Scientific and technical journal articles in Malaysia

Researchers in Malaysia published 23,691 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Malaysia, 2023 23,691 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +0.7% 2022: 23,520 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 21st of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Malaysia 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 MalaysiaWorld
2023 23,691 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 23,520 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 22,348 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 18,858 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 18,671 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 17,629 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 18,868 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 17,827 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 17,240 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 15,764 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 14,205 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 13,745 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 13,292 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 10,816 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 7,766 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 5,803 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 3,739 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 3,186 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 2,495 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 2,090 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 1,755 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 1,486 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 1,171 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 1,327 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 993 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7% from 23,520 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 14,205 articles, the figure has changed by +66.8%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Malaysia has the 21st 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 Malaysia
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