Scientific and technical journal articles in Ireland
Researchers in Ireland published 8,720 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Ireland, 2023
8,720
Change from 2022
−1.0%
European Union, 2023
558,077 articles
Position in 2023
46th of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Ireland 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 | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8,720 articles | 558,077 articles |
| 2022 | 8,811 articles | 568,739 articles |
| 2021 | 9,217 articles | 588,274 articles |
| 2020 | 8,401 articles | 554,457 articles |
| 2019 | 7,764 articles | 543,786 articles |
| 2018 | 7,398 articles | 530,444 articles |
| 2017 | 7,205 articles | 530,740 articles |
| 2016 | 7,094 articles | 528,513 articles |
| 2015 | 6,809 articles | 525,923 articles |
| 2014 | 7,091 articles | 519,982 articles |
| 2013 | 7,005 articles | 510,177 articles |
| 2012 | 6,962 articles | 500,131 articles |
| 2011 | 7,117 articles | 480,846 articles |
| 2010 | 6,876 articles | 461,646 articles |
| 2009 | 6,264 articles | 449,914 articles |
| 2008 | 5,655 articles | 430,826 articles |
| 2007 | 5,439 articles | 410,767 articles |
| 2006 | 4,861 articles | 392,756 articles |
| 2005 | 4,730 articles | 374,012 articles |
| 2004 | 3,841 articles | 338,573 articles |
| 2003 | 3,138 articles | 319,973 articles |
| 2002 | 3,025 articles | 307,259 articles |
| 2001 | 2,776 articles | 299,798 articles |
| 2000 | 2,608 articles | 290,458 articles |
| 1999 | 2,290 articles | 277,469 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0% from 8,811 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 7,005 articles, the figure has changed by +24.5%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Ireland has the 46th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 558,077 articles.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Researchers per million people
5,753 per million people
2023 · World Bank
R&D spending share of GDP
1.49%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.11%
2024 · Eurostat
European patent applications
216.7p (Provisional) per million people
2025 · Eurostat
R&D spending share of GDP
1.59%
2023 · World Bank