Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
10,000
English-language articles on AI + neuroscience
The global AI + neuroscience literature grew
170%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on AI + neuroscience made up
1%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
4%
of AI + neuroscience articles
What counts as "AI + neuroscience" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated May 8, 2024
- 11,548AI + neuroscience articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 170%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 1%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on AI + neuroscience
- 15citations for the average AI + neuroscience article
- 17citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 23%of AI + neuroscience articles have American authors
- 17%have Chinese authors
- 17%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2021)  | Growth (2017-2021) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,014 | 91% | 23% | 30.4 |
| China | 1,439 | 242% | 17% | 25.3 |
| India | 1,294 | 158% | 15% | 13.3 |
- 2017: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 1,829 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 1,349 citations
- 2017: Neuron. 1,142 citations
- 2017: Nature communications. 973 citations
- 2019: Journal of neural engineering. 970 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 938 citations
- 2017: Journal of digital imaging. 880 citations
- 2018: Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society. 863 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 811 citations
- 2019: Computers in biology and medicine. 781 citations
- #1 Harvard University (United States)
- #2 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (United States)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 182 | 46.4 | United States |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 152 | 34.7 | China |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 142 | 36.8 | United States |
- 4%of AI + neuroscience articles are cited in patents
- 6%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 4%of AI + neuroscience articles had authors from private companies (vs 6% of artificial intelligence articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Imaging Healthcare | 39 | 40.1 | China |
| 39 | 140.2 | United States | |
| DeepMind (Google) | 22 | 184.3 | United Kingdom |
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.