An interactive Power BI dashboard providing a global overview of AI research publications, research growth, geographic distribution, institutional leadership, and the evolution of major AI research topics.
The AI Research Dashboard was developed to explore patterns and trends in the global artificial intelligence research landscape.
The dashboard transforms publication data into an interactive analytical interface that allows users to examine:
- Growth of AI research publications over time
- Geographic distribution of AI research activity
- Leading countries in AI research output
- Most active research institutions
- Major AI research topics
- Evolution of research topics over time
- Concentration of research output among leading countries
- Changes in research momentum across fields such as large language models, deep learning, machine learning, transformers, and natural language processing
The dashboard provides high-level indicators for:
- Total publications
- Publications in the selected year
- Average annual research growth
- Number of active countries
- Number of unique journals
- Number of unique authors
An interactive time-series analysis showing changes in AI research publication output across the available study period.
An interactive global map showing the geographic distribution of AI research publications and allowing comparison between countries.
A ranked comparison of countries based on research publication output.
Identification of leading universities and research institutions contributing to AI research.
Analysis of major AI research themes using author keywords, including:
- Large language models
- Deep learning
- Neural networks
- Machine learning
- Transformers
- Artificial intelligence
- Convolutional neural networks
- Natural language processing
- Training
- Feature extraction
A longitudinal view of how major AI research topics have evolved over time, highlighting changes in research attention and emerging areas of momentum.
Analysis of the proportion of global AI research output contributed by the five leading countries.
The dashboard highlights three major patterns:
Rapid AI Research Growth
AI research output has expanded significantly, with particularly strong growth associated with generative AI and large language model research.
Research Leadership Concentration
A substantial proportion of AI research output is concentrated among a relatively small group of leading research economies.
LLMs Lead Research Momentum
Large language models, transformers, and generative AI demonstrate strong recent research momentum compared with several traditional AI research areas.
- Microsoft Power BI
- Power Query
- DAX
- Data modelling
- Interactive data visualisation
- Geographic analysis
- Time-series analysis
- Research trend analysis
AI_Research_Dashboard.pbix— Power BI project fileREADME.md— Project documentation
This project demonstrates the use of business intelligence and data analytics techniques to transform complex research publication data into an accessible decision-support and research intelligence dashboard.
The dashboard is designed as a portfolio project demonstrating skills in data preparation, data modelling, analytical reasoning, dashboard development, and visual communication.
Dr. Ephraim Mpofu
AI Solutions Architecture · AI Governance · Data Analytics · Enterprise AI Systems
