Scientific and technical journal articles in China
Researchers in China published 932,712 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
China, 2023
932,712
Change from 2022
+5.3%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Position in 2023
1st of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in China 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.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 932,712 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 885,963 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 756,203 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 671,731 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 608,625 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 513,575 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 464,154 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 430,350 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 401,136 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 379,466 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 351,526 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 326,401 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 320,967 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 307,848 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 284,471 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 246,970 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 212,955 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 192,021 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 165,262 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 120,909 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 87,586 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 74,940 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 70,676 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 53,285 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 45,192 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +5.3% from 885,963 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 351,526 articles, the figure has changed by +165.3%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, China has the highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.