๐Ÿ“š Most AI Research Papers

Scholarly publications on artificial intelligence (journal articles, conference papers, preprints) per year, by the country of the authors' institutions.

๐Ÿ“… 2024๐Ÿ“ AI papers180 entries
Each tileโ€™s area is its share of the combined total of 422,963 (180 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 140 are merged into one grey tile.
1
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina
116,434
2
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia
52,054
3
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States
50,810
4
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom
15,494
5
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany
12,793
6
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan
10,873
7
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทSouth Korea
10,265
8
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly
9,123
9
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada
8,444
10
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance
7,681
11
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia
7,605
12
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia
6,750
13
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain
5,552
14
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia
5,488
15
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye
4,962
16
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore
4,463
17
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia
4,243
18
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผTaiwan
4,012
19
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands
3,978
20
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan
3,469
21
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussia
3,419
22
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland
3,310
23
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil
3,209
24
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh
3,185
25
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran
2,968
26
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq
2,787
27
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates
2,718
28
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden
2,519
29
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt
2,390
30
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland
2,346
31
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark
2,200
32
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece
2,011
33
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal
1,927
34
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณVietnam
1,831
35
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium
1,817
36
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand
1,812
37
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria
1,801
38
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway
1,774
39
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco
1,540
40
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland
1,512
41
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael
1,461
42
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico
1,456
43
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland
1,430
44
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria
1,369
45
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania
1,328
46
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine
1,251
47
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria
1,228
48
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan
1,175
49
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines
1,133
50
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth 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 ยท CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) ยท fetched Oct 14, 2026 โ€” A paper with authors in several countries counts for each.