Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

Is Worldwide Protein Data Bank's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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