Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
190,000
English-language articles on robotics
The global robotics literature grew
59%
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 May 8, 2024
- 188,146robotics articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 59%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 15%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on robotics
- 11citations for the average robotics article
- 17citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 17%of robotics articles have American authors
- 25%have Chinese authors
- 21%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2021)  | Growth (2017-2021) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 36,967 | 106% | 25% | 11 |
| United States | 25,409 | 40% | 17% | 23 |
| Japan | 9,501 | 50% | 6% | 8.8 |
- 2017: arXiv. 3,694 citations
- 2017: IEEE Transactions on robotics. 2,894 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 2,776 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,635 citations
- 2017: Social Science Research Network. 2,125 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 2,037 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,026 citations
- 2017: neural information processing systems. 1,890 citations
- 2020: IEEE Transactions on robotics. 1,847 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 1,765 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
- #3 Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 1,928 | 15.1 | China |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 1,907 | 15.4 | France |
| Harbin Institute of Technology | 1,784 | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 343 | 91.5 | United States | |
| Honda | 230 | 18.3 | Japan |
| Robotics Research | 217 | 15.2 | United States |
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.