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ChEMBL

Manually curated bioactive molecule DB; backbone for most ML chemistry benchmarks.
Composite score: 97.5

Rubric (1–5 per criterion)

rigor
5/5
coverage
5/5
maintenance
5/5
adoption
5/5
quality
4/5
accessibility
5/5
industry_relevance
5/5

Metadata

Stages
Hit IDLead ID / ADMET
Modalities
small-moleculeprotein-general
Task types
bioactivitydata-resource
License
CC-BY-SA 3.0
First release
2009
Last updated
2025-05
Flags
none

Size & scope

Primary paper

Title
The ChEMBL Database in 2023
Authors
Zdrazil B, Felix E, Hunter F, et al.
Year
2024
DOI / arXiv
10.1093/nar/gkad1004
Citations
800

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Notes (honest caveats)

Underlies ~80% of public bioactivity ML benchmarks.