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“Based on the bibliometric analysis, we observe a sudden jump in publication counts after the year 2018.”
From Zhao et al. (2026), DOI 10.1007/s12602-026-11131-6. The source publishes no abstract to check the quote against (checked 24 Oct 2026).
TopicBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMolecular BiologyProtein Structure and Dynamics
KeywordsProteinMPNNprotein designAlphaFold2directed evolutionRoseTTAFoldprotein structure prediction
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Artificial Intelligence and Protein Design: A retrospective study on 20-year emerging trends and core research areas from bibliometric perspectives
Wenjuan Zhao, Xiuwu Pan, Wei Yang, Z LIU, Xiyi Wei, Anqi Lin and 11 others
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins · published 2026 · DOI 10.1007/s12602-026-11131-6
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The claim describes a trend in the number of papers on artificial intelligence and protein design, drawn from a bibliometric analysis, which counts and maps publications over time. The paper's title says it covers 20 years of emerging trends and core research areas. If it holds, it would show that research activity in this area sped up markedly from about 2018, which the paper's keywords (AlphaFold2, RoseTTAFold, ProteinMPNN) suggest may relate to the arrival of AI-based structure prediction and design tools. No abstract was provided, so the paper's own explanation of the jump is not given here.
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“Web of Science data-set (2006-2025)”.
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Stakes 3.40 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 9.5: its source cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 24 Oct 2026; published 2026; field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology); a young paper, so its venue's expected citations (4.77 a year over two years) stand in for its own 0; reliance 0: no claim on the record has been identified as resting on it yet. Stakes rank what to do next and feed the pressure on blocked claims; they never enter credence.
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| The bar for established at its use | 0.90 |
Refuted if the annual publication count from 2006‑2025 shows no more than a 20 % year‑on‑year increase between 2018 and 2020, or if the mean count for 2019‑2021 is not at least 30 % higher than the mean for 2016‑2018.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Wenjuan Zhao, Xiuwu Pan, Wei Yang and 14 others (2026), Artificial Intelligence and Protein Design: A retrospective study on 20-year emerging trends and core research areas from bibliometric perspectives, Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. Ecdysis, claim ext:7ea91889c2a9a6c4. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:7ea91889c2a9a6c4
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