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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry. B2024

The Open Force Field Initiative: Open Software and Open Science for Molecular Modeling.

Lily Wang, Pavan Kumar Behara, Matthew W Thompson, Trevor Gokey, Yuanqing Wang, Jeffrey R Wagner, Daniel J Cole, Michael K Gilson, Michael R Shirts, David L Mobley

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. AI-Physics-Experiment Trinity for Integrated Protein Dynamics Modeling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Reparameterization of the Amber RNA Force Field Non-Bonded Terms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Lily WangOpen Force Field, Open Molecular Software Foundation, Davis, California 95616, United States.
Pavan Kumar BeharaCenter for Neurotherapeutics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.
Matthew W ThompsonOpen Force Field, Open Molecular Software Foundation, Davis, California 95616, United States.
Trevor GokeyDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.
Yuanqing WangSimons Center for Computational Physical Chemistry and Center for Data Science, New York, New York 10004, United States.
Jeffrey R WagnerOpen Force Field, Open Molecular Software Foundation, Davis, California 95616, United States.
Daniel J ColeSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.
Michael K GilsonSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3375-1738
Michael R ShirtsDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3249-1097
David L MobleyDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1083-5533

Funding

Open data-driven infrastructure for building biomolecular force fields for predictive biophysics and drug designR01GM132386 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI SHIRTS, MICHAEL R · 2020 to 2023
$3.1M
Accelerating drug discovery via ML-guided iterative design and optimizationR35GM148236 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI David Lowell Mobley · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132386NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Force fields are a key component of physics-based molecular modeling, describing the energies and forces in a molecular system as a function of the positions of the atoms and molecules involved. Here, we provide a review and scientific status report on the work of the Open Force Field (OpenFF) Initiative, which focuses on the science, infrastructure and data required to build the next generation of biomolecular force fields. We introduce the OpenFF Initiative and the related OpenFF Consortium, describe its approach to force field development and software, and discuss accomplishments to date as well as future plans. OpenFF releases both software and data under open and permissive licensing agreements to enable rapid application, validation, extension, and modification of its force fields and software tools. We discuss lessons learned to date in this new approach to force field development. We also highlight ways that other force field researchers can get involved, as well as some recent successes of outside researchers taking advantage of OpenFF tools and data.

Identifiers

PMID38989715
PMCPMC11284797

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