Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
400,000
English-language articles on computer vision
The global computer vision literature grew
121%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on computer vision made up
32%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
4%
of computer vision articles
What counts as "computer vision" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated March 14, 2024
- 397,877computer vision articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 121%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 32%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on computer vision
- 19citations for the average computer vision article
- 16citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 14%of computer vision articles have American authors
- 34%have Chinese authors
- 13%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2021)  | Growth (2017-2021) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 104,815 | 123% | 34% | 23.6 |
| United States | 42,608 | 93% | 14% | 57.8 |
| India | 21,852 | 72% | 7% | 11.8 |
- 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
- 2018: arXiv. 16,319 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 15,650 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 14,526 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 14,296 citations
- 2021: arXiv. 12,868 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #3 Tsinghua University (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 9,672 | 39.8 | China |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 3,910 | 34 | China |
| Tsinghua University | 3,695 | 52.9 | China |
- 7%of computer vision articles are cited in patents
- 5%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 4%of computer vision articles had authors from private companies (vs 4% of artificial intelligence articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,664 | 227.6 | United States | |
| Microsoft | 1,365 | 121.7 | United States |
| Tencent | 1,162 | 66.7 | China |
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.