OpenAI Research
openai.com ↗AI research lab publishing technical papers + GPT model documentation + safety research.
A- — top-tier AI lab; partial transparency + selective open research.
Selective peer-review + arxiv publication; some research not fully disclosed (commercial constraints).
About this sub-score →Open papers + research blog + technical reports; broad LLM corpus.
About this sub-score →Cited by AI research + tech press globally; major model releases drive cycles.
About this sub-score →Signals behind these scores
Citation Discipline
B·80- Selective transparencySome flagship work published; some kept proprietary.
Modern Reference
A·86- Research publicationsMajor papers (GPT-X, RLHF, etc.) widely cited.
Citation Velocity
B·76- Model-release cycleMajor announcements drive same-day citation surges.
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