Scientific and technical journal articles in Australia

Researchers in Australia published 54,589 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2016.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Australia, 2023 54,589 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −6.2% 2022: 58,183 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 15th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Australia over time

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Articles, fractional count. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Scientific and technical journal articles (articles, fractional count), 1999 to 2023
Period AustraliaWorld
2023 54,589 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 58,183 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 60,308 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 57,901 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 57,313 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 55,785 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 54,672 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 54,563 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 53,537 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 52,134 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 50,403 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 46,285 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 44,900 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 41,460 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 38,979 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 37,195 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 35,801 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 33,996 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 31,769 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 27,796 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 25,664 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 24,380 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 23,970 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 23,496 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 22,207 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.2% from 58,183 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 50,403 articles, the figure has changed by +8.3%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Australia has the 15th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.

Source and dates

Original producer
US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IP.JRN.ARTC.SC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2023 for Australia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators