Between 2018 and 2023, researchers published roughly
590,000
English-language articles on computer vision
The global computer vision literature grew
118%
between 2018 and 2023
Articles on computer vision made up
32%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
6%
of computer vision articles
What counts as "computer vision" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated January 6, 2025
- 588,989computer vision articles were released between 2018 and 2023 (estd.)
- 118%growth in research between 2018 and 2023
- 32%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on computer vision
- 18citations for the average computer vision article
- 16citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 12%of computer vision articles have American authors
- 38%have Chinese authors
- 12%have European authors
Country | Articles (2018-2023) | Growth (2018-2023) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 223,539 | 163% | 38% | 18.2 |
| India | 71,950 | 199% | 12% | 9.6 |
| United States | 69,994 | 60% | 12% | 43.1 |
- 2020: International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Analysis (ICCPA 2021). 37,922 citations
- 2020: arXiv. 35,209 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 23,733 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 23,013 citations
- 2021: arXiv. 22,763 citations
- 2021: arXiv. 22,081 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 21,432 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 20,344 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 17,420 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 15,743 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #3 Tsinghua University (China)
Organization | Articles (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 10,978 | 31.6 | China |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 6,570 | 36.9 | China |
| Tsinghua University | 5,224 | 50.8 | China |
- 8%of computer vision articles are cited in patents
- 5%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 6%of computer vision articles had authors from private companies (vs 6% of artificial intelligence articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,169 | 233.5 | United States | |
| Tencent | 1,915 | 67.4 | China |
| Microsoft | 1,752 | 115.6 | United States |
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.