Scientific and technical journal articles in New Zealand

Researchers in New Zealand published 8,096 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
New Zealand, 2023 8,096 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −6.9% 2022: 8,701 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 51st of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in New Zealand 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 New ZealandWorld
2023 8,096 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 8,701 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 8,960 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 8,680 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 8,679 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 8,257 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 8,184 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 8,116 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 7,819 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 7,917 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 7,749 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 7,698 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 7,615 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 6,906 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 6,640 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 6,384 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 6,103 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 5,731 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 5,429 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 4,900 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 4,512 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 4,408 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 4,413 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 4,325 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 4,361 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.9% from 8,701 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 7,749 articles, the figure has changed by +4.5%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, New Zealand has the 51st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.

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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 New Zealand
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