Scientific and technical journal articles in South Korea

Researchers in South Korea published 71,724 scientific and technical articles in 2023.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
South Korea, 2023 71,724 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −0.4% 2022: 71,998 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 9th of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in South Korea 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 South KoreaWorld
2023 71,724 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 71,998 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 72,352 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 69,090 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 67,688 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 64,793 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 62,978 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 61,915 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 61,888 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 59,379 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 56,751 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 55,712 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 53,292 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 50,065 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 45,735 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 43,712 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 41,129 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 37,086 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 32,033 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 27,626 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 23,773 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 20,151 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 18,436 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 15,875 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 14,683 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4% from 71,998 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 56,751 articles, the figure has changed by +26.4%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, South Korea has the 9th 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 South Korea
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