Scientific and technical journal articles in Switzerland
Researchers in Switzerland published 22,804 scientific and technical articles in 2023.
Switzerland, 2023
22,804
Change from 2022
−4.7%
World, 2023
3,271,296 articles
Position in 2023
23rd of 197
Scientific and technical journal articles in Switzerland 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 | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22,804 articles | 3,271,296 articles |
| 2022 | 23,936 articles | 3,220,952 articles |
| 2021 | 24,649 articles | 3,111,013 articles |
| 2020 | 23,198 articles | 2,868,013 articles |
| 2019 | 22,460 articles | 2,708,531 articles |
| 2018 | 22,272 articles | 2,522,113 articles |
| 2017 | 22,611 articles | 2,425,390 articles |
| 2016 | 22,041 articles | 2,336,757 articles |
| 2015 | 21,749 articles | 2,252,543 articles |
| 2014 | 21,608 articles | 2,195,344 articles |
| 2013 | 21,320 articles | 2,125,848 articles |
| 2012 | 20,375 articles | 2,062,566 articles |
| 2011 | 19,357 articles | 2,003,515 articles |
| 2010 | 18,178 articles | 1,909,442 articles |
| 2009 | 17,533 articles | 1,827,111 articles |
| 2008 | 16,914 articles | 1,725,502 articles |
| 2007 | 16,592 articles | 1,636,696 articles |
| 2006 | 16,311 articles | 1,570,081 articles |
| 2005 | 15,283 articles | 1,484,401 articles |
| 2004 | 13,974 articles | 1,324,894 articles |
| 2003 | 13,011 articles | 1,213,775 articles |
| 2002 | 12,350 articles | 1,154,717 articles |
| 2001 | 12,298 articles | 1,109,574 articles |
| 2000 | 12,621 articles | 1,070,967 articles |
| 1999 | 11,964 articles | 1,020,793 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.7% from 23,936 articles in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 21,320 articles, the figure has changed by +7.0%.
- Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, Switzerland has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 3,271,296 articles.
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6,108 per million people
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European patent applications
1,095.4p (Provisional) per million people
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R&D spending share of GDP
3.22%
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