The data in ChEMBL is covered by the licence in the file LICENSE.

Under the -BY clause, we request attribution for subsequent use of ChEMBL.

For publications using ChEMBL data, the primary current citation is: 

1. A.P. Bento, A. Gaulton, A. Hersey, L.J. Bellis, J. Chambers, M. Davies, F.A. Krüger, Y. Light, L. Mak, S. McGlinchey, M. Nowotka, G. Papadatos, R. Santos & J.P. Overington (2014) 'The ChEMBL bioactivity database: an update' Nucl. Acids Res. Database Issue. 42 D1083-D1090 DOI:10.1093/nar/gkt1031 PMID:24214965

If ChEMBL is incorporated into other works, we ask that the ChEMBL IDs are preserved, and that the release number of ChEMBL is clearly displayed.