Scientific and technical journal articles in United States

Researchers in United States published 430,843 scientific and technical articles in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Scientific and technical journal articles Unit: Articles, fractional count Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
United States, 2023 430,843 Articles, fractional count
Change from 2022 −3.7% 2022: 447,539 articles
World, 2023 3,271,296 articles Official aggregate
Position in 2023 2nd of 197 See the full ranking

Scientific and technical journal articles in United States 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 United StatesWorld
2023 430,843 articles 3,271,296 articles
2022 447,539 articles 3,220,952 articles
2021 471,378 articles 3,111,013 articles
2020 453,890 articles 2,868,013 articles
2019 442,657 articles 2,708,531 articles
2018 441,100 articles 2,522,113 articles
2017 435,377 articles 2,425,390 articles
2016 431,808 articles 2,336,757 articles
2015 429,258 articles 2,252,543 articles
2014 428,018 articles 2,195,344 articles
2013 427,373 articles 2,125,848 articles
2012 425,174 articles 2,062,566 articles
2011 420,414 articles 2,003,515 articles
2010 407,406 articles 1,909,442 articles
2009 397,790 articles 1,827,111 articles
2008 392,571 articles 1,725,502 articles
2007 390,237 articles 1,636,696 articles
2006 387,808 articles 1,570,081 articles
2005 385,012 articles 1,484,401 articles
2004 356,186 articles 1,324,894 articles
2003 332,537 articles 1,213,775 articles
2002 321,622 articles 1,154,717 articles
2001 306,734 articles 1,109,574 articles
2000 306,473 articles 1,070,967 articles
1999 296,941 articles 1,020,793 articles

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.7% from 447,539 articles in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 427,373 articles, the figure has changed by +0.8%.
  • Among the 197 countries with data for 2023, United States has the 2nd 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 United States
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