Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
1,235,000
English-language articles on artificial intelligence
The global artificial intelligence literature grew
121%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on artificial intelligence made up
6%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
4%
of artificial intelligence articles
What counts as "artificial intelligence" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated March 14, 2024
- 1,233,644artificial intelligence articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 121%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 6%of articles in general focused on artificial intelligence
- 16citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 10citations for the average article in general
- 18%of artificial intelligence articles have American authors
- 25%have Chinese authors
- 17%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2021)  | Growth (2017-2021) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 234,039 | 136% | 25% | 20.9 |
| United States | 172,621 | 101% | 18% | 40.6 |
| India | 53,907 | 105% | 6% | 12.7 |
- 2017: arXiv. 83,896 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 69,267 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 30,848 citations
- 2020: International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Analysis (ICCPA 2021). 29,526 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 26,279 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 23,910 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 18,032 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 16,624 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 16,492 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 16,319 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Tsinghua University (China)
- #3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 18,868 | 31.9 | China |
| Tsinghua University | 9,995 | 42.1 | China |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 7,733 | 28.4 | China |
- 5%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 2%of articles across all fields are cited in patents
- 4%of artificial intelligence articles had authors from private companies (vs 2% of articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,308 | 171.2 | United States | |
| Microsoft | 5,111 | 82.8 | United States |
| IBM | 3,487 | 39.7 | United States |
The Research Almanac runs on bibliometric data from Clarivate Web of Science and other sources. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.