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Worldwide Protein Data Bank

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Research works
19
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
564
29.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Worldwide Protein Data Bank

Not ranked overall: Worldwide Protein Data Bank is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Worldwide Protein Data Bank work in?

In all years, 50% of research at Worldwide Protein Data Bank is in Life Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (47%), Computer Science (13%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 9 fractional works · 49.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 47.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 42.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 33.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 12.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKWorldwide ProteinData Bank19fractional works, all years
Life Sciences50%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology947.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Computer Science212.7%
    2. Materials Science210.4%
    3. Chemistry17.6%
    4. Engineering01.7%
    5. Mathematics00.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Medicine17.9%
    2. Health Professions01.7%
    1. Decision Sciences14.8%
    2. Social Sciences01.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 3.84× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceMaterials Science: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 19.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 19.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences19.33×1 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.04×1 works
  3. Computer Science4.25×1 works
  4. Chemistry3.84×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.97×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.50×0 works
  7. Medicine0.11×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Worldwide Protein Data Bank?

The most cited paper from Worldwide Protein Data Bank is "Protein Data Bank: the single global archive for 3D macromolecular structure data" (Stephen Kevin Burley et al., 2018), with 1,247 citations. Next come "NGL viewer: web-based molecular graphics for large complexes" (512) and "UniChem: a unified chemical structure cross-referencing and identifier tracking system" (189).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Protein Data Bank: the single global archive for 3D macromolecular structure data Stephen Kevin Burley et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 5 Oct 2018 1,247
2 NGL viewer: web-based molecular graphics for large complexes Alexander Rose, Anthony R Bradley, Yana Valasatava et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 22 May 2018 512
3 UniChem: a unified chemical structure cross-referencing and identifier tracking system Jon K. Chambers, Mark G. Davies, Anna Gaulton et al. · Journal of Cheminformatics Open access 14 Jan 2013 189
4 RCSB Protein Data Bank: A Resource for Chemical, Biochemical, and Structural Explorations of Large and Small Biomolecules Christine Zardecki, Shuchismita Dutta, David S. Goodsell et al. · Journal of Chemical Education Open access 6 Jan 2016 166
5 A public database of macromolecular diffraction experiments Marek Grabowski, Karol M. Langner, M. Cymborowski et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology Open access 28 Oct 2016 118
All 48 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Worldwide Protein Data Bank publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research Data Management Practices, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Research Data Management…1Research Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksAmino Acid Enzymes and M…0Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism: 0 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 0 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Research Topics: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsInformation Systems and ManagementMolecular BiologyComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  5. 5 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism Biochemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0 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 available73.8%not open26.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Worldwide Protein Data Bank's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Worldwide Protein Data Bank as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000020% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%Worldwide Protein Data Bank0.000021% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Worldwide Protein Data Bank over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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