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Countries in AI research

217 places ranked by OpenAlex indexed AI works by authorship country.
China is out in front at 132,630 works.

217 placeschecked Sep 10, 2026, 3:35 AM UTCdailyhow we measure this →CSV / JSON

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China

132,630 worksOpenAlex indexed AI works by authorship country

Ahead of second place
22.7K
Held by the top three
44%
Middle of the board
200
Below half the leader
215 of 217
Highest 132,630 worksMiddle 200
1. China — 132,630 works2. United States — 109,977 works3. India — 62,176 works4. United Kingdom — 28,411 works5. Indonesia — 23,489 works6. Germany — 22,366 works7. Canada — 14,999 works8. Japan — 14,727 works9. France — 14,367 works10. Italy — 14,357 works11. Australia — 12,220 works12. South Korea — 11,551 works13. Spain — 9,713 works14. Hong Kong — 9,093 works15. Saudi Arabia — 8,163 works16. Turkey — 8,090 works17. Russia — 7,718 works18. Brazil — 7,240 works19. Singapore — 6,999 works20. Netherlands — 6,976 works21. Malaysia — 6,819 works22. Switzerland — 6,424 works23. Pakistan — 5,766 works24. Bangladesh — 5,483 works25. United Arab Emirates — 4,832 works26. Taiwan — 4,754 works27. Iran — 4,692 works28. Sweden — 4,571 works29. Poland — 4,486 works30. Austria — 4,045 works31. Nigeria — 4,035 works32. Vietnam — 3,964 works33. Ukraine — 3,731 works34. Mexico — 3,397 works35. Egypt — 3,359 works36. Belgium — 3,306 works37. Czechia — 3,303 works38. Iraq — 3,264 works39. Portugal — 3,091 works40. Morocco — 3,010 works41. Greece — 2,999 works42. Finland — 2,991 works43. Israel — 2,945 works44. Norway — 2,872 works45. Jordan — 2,804 works46. Denmark — 2,648 works47. Uzbekistan — 2,551 works48. Thailand — 2,522 works49. Ireland — 2,249 works50. Romania — 2,169 works51. South Africa — 2,135 works52. Philippines — 2,029 works53. Macao — 2,009 works54. Hungary — 1,841 works55. Algeria — 1,721 works56. Bulgaria — 1,464 works57. Tunisia — 1,434 works58. Kazakhstan — 1,403 works59. Chile — 1,342 works60. New Zealand — 1,310 works61. Nepal — 1,290 works62. Slovakia — 1,233 works63. Slovenia — 1,194 works64. Oman — 1,065 works65. Colombia — 1,058 works66. Argentina — 1,013 works67. Serbia — 963 works68. Qatar — 906 works69. Sri Lanka — 896 works70. Azerbaijan — 854 works71. Cyprus — 822 works72. Ghana — 790 works73. Ethiopia — 761 works74. Ecuador — 756 works75. Lebanon — 743 works76. Croatia — 729 works77. Peru — 698 works78. Kenya — 659 works79. Luxembourg — 620 works80. Yemen — 599 works81. Estonia — 560 works82. Belarus — 556 works83. Bahrain — 541 works84. Lithuania — 495 works85. Kuwait — 475 works86. Palestine — 432 works87. Latvia — 406 works88. Cambodia — 390 works89. Libya — 381 works90. Mongolia — 324 works91. Syria — 316 works92. Uganda — 316 works93. Tanzania — 307 works94. Cameroon — 298 works95. Armenia — 294 works96. Costa Rica — 259 works97. Bosnia & Herzegovina — 257 works98. Myanmar — 252 works99. Afghanistan — 251 works100. Rwanda — 250 works101. Albania — 246 works102. Kyrgyzstan — 245 works103. Sudan — 245 works104. North Macedonia — 242 works105. Montenegro — 221 works106. Mozambique — 219 works107. Moldova — 208 works108. Georgia — 204 works109. Zambia — 200 works110. Uruguay — 190 works111. DR Congo — 184 works112. Puerto Rico — 176 works113. Venezuela — 176 works114. Zimbabwe — 176 works115. Iceland — 160 works116. Malta — 155 works117. Brunei — 145 works118. Burundi — 127 works119. Senegal — 120 works120. Cayman Islands — 119 works121. Somalia — 117 works122. Kosovo — 116 works123. Bolivia — 115 works124. Cuba — 113 works125. Benin — 103 works126. Antigua and Barbuda — 99 works127. South Sudan — 99 works128. Mauritius — 97 works129. Jamaica — 91 works130. North Korea — 84 works131. Panama — 82 works132. Burkina Faso — 79 works133. Botswana — 79 works134. Paraguay — 76 works135. Ivory Coast — 75 works136. Honduras — 71 works137. Dominican Rep. — 66 works138. Malawi — 66 works139. El Salvador — 65 works140. Guatemala — 63 works141. Madagascar — 55 works142. Tajikistan — 55 works143. Nicaragua — 54 works144. Maldives — 52 works145. Namibia — 45 works146. Mali — 42 works147. Togo — 39 works148. Trinidad & Tobago — 39 works149. Niger — 36 works150. Liechtenstein — 35 works151. Réunion — 35 works152. Gambia — 34 works153. Laos — 31 works154. Sierra Leone — 31 works155. Fiji — 28 works156. Angola — 27 works157. Gabon — 25 works158. Papua New Guinea — 25 works159. Mauritania — 22 works160. Turkmenistan — 21 works161. Bahamas — 20 works162. Guyana — 20 works163. Lesotho — 20 works164. Niue — 20 works165. Chad — 19 works166. Djibouti — 18 works167. Eritrea — 18 works168. Barbados — 17 works169. Congo — 17 works170. St. Kitts & Nevis — 17 works171. Tonga — 17 works172. Central African Republic — 15 works173. Guam — 15 works174. Saint Lucia — 14 works175. San Marino — 14 works176. Bermuda — 13 works177. Guinea — 12 works178. Haiti — 12 works179. Liberia — 12 works180. French Guiana — 11 works181. French Polynesia — 11 works182. Sint Maarten — 11 works183. Timor-Leste — 11 works184. Micronesia — 9 works185. Turks & Caicos Islands — 9 works186. Curaçao — 8 works187. Monaco — 8 works188. US Virgin Islands — 8 works189. Guadeloupe — 7 works190. Martinique — 7 works191. Eswatini — 7 works192. New Caledonia — 6 works193. Andorra — 5 works194. Bhutan — 5 works195. Faroe Islands — 5 works196. Grenada — 5 works197. Seychelles — 5 works198. British Virgin Islands — 5 works199. Åland Islands — 4 works200. Cabo Verde — 4 works201. Palau — 4 works202. Vanuatu — 4 works203. Aruba — 3 works204. Greenland — 3 works205. Belize — 2 works206. Dominica — 2 works207. Guinea-Bissau — 2 works208. Suriname — 2 works209. Vatican City — 2 works210. St. Vincent & Grenadines — 2 works211. American Samoa — 1 works212. Gibraltar — 1 works213. Northern Mariana Is. — 1 works214. Montserrat — 1 works215. Solomon Islands — 1 works216. Svalbard and Jan Mayen — 1 works217. Samoa — 1 works
Rank 1one bar per published rowRank 217
WHY THIS RANK / VERIFIED SNAPSHOT

