📚 Most AI Research Papers
Scholarly publications on artificial intelligence (journal articles, conference papers, preprints) per year, by the country of the authors' institutions.
🇨🇳 China28%🇮🇳 India12%🇺🇸 United States12%🇬🇧 United Kingdom3.7%🇩🇪 Germany3%🇯🇵 Japan2.6%🇰🇷 South Korea2.4%🇮🇹 Italy2.2%🇨🇦 Canada🇫🇷 France🇦🇺 Australia🇮🇩 Indonesia🇪🇸 Spain🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇹🇷 Türkiye🇸🇬 Singapore🇲🇾 Malaysia🇹🇼 Taiwan🇳🇱 Netherlands🇵🇰 Pakistan🇷🇺 Russia🇨🇭 Switzerland🇧🇷 Brazil🇧🇩 Bangladesh🇮🇷🇮🇶 Iraq🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇸🇪 Sweden🇪🇬 Egypt🇵🇱 Poland🇩🇰🇬🇷🇵🇹🇻🇳🇧🇪🇹🇭🇦🇹🇳🇴🇲🇦
140 others7.4%
1
🇨🇳China
116,434
2
🇮🇳India
52,054
3
🇺🇸United States
50,810
4
🇬🇧United Kingdom
15,494
5
🇩🇪Germany
12,793
6
🇯🇵Japan
10,873
7
🇰🇷South Korea
10,265
8
🇮🇹Italy
9,123
9
🇨🇦Canada
8,444
10
🇫🇷France
7,681
11
🇦🇺Australia
7,605
12
🇮🇩Indonesia
6,750
13
🇪🇸Spain
5,552
14
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
5,488
15
🇹🇷Türkiye
4,962
16
🇸🇬Singapore
4,463
17
🇲🇾Malaysia
4,243
18
🇹🇼Taiwan
4,012
19
🇳🇱Netherlands
3,978
20
🇵🇰Pakistan
3,469
21
🇷🇺Russia
3,419
22
🇨🇭Switzerland
3,310
23
🇧🇷Brazil
3,209
24
🇧🇩Bangladesh
3,185
25
🇮🇷Iran
2,968
26
🇮🇶Iraq
2,787
27
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
2,718
28
🇸🇪Sweden
2,519
29
🇪🇬Egypt
2,390
30
🇵🇱Poland
2,346
31
🇩🇰Denmark
2,200
32
🇬🇷Greece
2,011
33
🇵🇹Portugal
1,927
34
🇻🇳Vietnam
1,831
35
🇧🇪Belgium
1,817
36
🇹🇭Thailand
1,812
37
🇦🇹Austria
1,801
38
🇳🇴Norway
1,774
39
🇲🇦Morocco
1,540
40
🇫🇮Finland
1,512
41
🇮🇱Israel
1,461
42
🇲🇽Mexico
1,456
43
🇮🇪Ireland
1,430
44
🇳🇬Nigeria
1,369
45
🇷🇴Romania
1,328
46
🇺🇦Ukraine
1,251
47
🇩🇿Algeria
1,228
48
🇯🇴Jordan
1,175
49
🇵🇭Philippines
1,133
50
🇿🇦South Africa
1,117
Highlights
As of 2024, China ranks first with 116,434, followed by India (52,054) and United States (50,810).
China is 2.2 times higher than India, the runner-up.
Across 180 countries and territories, values run from 116,434 (China) to 1 (Vatican City), with a median of 101.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 4 from Europe and 2 from the Americas.
Source: OECD.AI, via Our World in Data, 2024. Unit: AI papers.
Source: OECD.AI, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — A paper with authors in several countries counts for each.