Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
1,335,000
English-language articles on artificial intelligence
The global artificial intelligence literature grew
130%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on artificial intelligence made up
6%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
6%
of artificial intelligence articles
What counts as "artificial intelligence" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated October 15, 2024
- 1,336,305artificial intelligence articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 130%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 6%of articles in general focused on artificial intelligence
- 20citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 11citations for the average article in general
- 17%of artificial intelligence articles have American authors
- 26%have Chinese authors
- 18%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2022) | Growth (2017-2022) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 345,156 | 144% | 26% | 20.5 |
| United States | 231,037 | 111% | 17% | 40.9 |
| India | 117,281 | 155% | 9% | 10.7 |
- 2017: arXiv. 115,917 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 89,330 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 39,827 citations
- Generative adversarial networks2020: International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Analysis (ICCPA 2021). 34,951 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 32,706 citations
- 2020: arXiv. 30,394 citations
- 2020: arXiv. 30,392 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 28,850 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 22,005 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 21,997 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Tsinghua University (China)
- #3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 16,585 | 35.5 | China |
| Tsinghua University | 11,012 | 52.4 | China |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 9,675 | 35.6 | China |
- 6%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 2%of articles across all fields are cited in patents
- 6%of artificial intelligence articles had authors from private companies (vs 3% of articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,228 | 206.2 | United States | |
| Microsoft | 6,128 | 91.3 | United States |
| Tencent | 3,257 | 62.1 | 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.