Japan

Ranks countries by OpenAlex-indexed AI works with an affiliated authorship, using an exact all-scoped-work denominator.

Some explanation inputs are unavailable Missing: publicFrozenEvidence.

Published rank
#8
Score
14,727 works
Sample size
1,054,869

100% confidence · 20% component coverage · as of Sep 10, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC

SCORE CONSTRUCTION

Component ledger

2/10 evidenced
Components contributing to Japan's rank
ComponentValueWeightContributionEvidenceStatus
countryCodeJPUnavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
denominatorIncludesUnknownCountry1Unavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
multiCountryCounting1Unavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
openalex country AI work share t12m0%01available
openalex country AI works t12m100%14,7271available
share1.3960975249Unavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
unknownCountryWorks538981Unavailable538,9810unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
windowEndExclusive2026-09-10Unavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
windowStartInclusive2025-09-10Unavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
works14727.0000000000Unavailable0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
WHY IT MOVED

flat since prior snapshot

0 ranks

No component moved since the prior snapshot.

PRIMARY EVIDENCE

Source trail

2 public records
  • Share of all scoped OpenAlex AI worksopenalex country AI work share t12m · observed Sep 10, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC1.396 percent100% confidence
    Source
    OpenAlex API
    Grade
    A
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
    {"filter":"topics.subfield.id:1702,from_publication_date:2025-09-10,to_publication_date:2026-09-09","groupBy":"authorships.countries","endpoint":"/works","includeUnknown":true,"windowEndExclusive":"2026-09-10","windowStartInclusive":"2025-09-10"}
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  • OpenAlex-indexed AI works by authorship countryopenalex country AI works t12m · observed Sep 10, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC14,727 works100% confidence
    Source
    OpenAlex API
    Grade
    A
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
    {"filter":"topics.subfield.id:1702,from_publication_date:2025-09-10,to_publication_date:2026-09-09","groupBy":"authorships.countries","endpoint":"/works","includeUnknown":true,"windowEndExclusive":"2026-09-10","windowStartInclusive":"2025-09-10"}
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REPRODUCIBILITYOpenAlex AI research geography · v1434 observations · 1 sources · passed quality
Snapshot
40bb4a54-f133-48aa-b805-1ca5f6b04b38
Data hash
ec0f0a0ef720e44225de9cbb3582c3644f5eb42af4cff70e0e0dfdbfcd3fc363
Method hash
1776bf6422d0726cfbf072b6d7b297879ab269ae4af0c780b088cb82d9eaef45

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