Scientific and technical journal articles in Singapore

Researchers in Singapore published 11,894 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Singapore, 2023 11,894 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −4.1% 2022: 12,403 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 39th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in Singapore 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 SingaporeWorld
2023 11,894 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 12,403 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 12,432 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 12,174 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 11,605 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 11,922 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 12,326 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 12,013 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 11,459 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 11,215 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 11,017 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 10,769 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 10,139 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 9,900 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 8,968 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 8,674 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 8,139 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 8,322 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 8,081 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 7,555 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 6,210 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 5,541 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 4,917 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 4,813 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 4,040 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.1% from 12,403 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 11,017 articles, the figure has changed by +8.0%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Singapore has the 39th 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 Singapore
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