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OpenAI (United States)

In research, OpenAI (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,200 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 39.8× its share of world research).

openai.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#15,789
of 22,385 · #18,753 all time
Rank in United States
#2,273
of 3,332
Research works
303
▲ 273% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
123.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
OpenAI (United States)

What is OpenAI (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,200 of 10,670 9.1%98 #11806

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where OpenAI (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does OpenAI (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at OpenAI (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (48%), Social Sciences (14%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 186 fractional works · 72.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 124 fractional works · 48.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 42 fractional works · 16.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 39 fractional works · 15.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 12.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 10.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOpenAI (UnitedStates)256fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy12448.5%
    2. Computer Science2710.6%
    3. Mathematics155.7%
    4. Engineering114.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences62.5%
    6. Materials Science20.8%
    7. Environmental Science00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences3513.8%
    2. Psychology51.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    6. Decision Sciences20.7%
    1. Neuroscience62.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine83.3%
    2. Health Professions20.7%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does OpenAI (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 39.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 31.9 works40×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 41.7 works31×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 124.1 works22×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 39.2 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.87× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 21.80× its world share, 124 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 21.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy21.80×124 works
  2. Mathematics4.87×15 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.58×6 works
  4. Neuroscience1.53×6 works
  5. Computer Science1.36×27 works
  6. Social Sciences1.09×35 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.70×2 works
  8. Psychology0.63×5 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×5 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×2 works
  11. Engineering0.30×11 works
  12. Health Professions0.27×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.26×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.24×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.22×2 works
  17. Medicine0.17×8 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at OpenAI (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Chris Olah, Shan Carter and Amanda Askell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is OpenAI (United States).

  1. 1 Chris Olah United States · #523,071 worldwide 15k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Shan Carter United States · #692,452 worldwide 1.7k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Amanda Askell United States · #818,548 worldwide 17k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Gabriel Goh United States · #945,126 worldwide 7.9k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Ludwig Schubert United States · #958,253 worldwide 2.6k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Rewon Child United States · #1,303,135 worldwide 8.7k citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Heewoo Jun United States · #1,473,373 worldwide 3.4k citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Pamela Mishkin United States · #1,532,175 worldwide 14k citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Kamal Ndousse United States · #1,564,975 worldwide 1.9k citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Alec Radford United States · #1,595,770 worldwide 25k citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at OpenAI (United States)

What are the most cited papers from OpenAI (United States)?

The most cited paper from OpenAI (United States) is "ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks" (Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever, Geoffrey E. Hinton, 2017), with 75,634 citations. Next come "Deep Learning with Differential Privacy" (6,312) and "Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning for Fast Adaptation of Deep Networks" (5,777).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever, Geoffrey E. Hinton · Communications of the ACM Open access 24 May 2017 75,634
2 Deep Learning with Differential Privacy Martı́n Abadi, Andy Chu, Ian Goodfellow et al. Conference paperOpen access 24 Oct 2016 6,312
3 Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning for Fast Adaptation of Deep Networks Chelsea Finn, Pieter Abbeel, Sergey Levine · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 9 Mar 2017 5,777
4 Learning Transferable Visual Models From Natural Language Supervision Alec Radford, Jong Wook Kim, Chris Hallacy et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 26 Feb 2021 5,294
5 Practical Black-Box Attacks against Machine Learning Nicolas Papernot, Patrick Drew McDaniel, Ian Goodfellow et al. Conference paper 31 Mar 2017 3,549
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at OpenAI (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Gravity, Relativity, Electromagnetic Theory, Quantum Field Theory, General Covariance, Unified Field Theories, Lorentz Violation and Noncommutative Field Theory.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Gravity53▲ 247×4 topics
  2. Relativity30▲ 407×2 topics
  3. Electromagnetic Theory29▲ 1705×1 topic
  4. Quantum Field Theory29▲ 727×1 topic
  5. General Covariance27▲ 829×1 topic
  6. Unified Field Theories27▲ 829×1 topic
  7. Lorentz Violation17▲ 400×1 topic
  8. Noncommutative Field Theory17▲ 400×1 topic
  9. Dark Energy15▲ 90×2 topics
  10. Dark Matter12▲ 39×4 topics
  11. Deep Learning12▲ 1.33×25 topics
  12. International Relations11▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Machine Learning11▲ 1.24×27 topics
  14. General Relativity10▲ 59×2 topics
  15. Ethics10▲ 7.7×4 topics
  16. Social Media10▲ 2.8×8 topics
  17. Neural Networks10▲ 2.5×14 topics
  18. Geometric Algebra9▲ 274×1 topic
  19. Quaternionic Analysis9▲ 274×1 topic
  20. Security9▲ 5.1×3 topics
  21. Cooperation9▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Analysis8▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Cosmic Microwave Background8▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Cosmological Parameters8▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Intelligence8▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Policy8▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Fake News8▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Misinformation8▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Academic Dishonesty7▲ 195×1 topic
  30. Plagiarism7▲ 195×1 topic
  31. Research Integrity7▲ 89×2 topics
  32. Cantorian-Fractal7▲ 269×1 topic
  33. E-Infinity Theory7▲ 269×1 topic
  34. Neutron Emissions4▲ 509×1 topic
  35. Piezonuclear Reactions4▲ 509×1 topic
  36. Language4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  37. Casimir Effect4▲ 168×1 topic
  38. Consciousness4▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Quantum Vacuum4▲ 168×1 topic
  40. Cosmology4▲ 22×4 topics

Which research topics does OpenAI (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics, Relativity and Gravitational Theory, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories and Algebraic and Geometric Analysis.

Quantum and Classical El…29Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics: 29 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitati…27Relativity and Gravitational Theory: 27 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 17 fractional worksAlgebraic and Geometric Analysis: 9 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 8 fractional worksIntelligence, Security, War Strategy: 8 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 8 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Theories and Applications: 7 fractional worksCold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions: 4 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAstronomy and AstrophysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsApplied Mathematics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 29 works
  2. 2 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  3. 3 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 17 works
  4. 4 Algebraic and Geometric Analysis Applied Mathematics 9 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  6. 6 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  7. 7 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  8. 8 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 7 works
  9. 9 Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  10. 10 Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions Geochemistry and Petrology 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available92.5%not open7.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has OpenAI (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 273% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is OpenAI (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

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Fractional works of OpenAI (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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What does OpenAI publish research on?

In research, OpenAI (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,200 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 39.8× its share of world research).

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