Open Reaction Database (ORD)

Open reaction repository in a schema-validated format; enables reaction / yield / retrosynthesis benchmarks.

Kind
data-platform
Composite
88.9
Benchmarks tracked
1
Direct-linked
0
As of
2026-05-12
Host organisation
ORD consortium (Doyle, Coley, Pfizer, Merck, BASF)
Primary contacts
Connor Coley, Abigail Doyle, Steven Kearnes
Founded
2021-07
License model
CC-BY-SA 4.0
Official site
→ site
GitHub
→ GitHub
Count methodology
open-reaction-database.org 2026-05: ~2.1M reactions as single versioned benchmark corpus.

Rubric

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

Breakdown

reactions
2,100,000
contributing_orgs
30

Notes

Biggest open reaction corpus; industry donations accelerating.

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