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# AI-related natural science publications rose 26% to about 80,150 in 2025
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-natural-science-publications/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:37:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:04:53.000Z
- Description: AI-related publications in the natural sciences reached about 80,150 in 2025, up 26% from 63,547 in 2024 and 28 times the 2,874 of 2010.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Research, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-research

80,150

▲ 26% vs 2024

AI-related publications in the natural sciences in 2025

20102025

## What the chart shows

The AI Index counted about 80,150 AI-related publications in the natural sciences in the Web of Science in 2025, up 26% from 63,547 in 2024 and 28 times the 2,874 of 2010.

The physical sciences had the most, 33,045 (up 27%), followed by the life sciences with 28,911 (up 28%) and Earth science with 20,459 (up 23%). Growth sped up after 2018: the total more than doubled between 2019 and 2021, from 16,550 to 37,120.

## Key numbers

| Measure                    | Value  |
| -------------------------- | ------ |
| All natural sciences, 2025 | 80,150 |
| All natural sciences, 2024 | 63,547 |
| Physical sciences, 2025    | 33,045 |
| Life sciences, 2025        | 28,911 |
| Earth science, 2025        | 20,459 |
| All natural sciences, 2010 | 2,874  |

## How to read it

- Publications in Web of Science natural science categories that the AI Index classifies as AI-related.
- A paper can belong to more than one field, so the natural sciences total (80,150 in 2025) is lower than the sum of the three fields (82,415).
- Physical sciences include astronomy, chemistry, geology, mathematics, meteorology, oceanography and physics, among others.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 5.1.1: *Number of AI-related publications in natural sciences, 2010–25*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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