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OpenAlex-indexed AI research activity

Ranks a reviewed institution universe using trailing-365-day OpenAlex AI work and current citation signals.

Version
1
Published
Jul 27, 2026
Live boards
1
Method ID
openalex-ai-research-activity

Where the facts come from

See the associated board evidence.

How the order is produced

The board publishes its primary raw measure without an undisclosed transformation.

When the method reruns

  • daily

Boards using this version

Only live, quality-gated boards appear. Each board opens on the exact published table and evidence path.

BoardPrimary measureRowsConfidenceFreshnessBoard versionCadenceEvidence
AI Research Activityai-researchopenalex-ai-research-activity-score10100% current1dailyOpen board →

Complete measurement ledger

These fields are stored with the methodology version. A changed contract must publish a new version before comparable movement can resume.

Score

Range
  • 0
  • 100
Formula

weighted mean of cohort-relative log1p min-max normalized signals

Weights
Openalex Ai Works T12m

0.55

Openalex Ai Work Citations Current

0.35

Openalex Ai Citations Per Work Current

0.1

Tie Breakers
  • OpenAlex-indexed work count descending
  • current citations to scoped works descending
  • entity slug ascending

Movement

Compared only with the latest earlier published snapshot using this exact methodology version and reviewed universe.

Universe

Code-reviewed institutions with exact OpenAlex IDs declared in openalex_manifest.py

Work Scope

Topic Filter

topics.subfield.id

Topic Subfield Id

1702

Institution Filter

authorships.institutions.id

Publication Window

half-open trailing 365 days, ending at the latest complete UTC day

Topic Subfield Name

Artificial Intelligence

Scope Label

OpenAlex-indexed AI research activity

Limitations

  • OpenAlex affiliation and topic indexing may be incomplete
  • institution records do not necessarily cover every lab or subsidiary
  • citation counts favor older works within the trailing window
  • the score is not total research output or research quality

Quality Gates

License

CC0-1.0

Metric Coverage

1

Reviewed Universe Coverage

1

Maximum Cohort Spread Minutes

20

Maximum Observation Age Hours

48

Universe Version

2026-07-26

Citation Semantics

Current cited_by_count summed over works published in the scoped window; not citations received during that window.

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