Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
200,000
English-language articles on robotics
The global robotics literature grew
60%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on robotics made up
15%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
5%
of robotics articles
Data last updated October 15, 2024
- 198,258robotics articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 60%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 15%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on robotics
- 13citations for the average robotics article
- 20citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 17%of robotics articles have American authors
- 26%have Chinese authors
- 21%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2022) | Growth (2017-2022) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 51,138 | 100% | 26% | 11 |
| United States | 33,302 | 40% | 17% | 23 |
| Japan | 12,816 | 46% | 6% | 8.3 |
- 2017: arXiv. 4,390 citations
- 2017: IEEE Transactions on robotics. 3,343 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 3,323 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,940 citations
- 2017: SSRN Electronic Journal. 2,695 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 2,506 citations
- 2020: IEEE Transactions on robotics. 2,394 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,371 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,300 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 2,218 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
- #3 Beihang University (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2,133 | 17.5 | China |
| Harbin Institute of Technology | 1,968 | 13 | China |
| Beihang University | 1,500 | 17.1 | China |
- 5%of robotics articles are cited in patents
- 6%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 5%of robotics articles had authors from private companies (vs 6% of artificial intelligence articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 370 | 116.1 | United States | |
| Robotics Research | 261 | 15.5 | United States |
| Honda | 243 | 20.3 | Japan |
The Research Almanac runs on bibliometric data from Clarivate Web of Science and other sources. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.