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# AI-driven protein research publications rose 71% to 3,855 in 2025; over half were on protein–drug interactions
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-protein-research-publications/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:36:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:04:55.000Z
- Description: Publications on AI-driven protein research rose 71% to 3,855 in 2025. Protein–drug interactions made up 54.4% of them, up from 49.9% in 2024.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI in Healthcare, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-healthcare

3,855

AI-driven protein research publications in 2025 across four areas, up 71% from 2,259 in 2024

Publications in 2025

Protein–drug interactions2,097

Protein structure prediction922

Synthetic protein design434

Function prediction402

## What the chart shows

PubMed publications on AI-driven protein research across four areas rose from 2,259 in 2024 to 3,855 in 2025, up 71%. Protein–drug interactions were the largest area, with 2,097 papers (54.4%), up from 1,127 (49.9%) the year before.

Protein structure prediction came second with 922 papers, but its share fell from 28.7% to 23.9%. Synthetic protein design (434) and function prediction (402) each grew by more than 60%, and every area grew in number.

## Key numbers

| Measure                            | Value |
| ---------------------------------- | ----- |
| All four areas, 2025               | 3,855 |
| All four areas, 2024               | 2,259 |
| Protein–drug interactions, 2025    | 2,097 |
| Protein–drug interactions, 2024    | 1,127 |
| Protein structure prediction, 2025 | 922   |
| Synthetic protein design, 2025     | 434   |

## How to read it

- Publications counted by RAISE Health in PubMed for four research areas. The chart shows 2025; the CSV also holds 2024 (the first four rows).
- The data file labels function prediction ‘Future prediction’; the AI Index text and chart call it function prediction.
- Counts measure research activity, not quality or clinical use.

**Source:** [RAISE Health](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#raise-health), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 6.1.1: *Number of AI-driven protein research publications, 2024 vs. 2025*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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