Scientific and technical journal articles in North America
Researchers in North America published 494,654 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2016.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2023
494,654
Change from 2022
−3.8%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Scientific and technical journal articles in North America 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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 494,654 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 514,384 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 540,125 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 518,534 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 506,034 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 503,664 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 496,566 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 492,370 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 489,937 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 488,067 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 486,858 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 484,290 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 477,532 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 463,533 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 453,107 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 445,752 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 441,675 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 437,921 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 432,481 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 398,565 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 370,982 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 358,107 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 340,450 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 340,787 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 329,495 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 514,384 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 486,858 articles, the figure has changed by +1.6%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.