Rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Science

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20960v1
• Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:55:28 GMT
• Title: Rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Science
• Authors: Liangping Ding, Cornelia Lawson, Philip Shapira,
• Abstract summary: generative AI has experienced rapid growth and increasing presence in scientific publications.<n>Over the study period, U.S. researchers contributed nearly two-fifths of global GenAI publications.<n>GenAI research groups tend to have slightly smaller team sizes than found in other AI fields.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI, generative AI) has rapidly become available as a tool in scientific research. To explore the use of generative AI in science, we conduct an empirical analysis using OpenAlex. Analyzing GenAI publications and other AI publications from 2017 to 2023, we profile growth patterns, the diffusion of GenAI publications across fields of study, and the geographical spread of scientific research on generative AI. We also investigate team size and international collaborations to explore whether GenAI, as an emerging scientific research area, shows different collaboration patterns compared to other AI technologies. The results indicate that generative AI has experienced rapid growth and increasing presence in scientific publications. The use of GenAI now extends beyond computer science to other scientific research domains. Over the study period, U.S. researchers contributed nearly two-fifths of global GenAI publications. The U.S. is followed by China, with several small and medium-sized advanced economies demonstrating relatively high levels of GenAI deployment in their research publications. Although scientific research overall is becoming increasingly specialized and collaborative, our results suggest that GenAI research groups tend to have slightly smaller team sizes than found in other AI fields. Furthermore, notwithstanding recent geopolitical tensions, GenAI research continues to exhibit levels of international collaboration comparable to other AI technologies.

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