Scientific and technical journal articles in Mexico

Researchers in Mexico published 18,982 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Mexico, 2023 18,982 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −3.8% 2022: 19,741 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 26th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Mexico 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 MexicoWorld
2023 18,982 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 19,741 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 20,346 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 19,333 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 18,006 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 16,403 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 15,397 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 14,497 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 13,741 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 13,542 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 12,677 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 12,152 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 11,392 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 10,963 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 10,375 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 10,138 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 9,424 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 9,308 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 8,248 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 7,335 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 6,711 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 5,935 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 5,435 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 5,027 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 4,874 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.8% from 19,741 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 12,677 articles, the figure has changed by +49.7%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Mexico has the 26th 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 Mexico
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