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Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
1,205,000
English-language articles on artificial intelligence
The global artificial intelligence literature grew
118%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on artificial intelligence made up
6%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
4%
of artificial intelligence articles
What counts as "artificial intelligence" research?How precise are these numbers?What are the other caveats?
Data last updated February 14, 2024

Vital signs

1,207,257
artificial intelligence articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
Statistic description
118%
growth in research between 2017 and 2022
Statistic description
6%
of articles in general focused on artificial intelligence

Citation impact

16
citations for the average artificial intelligence article
9
citations for the average article in general

Countries

Documentation
17%
of artificial intelligence articles have American authors
Statistic description
25%
have Chinese authors
Statistic description
15%
have European authors
Statistic description
Country Articles (2017-2022)Documentation Growth (2017-2022) Global shareDocumentation Citations per articleDocumentation
China298,454137%25%16.8
United States200,07842%17%34.9
India64,77956%5%10.6

Top-cited articlesDocumentation

Research organizations

Documentation
  • #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #2 Tsinghua University (China)
  • #3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Organization Articles
(2017-2022Documentation
Citations per article Documentation Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences18,42231.2China
Tsinghua University9,77541.7China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University7,53727.7China

Patents and industry

5%
of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
2%
of articles across all fields are cited in patents
4%
of artificial intelligence articles had authors from private companies (vs 2% of articles in general)
Statistic description

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles
(2017-2022Documentation
Citations per article Documentation Country
Microsoft5,05981.2United States
Google4,984152.2United States
IBM3,46839.2United States
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.