Question 1

What is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre ranks #9,321 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #484 of 1,844 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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