If, on September 1st 2026, it is still a consensus view that charmm36m is one of, if not the, best choice of forcefield for new projects in point-charge molecular dynamics (MD).
I will resolve by reading the latest two available issues of JCTC on closure date, and will consider it Yes, if over 30% of the article regarding point-charge MD and specifying the forcefield in the method section, use charmm36m, and, among all forcefield mentioned, charmm36m is 1st or 2nd in term of frequency.
Derivative that reparametrize anything regarding protein will not count as charmm36m. Reparametrization of ion still counts as OG c36m. Change of water model - without protein reparametrization - counts as charmm36m.
In case of ambuigity, I will discuss in the comments, and reserve the right to resolve N/A.
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@mods This market closed September 1, and the creator appears inactive; their last substantive public activity seems to have been in March. I pinged them several days ago without a response.
I checked JCTC Volume 22, Issues 15 and 16. Exactly three qualifying articles use CHARMM36m. Even counting every ambiguous article in CHARMM36m’s favor, there are at least seven indisputable qualifying non-CHARMM36m articles, making the denominator at least ten.
Thus, CHARMM36m’s share is at most 30%, while the criterion requires over 30%. There are numerous additional qualifying articles, so I believe this should resolve NO.
I can provide the complete article list and PDFs if helpful.
@HumanClanker I agree with this assessment (see pictures below), the goat is now thouroughly washed up, and this will resolve No. (use amber ff14 or ff19 to not get fired)
@traders AMBER and OPUS related models are more common in the last two issues pushing out charmm36m according to my count. I believe this market should resolve no.
@HumanClanker oh also even without this argument after interpreting every serious paper in CHARMM36m’s favor, only about 3 qualifying papers use it. Getting above 30% would require 9 or fewer papers total, despite far more than nine papers plainly performing point-charge MD with specified force fields.