Scientific and technical journal articles in Canada

Researchers in Canada published 63,720 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2023 63,720 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −4.5% 2022: 66,751 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 10th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Canada 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 CanadaWorld
2023 63,720 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 66,751 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 68,648 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 64,549 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 63,285 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 62,473 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 61,098 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 60,472 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 60,588 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 59,960 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 59,396 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 59,027 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 57,031 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 56,043 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 55,233 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 53,100 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 51,357 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 50,034 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 47,389 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 42,306 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 38,377 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 36,420 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 33,653 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 34,253 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 32,494 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.5% from 66,751 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 59,396 articles, the figure has changed by +7.3%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Canada has the 10th 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 Canada
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