OpenAlex

Monthly scholarly works in OpenAlex by publication date since 2015: AI fields, adjacent fields, computer-science and all-works baselines, retraction and integrity counts, open-access share, and AI's derived share of computer science.

cadence · monthly 29 series updated 10 Aug 2026 openalex.org ↗

release markers

All works

3.2M +301.8% yr as of Jul 2026

⚠️ Many papers record only a year, not a month, so OpenAlex counts them all in January and every January looks huge. OpenAlex also added tens of millions of papers in late 2025, so the counts before and after that date measure different things.

AI fields

OpenAlex applies its subject labels across all of science, so "Artificial intelligence" here is larger than the whole Computer Science field.

Artificial intelligence

249k +203.6% yr as of Jul 2026

Machine learning

50.4k +100.2% yr as of Jul 2026

Natural language processing

33.4k +412.4% yr as of Jul 2026

Deep learning

13.7k +75.4% yr as of Jul 2026

Computer vision

28.6k +106.2% yr as of Jul 2026

Reinforcement learning

4.2k +81.4% yr as of Jul 2026

Speech recognition

14.4k +299.8% yr as of Jul 2026

LLM era

We search the title text only. These series miss a paper that says just "LLM" or "foundation model", or that names the topic outside the title.

"large language model" in title

3.0k +90.3% yr as of Jul 2026

"ChatGPT" in title

619 −6.1% yr as of Jul 2026

This series starts in January 2021. We checked several earlier months and found no papers with ChatGPT in the title.

Adjacent fields

Chatbots

1.0k +133.7% yr as of Jul 2026

Misinformation

718 +94.6% yr as of Jul 2026

Disinformation

449 +165.7% yr as of Jul 2026

Academic integrity

148 +261.0% yr as of Jul 2026

Plagiarism detection

43 +186.7% yr as of Jul 2026

Drug discovery

3.1k +199.3% yr as of Jul 2026

Protein structure prediction

139 +124.2% yr as of Jul 2026

Copyright

136 +119.4% yr as of Jul 2026

Automation

8.5k +290.6% yr as of Jul 2026

Labour economics

3.6k +156.2% yr as of Jul 2026

Computer Science

Computer Science (field)

85.5k +58.4% yr as of Jul 2026

AI (CS subfield)

33.9k +88.8% yr as of Jul 2026

AI share of Computer Science derived

39.6% +19.2% yr as of Jul 2026

AI papers ÷ all computer science papers, both from OpenAlex's own algorithm. ⚠️ The papers OpenAlex added in late 2025 may lift the 2026 level, so read the long rise and not the recent months.

Research integrity

Retracted works

327 −20.4% yr as of Jul 2026

⚠️ OpenAlex counts each retracted paper in its publication month, not in the month of the retraction. A retraction takes years, so the recent fall is not real.

Peer review (research on)

1.1k +383.3% yr as of Jul 2026

Retraction rate derived

0.1% −34.4% yr as of Jul 2026

Retracted papers ÷ all journal articles, by the month of publication. ⚠️ A retraction takes years, so this rate falls to zero for the newest months.

Baseline

All journal articles

616k +21.5% yr as of Jul 2026

Publishing mode

Preprints

143k +245.4% yr as of Jul 2026

arXiv-hosted works

55.7k +298.8% yr as of Jul 2026

OpenAlex counts these works by publication date. Our arXiv source counts by submission date, so the two charts do not match.

Figures

Series	Latest	Change	Min	Max	Coverage
All works	3.2M	+301.8% yr	447k	9.5M	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Artificial intelligence	249k	+203.6% yr	23.7k	667k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Machine learning	50.4k	+100.2% yr	6.0k	90.4k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Natural language processing	33.4k	+412.4% yr	1.4k	83.4k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Deep learning	13.7k	+75.4% yr	72	36.1k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
"large language model" in title	3.0k	+90.3% yr	0	7.1k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Chatbots	1.0k	+133.7% yr	0	2.2k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Misinformation	718	+94.6% yr	16	1.7k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Disinformation	449	+165.7% yr	4	1.1k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Academic integrity	148	+261.0% yr	14	335	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Plagiarism detection	43	+186.7% yr	3	85	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Drug discovery	3.1k	+199.3% yr	221	5.5k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Protein structure prediction	139	+124.2% yr	10	197	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Copyright	136	+119.4% yr	20	415	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Computer Science (field)	85.5k	+58.4% yr	23.2k	198k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Computer vision	28.6k	+106.2% yr	4.5k	57.1k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Reinforcement learning	4.2k	+81.4% yr	63	10.2k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
AI (CS subfield)	33.9k	+88.8% yr	5.0k	69.3k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Speech recognition	14.4k	+299.8% yr	903	14.4k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Retracted works	327	−20.4% yr	157	6.3k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Peer review (research on)	1.1k	+383.3% yr	53	2.1k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
All journal articles	616k	+21.5% yr	291k	2.6M	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Preprints	143k	+245.4% yr	7.1k	287k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
AI share of Computer Science	39.6%	+19.2% yr	18.1%	42.3%	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Retraction rate	0.1%	−34.4% yr	0.0%	0.7%	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
arXiv-hosted works	55.7k	+298.8% yr	4.4k	62.8k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Automation	8.5k	+290.6% yr	237	19.5k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
Labour economics	3.6k	+156.2% yr	889	10.3k	Jan 2015 — Jul 2026
"ChatGPT" in title	619	−6.1% yr	0	2.0k	Jan 2021 — Jul 2026

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