| 1 | GROMACS 4: Algorithms for Highly Efficient, Load-Balanced, and Scalable Molecular Simulation | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 14,046 |
| 2 | ff14SB: Improving the Accuracy of Protein Side Chain and Backbone Parameters from ff99SB | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2015 | 9,383 |
| 3 | PTRAJ and CPPTRAJ: Software for Processing and Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Trajectory Data | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2013 | 6,364 |
| 4 | MMPBSA.py: An Efficient Program for End-State Free Energy Calculations | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2012 | 4,059 |
| 5 | Optimization of the Additive CHARMM All-Atom Protein Force Field Targeting Improved Sampling of the Backbone ϕ, ψ and Side-Chain χ1 and χ2 Dihedral Angles | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2012 | 3,896 |
| 6 | GFN2-xTB—An Accurate and Broadly Parametrized Self-Consistent Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Method with Multipole Electrostatics and Density-Dependent Dispersion Contributions | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2019 | 3,775 |
| 7 | PROPKA3: Consistent Treatment of Internal and Surface Residues in Empirical pKaPredictions | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 3,752 |
| 8 | NCIPLOT: A Program for Plotting Noncovalent Interaction Regions | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 3,721 |
| 9 | CHARMM-GUI Input Generator for NAMD, GROMACS, AMBER, OpenMM, and CHARMM/OpenMM Simulations Using the CHARMM36 Additive Force Field | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2016 | 3,409 |
| 10 | P-LINCS: A Parallel Linear Constraint Solver for Molecular Simulation | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 3,381 |
| 11 | Design of Density Functionals by Combining the Method of Constraint Satisfaction with Parametrization for Thermochemistry, Thermochemical Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2006 | 3,372 |
| 12 | Routine Microsecond Molecular Dynamics Simulations with AMBER on GPUs. 2. Explicit Solvent Particle Mesh Ewald | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2013 | 2,852 |
| 13 | gmx_MMPBSA: A New Tool to Perform End-State Free Energy Calculations with GROMACS | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2021 | 2,821 |
| 14 | OPLS3: A Force Field Providing Broad Coverage of Drug-like Small Molecules and Proteins | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2016 | 2,566 |
| 15 | ff19SB: Amino-Acid-Specific Protein Backbone Parameters Trained against Quantum Mechanics Energy Surfaces in Solution | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2020 | 2,066 |
| 16 | The MARTINI Coarse-Grained Force Field: Extension to Proteins | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 2,032 |
| 17 | A Robust and Accurate Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Method for Structures, Vibrational Frequencies, and Noncovalent Interactions of Large Molecular Systems Parametrized for All spd-Block Elements (Z = 1–86) | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2017 | 1,832 |
| 18 | A Combined Charge and Energy Decomposition Scheme for Bond Analysis | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2009 | 1,773 |
| 19 | Routine Microsecond Molecular Dynamics Simulations with AMBER on GPUs. 1. Generalized Born | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2012 | 1,714 |
| 20 | OPLS4: Improving Force Field Accuracy on Challenging Regimes of Chemical Space | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2021 | 1,669 |
| 21 | Prediction of Absolute Solvation Free Energies using Molecular Dynamics Free Energy Perturbation and the OPLS Force Field | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2010 | 1,668 |
| 22 | An Automated Force Field Topology Builder (ATB) and Repository: Version 1.0 | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 1,658 |
| 23 | Improved Treatment of Ligands and Coupling Effects in Empirical Calculation and Rationalization of pKa Values | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 1,652 |
| 24 | Performance of B3LYP Density Functional Methods for a Large Set of Organic Molecules | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 1,525 |
| 25 | g_wham—A Free Weighted Histogram Analysis Implementation Including Robust Error and Autocorrelation Estimates | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2010 | 1,465 |
| 26 | Computational Thermochemistry: Scale Factor Databases and Scale Factors for Vibrational Frequencies Obtained from Electronic Model Chemistries | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2010 | 1,463 |
| 27 | Revised Basis Sets for the LANL Effective Core Potentials | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 1,299 |
| 28 | All-Electron Scalar Relativistic Basis Sets for Third-Row Transition Metal Atoms | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 1,298 |
| 29 | Improved Parameters for the Martini Coarse-Grained Protein Force Field | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2013 | 1,212 |
| 30 | Efficient and Accurate Double-Hybrid-Meta-GGA Density Functionals—Evaluation with the Extended GMTKN30 Database for General Main Group Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 1,195 |
| 31 | Benchmarking the Conductor-like Polarizable Continuum Model (CPCM) for Aqueous Solvation Free Energies of Neutral and Ionic Organic Molecules | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2005 | 1,141 |
| 32 | Implementation of the CHARMM Force Field in GROMACS: Analysis of Protein Stability Effects from Correction Maps, Virtual Interaction Sites, and Water Models | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2010 | 1,105 |
| 33 | The Rosetta All-Atom Energy Function for Macromolecular Modeling and Design | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2017 | 1,100 |
| 34 | Psi4 1.1: An Open-Source Electronic Structure Program Emphasizing Automation, Advanced Libraries, and Interoperability | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2017 | 1,094 |
| 35 | Exploring the Limit of Accuracy of the Global Hybrid Meta Density Functional for Main-Group Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2008 | 1,082 |
| 36 | A Qualitative Index of Spatial Extent in Charge-Transfer Excitations | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 1,075 |
| 37 | Long-Time-Step Molecular Dynamics through Hydrogen Mass Repartitioning | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2015 | 1,071 |
| 38 | Intrinsic Atomic Orbitals: An Unbiased Bridge between Quantum Theory and Chemical Concepts | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2013 | 1,055 |
| 39 | Lipid14: The Amber Lipid Force Field | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2014 | 1,047 |
| 40 | OPLS3e: Extending Force Field Coverage for Drug-Like Small Molecules | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2019 | 1,002 |
| 41 | Exploration of Chemical Compound, Conformer, and Reaction Space with Meta-Dynamics Simulations Based on Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Calculations | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2019 | 999 |
| 42 | Extensive TD-DFT Benchmark: Singlet-Excited States of Organic Molecules | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2009 | 996 |
| 43 | OpenMolcas: From Source Code to Insight | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2019 | 983 |
| 44 | Refinement of the Cornell et al. Nucleic Acids Force Field Based on Reference Quantum Chemical Calculations of Glycosidic Torsion Profiles | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 967 |
| 45 | DFTB3: Extension of the Self-Consistent-Charge Density-Functional Tight-Binding Method (SCC-DFTB) | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2011 | 962 |
| 46 | Computational Lipidomics with insane: A Versatile Tool for Generating Custom Membranes for Molecular Simulations | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2015 | 948 |
| 47 | PyEMMA 2: A Software Package for Estimation, Validation, and Analysis of Markov Models | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2015 | 944 |
| 48 | Using Hessian Updating To Increase the Efficiency of a Hessian Based Predictor-Corrector Reaction Path Following Method | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2005 | 909 |
| 49 | Charge Model 5: An Extension of Hirshfeld Population Analysis for the Accurate Description of Molecular Interactions in Gaseous and Condensed Phases | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2012 | 902 |
| 50 | Parametrization and Benchmark of DFTB3 for Organic Molecules | Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation | 2013 | 898 |