China vs India: Annual scholarly publications on artificial intelligence

China
116,434 publications
in 2024
India
52,054 publications
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd

Annual scholarly publications on artificial intelligence over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 116,434 publications against 52,054 publications in India, a difference of 64,380 publications.

That makes China's figure about 2.2 times India's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 165 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual scholarly publications on artificial intelligence
Unit
publications
Source
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
165 places, 1,421 data points, 2016–2024
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Scholarly publications on AI, including journal articles, conference papers, working papers, and preprints. The data only covers articles with an English-language title or abstract.