Topic areas

Biology

Cybersecurity

Chip design and fabrication

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
22,000
English-language articles on autonomy
The global autonomy literature grew
179%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on autonomy made up
1%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
7%
of autonomy articles
Explore relevant research in the Map of Science
Data last updated August 11, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 21,607
  2. 179%
  3. 1%

Yearly global autonomy research

Citation impact

  1. 21
  2. 19

Countries

  1. 17%
  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 4,163 228% 19% 25.5
United States 3,655 39% 17% 32.9
India 2,037 452% 9% 9.6

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 330 44 China
Chinese Academy of Sciences 243 30.4 China
Tongji University 157 23 China

Patents and industry

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

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Google 86 196.9 United States
Microsoft 47 56.1 United States
Robert Bosch 44 59.9 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.