Topic areas

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
56,000
English-language articles on AI safety
The global AI safety literature grew
460%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on AI safety made up
3%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
8%
of AI safety articles
Explore relevant research in the Map of Science
Data last updated August 11, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 55,567
  2. 460%
  3. 3%

Yearly global AI safety research

Citation impact

  1. 27
  2. 19

Countries

  1. 21%
  2. 12%
  3. 14%

AI safety research over time

Country Articles
(2019-2024)
Growth
(2019-2024)
Global share
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
United States 11,829 66% 21% 48.1
China 6,772 365% 12% 35.5
Germany 2,588 139% 5% 32.3

Top-cited articles

Research organizations

  • #1 Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
  • #2 Tsinghua University (China)
  • #3 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Organization Articles
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Carnegie Mellon University 646 90.3 United States
Tsinghua University 588 56.5 China
Chinese Academy of Sciences 494 50.9 China

Patents and industry

  1. 6%
  2. 6%
  3. 8%

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Google 363 199.5 United States
Microsoft 326 99.7 United States
IBM 241 45 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.