Scientific and technical journal articles in OECD members
Researchers in OECD member countries published 1,496,353 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
1,496,353
Change from 2022
−3.1%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Scientific and technical journal articles in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,496,353 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 1,543,516 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 1,601,649 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 1,519,864 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 1,484,616 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 1,458,444 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 1,445,938 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 1,436,870 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 1,422,715 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 1,409,922 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 1,394,602 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 1,372,143 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 1,336,951 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 1,289,341 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 1,257,939 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 1,222,062 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 1,195,062 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 1,167,778 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 1,126,182 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 1,030,346 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 966,564 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 928,431 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 894,939 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 884,779 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 849,274 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.1% from 1,543,516 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1,394,602 articles, the figure has changed by +7.3%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.