1% generated by tables/make_tables.py from results/bibliometrics/cagr_by_category.csv2\begin{longtable}{lrrrrrrr}3\caption{Compound annual growth by category, baseline (2018–2022) and post (2023–2025).}\label{tab:cagr}\\4\toprule5\textbf{category} & \textbf{n\_2018} & \textbf{n\_2022} & \textbf{n\_2025} & \textbf{cagr\_baseline} & \textbf{cagr\_post} & \textbf{share\_2018} & \textbf{share\_2025} \\6\midrule7\endfirsthead8\toprule9\textbf{category} & \textbf{n\_2018} & \textbf{n\_2022} & \textbf{n\_2025} & \textbf{cagr\_baseline} & \textbf{cagr\_post} & \textbf{share\_2018} & \textbf{share\_2025} \\10\midrule11\endhead12ai\_accelerators & 818 & 1{,}421 & 1{,}906 & 0.148 & 0.092 & 0.002 & 0.002 \\13ai\_agents & 5{,}436 & 4{,}521 & 8{,}819 & -0.045 & 0.329 & 0.011 & 0.010 \\14ai\_safety & 1{,}052 & 2{,}954 & 10{,}885 & 0.294 & 0.647 & 0.002 & 0.012 \\15algorithms & 29{,}148 & 28{,}202 & 33{,}795 & -0.008 & 0.088 & 0.058 & 0.038 \\16applied\_cryptography & 10{,}782 & 10{,}299 & 14{,}612 & -0.011 & 0.141 & 0.022 & 0.016 \\17autonomous\_scientific\_discovery & 86 & 236 & 764 & 0.287 & 0.382 & 0.000 & 0.001 \\18blockchain & 6{,}441 & 11{,}770 & 18{,}012 & 0.163 & 0.120 & 0.013 & 0.020 \\19cloud\_computing & 9{,}396 & 7{,}103 & 10{,}974 & -0.068 & 0.198 & 0.019 & 0.012 \\20compilers & 725 & 642 & 767 & -0.030 & 0.053 & 0.001 & 0.001 \\21computational\_biology & 12{,}968 & 19{,}536 & 28{,}154 & 0.108 & 0.170 & 0.026 & 0.032 \\22computational\_complexity & 3{,}837 & 3{,}541 & 4{,}209 & -0.020 & 0.097 & 0.008 & 0.005 \\23computer\_architecture & 19{,}554 & 15{,}174 & 20{,}209 & -0.061 & 0.111 & 0.039 & 0.023 \\24computer\_graphics & 10{,}198 & 8{,}287 & 12{,}440 & -0.051 & 0.157 & 0.020 & 0.014 \\25computer\_networks & 58{,}744 & 49{,}141 & 59{,}555 & -0.044 & 0.071 & 0.118 & 0.067 \\26computer\_vision & 69{,}738 & 98{,}704 & 150{,}757 & 0.091 & 0.149 & 0.140 & 0.169 \\27cybersecurity & 29{,}440 & 31{,}554 & 59{,}044 & 0.017 & 0.272 & 0.059 & 0.066 \\28database\_systems & 16{,}265 & 13{,}625 & 16{,}681 & -0.043 & 0.073 & 0.033 & 0.019 \\29deep\_learning\_architectures & 11{,}992 & 22{,}270 & 34{,}141 & 0.167 & 0.155 & 0.024 & 0.038 \\30distributed\_computing & 11{,}519 & 9{,}379 & 12{,}550 & -0.050 & 0.132 & 0.023 & 0.014 \\31edge\_computing & 5{,}185 & 8{,}554 & 11{,}554 & 0.133 & 0.126 & 0.010 & 0.013 \\32federated\_learning & 143 & 974 & 2{,}544 & 0.615 & 0.304 & 0.000 & 0.003 \\33formal\_verification & 5{,}307 & 3{,}995 & 4{,}623 & -0.069 & 0.027 & 0.011 & 0.005 \\34foundation\_models & 46 & 350 & 1{,}854 & 0.661 & 0.802 & 0.000 & 0.002 \\35generative\_ai & 766 & 2{,}160 & 12{,}743 & 0.296 & 0.870 & 0.002 & 0.014 \\36hci & 34{,}225 & 34{,}801 & 58{,}148 & 0.004 & 0.197 & 0.069 & 0.065 \\37information\_retrieval & 12{,}095 & 11{,}243 & 17{,}379 & -0.018 & 0.176 & 0.024 & 0.019 \\38llm & 1{,}635 & 3{,}266 & 45{,}158 & 0.189 & 1.085 & 0.003 & 0.051 \\39ml\_theory & 13{,}534 & 20{,}131 & 32{,}798 & 0.104 & 0.197 & 0.027 & 0.037 \\40multimodal\_ai & 470 & 1{,}278 & 6{,}749 & 0.284 & 0.869 & 0.001 & 0.008 \\41nlp & 23{,}372 & 29{,}678 & 42{,}914 & 0.062 & 0.124 & 0.047 & 0.048 \\42operating\_systems & 1{,}556 & 1{,}083 & 1{,}363 & -0.087 & 0.078 & 0.003 & 0.002 \\43privacy\_preserving\_computation & 3{,}105 & 4{,}376 & 8{,}817 & 0.090 & 0.327 & 0.006 & 0.010 \\44programming\_languages & 4{,}390 & 3{,}664 & 4{,}193 & -0.044 & 0.040 & 0.009 & 0.005 \\45quantum\_computing & 6{,}224 & 9{,}216 & 17{,}471 & 0.103 & 0.287 & 0.012 & 0.020 \\46reinforcement\_learning & 3{,}296 & 7{,}017 & 13{,}210 & 0.208 & 0.252 & 0.007 & 0.015 \\47robotics & 17{,}496 & 23{,}103 & 33{,}464 & 0.072 & 0.140 & 0.035 & 0.037 \\48scientific\_computing & 16{,}882 & 19{,}932 & 23{,}191 & 0.042 & 0.066 & 0.034 & 0.026 \\49software\_engineering & 29{,}016 & 23{,}725 & 36{,}381 & -0.049 & 0.177 & 0.058 & 0.041 \\50speech\_audio & 12{,}096 & 12{,}698 & 18{,}373 & 0.012 & 0.118 & 0.024 & 0.021 \\51sustainable\_computing & 583 & 830 & 1{,}639 & 0.092 & 0.233 & 0.001 & 0.002 \\52\bottomrule53\end{longtable}54