Scientific and technical journal articles in Iceland
Researchers in Iceland published 716 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Iceland, 2023
716
Change from 2022
−4.1%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Position in 2023
91st of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Iceland 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 | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 716 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 747 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 725 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 673 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 666 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 703 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 625 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 656 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 609 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 583 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 583 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 635 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 551 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 564 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 478 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 413 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 382 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 381 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 362 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 307 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 261 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 306 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 239 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 220 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 229 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.1% from 747 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 583 articles, the figure has changed by +22.9%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Iceland has the 91st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.
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Researchers per million people
5,953 per million people
2023 · World Bank
R&D spending share of GDP
2.16%p (Provisional)
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Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.10%
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European patent applications
195.2p (Provisional) per million people
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R&D spending share of GDP
2.64%
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