Between 2018 and 2023, researchers published roughly
25,000
English-language articles on AI + neuroscience
The global AI + neuroscience literature grew
144%
between 2018 and 2023
Articles on AI + neuroscience made up
1%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
3%
of AI + neuroscience articles
What counts as "AI + neuroscience" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated October 13, 2025
- 22,888AI + neuroscience articles were released between 2018 and 2023 (estd.)
- 144%growth in research between 2018 and 2023
- 1%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on AI + neuroscience
- 19citations for the average AI + neuroscience article
- 20citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 19%of AI + neuroscience articles have American authors
- 18%have Chinese authors
- 15%have European authors
Country | Articles (2018-2023) | Growth (2018-2023) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,439 | 65% | 19% | 30.4 |
| India | 4,366 | 266% | 19% | 11.7 |
| China | 4,052 | 204% | 18% | 23.6 |
- 2018: Nature neuroscience. 4,044 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 1,888 citations
- 2019: Journal of neural engineering. 1,413 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 1,377 citations
- 2018: Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society. 1,277 citations
- SimAM: A Simple, Parameter-Free Attention Module for Convolutional Neural Networks2021: International Conference on Machine Learning. 1,088 citations
- 2021: arXiv. 1,074 citations
- 2019: Nature neuroscience. 979 citations
- 2018: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 826 citations
- 2019: eLife. 808 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Harvard University (United States)
- #3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Organization | Articles (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 337 | 30.9 | China |
| Harvard University | 323 | 52.8 | United States |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 243 | 31.7 | France |
- 5%of AI + neuroscience articles are cited in patents
- 7%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 3%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 (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Imaging Healthcare | 59 | 21.8 | China |
| 40 | 102.5 | United States | |
| Microsoft | 27 | 55 | United States |
Research subject classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.