Topic areas

Biology

Cybersecurity

Chip design and fabrication

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
23,000
English-language articles on autonomy
The global autonomy literature grew
165%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on autonomy made up
1%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
6%
of autonomy articles
Explore relevant research in the Map of Science
Data last updated July 13, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 22,626
  2. 165%
  3. 1%

Yearly global autonomy research

Citation impact

  1. 20
  2. 18

Countries

  1. 18%
  2. 19%
  3. 16%

Autonomy research over time

Country Articles
(2019-2024)
Growth
(2019-2024)
Global share
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
China 4,355 268% 19% 23.8
United States 3,989 28% 18% 29.6
India 2,051 444% 9% 9.3

Top-cited articles

Research organizations

  • #1 Tsinghua University (China)
  • #2 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #3 Tongji University (China)
Organization Articles
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Tsinghua University 331 43.1 China
Chinese Academy of Sciences 240 30.3 China
Tongji University 154 22.8 China

Patents and industry

  1. 7%
  2. 6%
  3. 6%

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Google 86 191.3 United States
Microsoft 47 53.6 United States
Robert Bosch 44 59 Germany
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.