Scientific and technical journal articles in France
Researchers in France published 62,180 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2007.
France, 2023
62,180
Change from 2022
−4.6%
European Union, 2023
558,077 articles
Position in 2023
11th of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in France 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 | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 62,180 articles | 558,077 articles |
| 2022 | 65,198 articles | 568,739 articles |
| 2021 | 67,690 articles | 588,274 articles |
| 2020 | 65,601 articles | 554,457 articles |
| 2019 | 66,168 articles | 543,786 articles |
| 2018 | 67,118 articles | 530,444 articles |
| 2017 | 69,138 articles | 530,740 articles |
| 2016 | 70,242 articles | 528,513 articles |
| 2015 | 70,877 articles | 525,923 articles |
| 2014 | 71,223 articles | 519,982 articles |
| 2013 | 71,475 articles | 510,177 articles |
| 2012 | 70,407 articles | 500,131 articles |
| 2011 | 68,819 articles | 480,846 articles |
| 2010 | 66,841 articles | 461,646 articles |
| 2009 | 66,256 articles | 449,914 articles |
| 2008 | 64,067 articles | 430,826 articles |
| 2007 | 61,455 articles | 410,767 articles |
| 2006 | 60,693 articles | 392,756 articles |
| 2005 | 57,905 articles | 374,012 articles |
| 2004 | 53,583 articles | 338,573 articles |
| 2003 | 52,092 articles | 319,973 articles |
| 2002 | 50,708 articles | 307,259 articles |
| 2001 | 50,802 articles | 299,798 articles |
| 2000 | 50,007 articles | 290,458 articles |
| 1999 | 49,211 articles | 277,469 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.6% from 65,198 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 71,475 articles, the figure has changed by −13.0%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, France has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 558,077 articles.
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All statistics for France
Researchers per million people
5,369 per million people
2023 · World Bank
R&D spending share of GDP
2.19%p (Provisional)
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Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.21%
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European patent applications
158.7p (Provisional) per million people
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R&D spending share of GDP
2.18%
2023 · World Bank