Scientific and technical journal articles in South Asia
Researchers in South Asia published 240,481 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2023
240,481
Change from 2022
+13.4%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Scientific and technical journal articles in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 240,481 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 212,037 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 184,726 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 154,030 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 135,751 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 128,504 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 120,443 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 109,027 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 98,186 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 91,877 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 83,106 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 78,452 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 71,368 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 60,587 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 53,862 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 48,400 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 42,990 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 38,510 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 33,360 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 29,070 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 27,116 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 24,489 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 23,303 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 22,164 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 21,541 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +13.4% from 212,037 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 83,106 articles, the figure has changed by +189.4%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.