Scientific and technical journal articles in Norway

Researchers in Norway published 13,756 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Norway, 2023 13,756 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 +1.9% 2022: 13,494 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 36th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Norway 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 NorwayWorld
2023 13,756 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 13,494 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 13,803 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 13,285 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 12,509 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 12,226 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 11,939 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 11,289 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 10,602 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 10,555 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 10,322 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 10,258 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 9,655 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 9,027 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 8,825 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 7,844 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 7,669 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 7,116 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 6,673 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 5,687 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 5,207 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 5,065 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 5,159 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 5,063 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 4,792 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9% from 13,494 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 10,322 articles, the figure has changed by +33.3%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Norway has the 36th 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 Norway
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