Topic areas

Biology

Cybersecurity

Chip design and fabrication

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
195,000
English-language articles on natural language processing
The global natural language processing literature grew
132%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on natural language processing made up
11%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
6%
of natural language processing articles
Explore relevant research in the Map of Science
Data last updated August 11, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 197,202
  2. 132%
  3. 11%

Yearly global natural language processing research

Citation impact

  1. 24
  2. 19

Countries

  1. 15%
  2. 18%
  3. 14%

NLP research over time

Country Articles
(2019-2024)
Growth
(2019-2024)
Global share
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
China 34,592 71% 18% 23.4
United States 29,753 17% 15% 42.7
India 15,758 150% 8% 12

Top-cited articles

Research organizations

  • #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #2 Tsinghua University (China)
  • #3 Microsoft (United States)
Organization Articles
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences 1,956 33.7 China
Tsinghua University 1,436 61.2 China
Microsoft 1,431 97.8 United States

Patents and industry

  1. 5%
  2. 6%
  3. 6%

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Microsoft 1,431 97.8 United States
Alibaba Group 873 56.7 China
Google 859 158.9 United States
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.