Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
430,000
English-language articles on computer vision
The global computer vision literature grew
129%
between 2017 and 2022
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 December 13, 2024
- 427,936computer vision articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 129%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 32%of all artificial intelligence articles focused on computer vision
- 25citations for the average computer vision article
- 21citations for the average artificial intelligence article
- 13%of computer vision articles have American authors
- 36%have Chinese authors
- 14%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2022) | Growth (2017-2022) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 154,255 | 176% | 36% | 24.9 |
| United States | 56,557 | 97% | 13% | 58.9 |
| India | 47,920 | 194% | 11% | 11.2 |
- 2017: arXiv. 35,382 citations
- 2020: arXiv. 35,209 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 31,030 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
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #3 Tsinghua University (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 8,280 | 45.7 | China |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 5,046 | 54.9 | China |
| Tsinghua University | 4,069 | 64.5 | China |
- 11%of computer vision articles are cited in patents
- 7%of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
- 6%of computer vision articles had authors from private companies (vs 7% of artificial intelligence articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,897 | 278.1 | United States | |
| Microsoft | 1,569 | 149.1 | United States |
| Tencent | 1,474 | 87.6 | China |
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.