30×1 works
  12. Energy0.23×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.15×1 works
  16. Medicine0.09×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Marcel L. Verdonk, W. George Cochran and H. D. Megaw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.

  1. 1 Marcel L. Verdonk United Kingdom · #158,633 worldwide 8.8k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 W. George Cochran United Kingdom · #182,928 worldwide 18k citations · 172 works
  3. 3 H. D. Megaw United Kingdom · #199,689 worldwide 5.3k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Robin Taylor United Kingdom · #300,801 worldwide 40k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Jason C. Cole United Kingdom · #302,324 worldwide 17k citations · 211 works
  6. 6 P.A. Wood United Kingdom · #424,426 worldwide 19k citations · 366 works
  7. 7 W. D. Samuel Motherwell United Kingdom · #446,843 worldwide 6.5k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Colin R. Groom United Kingdom · #454,471 worldwide 21k citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Ian J. Bruno United Kingdom · #543,669 worldwide 25k citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Elna Pidcock United Kingdom · #819,016 worldwide 25k citations · 159 works
All ranked researchers at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

What are the most cited papers from Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre?

The most cited paper from Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is "The Cambridge Structural Database" (Colin R. Groom, Ian J. Bruno, Matthew P. Lightfoot et al., 2016), with 10,346 citations. Next come "The Cambridge Structural Database: a quarter of a million crystal structures and rising" (10,334) and "Mercury CSD 2.0 – new features for the visualization and investigation of crystal structures" (8,868).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Cambridge Structural Database Colin R. Groom, Ian J. Bruno, Matthew P. Lightfoot et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials Open access Apr 2016 10,346
2 The Cambridge Structural Database: a quarter of a million crystal structures and rising Frank H. Allen · Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science 29 May 2002 10,334
3 Mercury CSD 2.0 – new features for the visualization and investigation of crystal structures Clare F. Macrae, Ian J. Bruno, James A. Chisholm et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography 8 Mar 2008 8,868
4 Mercury : visualization and analysis of crystal structures Clare F. Macrae, Paul R. Edgington, Patrick McCabe et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography 10 May 2006 7,127
5 cclib: A library for package‐independent computational chemistry algorithms Noel M. O’Boyle, Adam L. Tenderholt, Karol M. Langner · Journal of Computational Chemistry 11 Sep 2007 6,214
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Which keywords describe research at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Crystal Engineering, Machine Learning, Medicinal Chemistry, Hydrogen Bonding, Molecular Docking, Supramolecular Chemistry, Mechanochemistry and Crystal Structure.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning9▲ 5.2×4 topics
  2. Crystal Engineering8▲ 143×3 topics
  3. Medicinal Chemistry6▲ 41×4 topics
  4. Hydrogen Bonding5▲ 120×2 topics
  5. Molecular Docking5▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Crystal Structure5▲ 71×3 topics
  7. Mechanochemistry5▲ 174×2 topics
  8. Supramolecular Chemistry5▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Molecular Crystals5▲ 492×1 topic
  10. Noncovalent Interactions5▲ 492×1 topic
  11. Drug Target Identification5▲ 103×1 topic
  12. Virtual Screening5▲ 103×1 topic
  13. Molecular Dynamics5▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Nanoparticles5▲ 6.9×2 topics
  15. Crystal Growth4▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Crystallography4▲ 665×1 topic
  17. Powder Diffraction4▲ 665×1 topic
  18. Computational Chemistry4▲ 91×2 topics
  19. Crystal Structures4▲ 84×3 topics
  20. Crystallization3▲ 114×2 topics
  21. Data Mining3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  22. High-Throughput3▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Materials Informatics3▲ 102×1 topic
  24. Nucleation3▲ 376×1 topic
  25. Solubility3▲ 376×1 topic
  26. Lanthanides2▲ 110×2 topics
  27. Partially Ordered Sets2▲ 464×1 topic
  28. Periodic Table2▲ 330×1 topic
  29. 3D Printing2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Chemistry Education2▲ 325×1 topic
  31. Laboratory Techniques2▲ 325×1 topic
  32. Density Functional Theory2▲ 32×4 topics
  33. Nonlinear Optical Materials2▲ 71×3 topics
  34. Protein2▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Structure2▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Second Harmonic Generation1▲ 97×2 topics
  37. Enthalpies1▲ 184×1 topic
  38. Vaporization1▲ 184×1 topic
  39. Macromolecular Crystallography1▲ 116×1 topic
  40. Structure Solution1▲ 116×1 topic

Which research topics does Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Crystallography and molecular interactions, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Crystallography and molecular interactions: 5 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 5 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Cry…4X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 4 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…3Machine Learning in Materials Science: 3 fractional worksCrystallization and Solubility Studies: 3 fractional worksHistory and advancements in chemistry: 2 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Resear…2Various Chemistry Research Topics: 2 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 2 fractional worksChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure: 1 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 1 fractional works
Physical and Theoretical ChemistryComputational Theory and MathematicsMaterials ChemistryMolecular Biology1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Crystallography and molecular interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 5 works
  3. 3 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 3 works
  5. 5 Crystallization and Solubility Studies Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure Organic Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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