Between 2018 and 2023, researchers published roughly
1,865,000
English-language articles on artificial intelligence
The global artificial intelligence literature grew
114%
between 2018 and 2023
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 January 6, 2025
- 1,862,652artificial intelligence articles were released between 2018 and 2023 (estd.)
- 114%growth in research between 2018 and 2023
- 6%of articles in general focused on artificial intelligence
- 16citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 10citations for the average article in general
- 16%of artificial intelligence articles have American authors
- 28%have Chinese authors
- 17%have European authors
Country | Articles (2018-2023) | Growth (2018-2023) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 514,839 | 182% | 28% | 16.8 |
| United States | 295,615 | 68% | 16% | 31.6 |
| India | 182,188 | 241% | 10% | 9.9 |
- 2018: arXiv. 96,902 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 42,720 citations
- 2020: International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Analysis (ICCPA 2021). 37,922 citations
- 2020: arXiv. 35,209 citations
- 2020: arXiv. 34,811 citations
- 2021: Nature. 25,760 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 23,742 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 23,733 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 23,013 citations
- 2021: arXiv. 22,763 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Tsinghua University (China)
- #3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Organization | Articles (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 22,551 | 27.3 | China |
| Tsinghua University | 14,876 | 43.6 | China |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 13,299 | 29.9 | China |
- 5%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 (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,193 | 165.6 | United States | |
| Microsoft | 6,826 | 77.8 | United States |
| Tencent | 4,207 | 52.4 | China |
The Research Almanac runs on bibliometric data from Clarivate Web of Science and other sources. 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.