Scientific and technical journal articles in Papua New Guinea

Researchers in Papua New Guinea published 70 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2023 70 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −14.8% 2022: 82 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 147th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New GuineaWorld
2023 70 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 82 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 80 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 61 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 70 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 58 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 61 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 58 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 58 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 60 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 53 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 61 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 42 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 50 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 41 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 58 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 61 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 49 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 38 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 43 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 53 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 52 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 76 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 64 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 70 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −14.8% from 82 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 53 articles, the figure has changed by +31.1%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Papua New Guinea has the 147th 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 Papua New Guinea
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