Top institutions in AI research, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 29 tracked AI journals in each year from 2023 to 2025, by publication date and OpenAlex affiliations; a paper counts once for each institution (and country) among its authors. Built from the site's archive of every paper of these journals and rebuilt daily. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

From 2023 to 2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences published the most papers in the 29 tracked AI journals (1,570), followed by Tsinghua University (918) and Harbin Institute of Technology (881).
In 2025 alone, Chinese Academy of Sciences led with 600 papers.
Among countries, China took part in the most papers (29,344), ahead of United States and United Kingdom.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	466	504	600	1,570
2	Tsinghua University	China	246	280	392	918
3	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	260	265	356	881
4	Zhejiang University	China	226	286	368	880
5	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China	234	280	337	851
6	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China	240	251	343	834
7	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	263	285	275	823
8	Xidian University	China	204	255	328	787
9	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	184	259	293	736
10	Wuhan University	China	197	236	291	724
11	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	198	226	290	714
12	Southeast University	China	192	231	278	701
13	Sun Yat-sen University	China	173	212	293	678
14	Beihang University	China	178	219	273	670
15	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	163	194	306	663
16	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	161	183	262	606
17	Sichuan University	China	173	193	237	603
18	National University of Defense Technology	China	153	187	255	595
19	South China University of Technology	China	150	195	235	580
20	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	147	199	223	569
21	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	153	175	230	558
22	University of Science and Technology of China	China	140	168	246	554
23	Tianjin University	China	163	168	209	540
24	Peking University	China	138	168	232	538
25	Northeastern University	China	150	172	215	537
26	Shenzhen University	China	120	157	216	493
27	Central South University	China	134	154	203	491
28	Institute of Automation	China	164	165	153	482
29	Dalian University of Technology	China	136	162	174	472
30	Tongji University	China	102	157	210	469
31	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China	132	136	185	453
32	Chongqing University	China	148	131	168	447
33	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	China	133	144	145	422
34	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	123	124	172	419
35	Jilin University	China	103	124	188	415
36	Fudan University	China	104	122	183	409
37	University of Technology Sydney	Australia	142	138	124	404
38	Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China	102	146	153	401
39	Shanghai University	China	87	130	174	391
40	Hunan University	China	126	128	136	390
41	Hefei University of Technology	China	96	125	166	387
42	Nanjing University	China	110	121	155	386
43	National University of Singapore	Singapore	119	114	152	385
44	Shandong University	China	107	113	164	384
45	Anhui University	China	94	112	164	370
46	Southwest Jiaotong University	China	98	139	128	365
47	Beijing University of Technology	China	96	124	134	354
48	Beijing Jiaotong University	China	102	113	136	351
49	Peng Cheng Laboratory	China	121	120	107	348
50	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	France	125	117	105	347

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	China	7,860	9,364	12,120	29,344
2	United States	1,430	1,381	1,564	4,375
3	United Kingdom	893	950	1,118	2,961
4	India	802	889	918	2,609
5	Australia	780	766	848	2,394
6	Hong Kong	485	600	805	1,890
7	South Korea	470	459	507	1,436
8	Singapore	395	462	537	1,394
9	Spain	465	407	436	1,308
10	Canada	404	390	429	1,223
11	Italy	350	412	412	1,174
12	Germany	345	366	403	1,114
13	Turkey	356	355	251	962
14	France	272	275	281	828
15	Japan	242	261	315	818
16	Iran	286	257	203	746
17	Saudi Arabia	193	247	300	740
18	Egypt	135	220	208	563
19	Macao	138	177	232	547
20	Netherlands	173	178	184	535
21	Taiwan	158	158	167	483
22	Poland	146	171	164	481
23	Brazil	175	181	121	477
24	United Arab Emirates	133	161	167	461
25	Pakistan	142	140	145	427
26	Malaysia	124	146	134	404
27	Switzerland	113	117	113	343
28	Vietnam	103	97	136	336
29	Sweden	88	110	106	304
30	Belgium	84	109	95	288

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Top institutions in AI research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/ai

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