Scientific and technical journal articles
Scientific and engineering articles published in peer-reviewed journals, counted by the authors' institutional addresses. Articles with authors in several countries are split proportionally.
Highest in 2023
932,712 articles
China
Lowest in 2023
0 articles
Naoero
Euro area, 2023
457,629 articles
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023
197
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
197 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | Cyprus | Malta |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,764 articles | 498 articles |
| 2022 | 1,725 articles | 593 articles |
| 2021 | 1,628 articles | 519 articles |
| 2020 | 1,416 articles | 508 articles |
| 2019 | 1,311 articles | 413 articles |
| 2018 | 1,239 articles | 431 articles |
| 2017 | 1,225 articles | 423 articles |
| 2016 | 1,058 articles | 361 articles |
| 2015 | 924 articles | 326 articles |
| 2014 | 895 articles | 279 articles |
| 2013 | 955 articles | 289 articles |
| 2012 | 788 articles | 248 articles |
| 2011 | 750 articles | 196 articles |
| 2010 | 708 articles | 193 articles |
| 2009 | 656 articles | 172 articles |
| 2008 | 503 articles | 179 articles |
| 2007 | 433 articles | 107 articles |
| 2006 | 355 articles | 92 articles |
| 2005 | 317 articles | 81 articles |
| 2004 | 257 articles | 60 articles |
| 2003 | 177 articles | 82 articles |
| 2002 | 196 articles | 55 articles |
| 2001 | 135 articles | 55 articles |
| 2000 | 158 articles | 45 articles |
| 1999 | 118 articles | 57 articles |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 197 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is China (932,712 articles) and the lowest Naoero (0 articles).
- Half of the countries are above 499 articles and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 107 countries and fell in 90.
- The figure for the world was 3,271,296 articles in 2023, against 2,522,113 articles in 2018 (+29.7%).
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 China 932,712 articles
- 2 United States 430,843 articles
- 3 India 228,174 articles
- 4 Germany 108,782 articles
- 5 United Kingdom 97,536 articles
- 6 Japan 96,543 articles
- 7 Russia 85,558 articles
- 8 Italy 82,771 articles
- 9 South Korea 71,724 articles
- 10 Canada 63,720 articles
- 11 France 62,180 articles
- 12 Spain 60,304 articles
- 13 Brazil 58,292 articles
- 14 Iran 55,085 articles
- 15 Australia 54,589 articles
- 16 Türkiye 50,180 articles
- 17 Indonesia 38,992 articles
- 18 Netherlands 32,207 articles
- 19 Poland 31,218 articles
- 20 Saudi Arabia 24,595 articles
- 21 Malaysia 23,691 articles
- 22 Egypt 22,854 articles
- 23 Switzerland 22,804 articles
- 24 Sweden 21,244 articles
- 25 Pakistan 20,519 articles
- 26 Mexico 18,982 articles
- 27 Portugal 18,225 articles
- 28 Belgium 16,816 articles
- 29 Iraq 16,724 articles
- 30 Thailand 16,656 articles
- 31 Denmark 15,603 articles
- 32 Ukraine 15,498 articles
- 33 South Africa 14,949 articles
- 34 Austria 13,846 articles
- 35 Israel 13,844 articles
- 36 Norway 13,756 articles
- 37 Greece 13,552 articles
- 38 Czechia 13,409 articles
- 39 Singapore 11,894 articles
- 40 Finland 11,224 articles
- 41 Romania 10,713 articles
- 42 Viet Nam 10,644 articles
- 43 Nigeria 9,799 articles
- 44 Morocco 9,725 articles
- 45 Colombia 9,184 articles
- 46 Ireland 8,720 articles
- 47 Argentina 8,589 articles
- 48 Chile 8,573 articles
- 49 Hungary 8,260 articles
- 50 Bangladesh 8,259 articles
- 51 New Zealand 8,096 articles
- 52 Algeria 7,677 articles
- 53 United Arab Emirates 7,075 articles
- 54 Ethiopia 6,728 articles
- 55 Croatia 5,504 articles
- 56 Tunisia 5,493 articles
- 57 Jordan 5,419 articles
- 58 Slovakia 5,332 articles
- 59 Peru 5,242 articles
- 60 Serbia 5,173 articles
- 61 Bulgaria 4,998 articles
- 62 Philippines 4,752 articles
- 63 Uzbekistan 4,624 articles
- 64 Kazakhstan 3,819 articles
- 65 Slovenia 3,568 articles
- 66 Ecuador 3,530 articles
- 67 Ghana 3,270 articles
- 68 Lithuania 2,673 articles
- 69 Qatar 2,471 articles
- 70 Sri Lanka 2,322 articles
- 71 Lebanon 2,079 articles
- 72 Kenya 2,079 articles
- 73 Cyprus 1,764 articles
- 74 Estonia 1,754 articles
- 75 Latvia 1,736 articles
- 76 Oman 1,640 articles
- 77 Nepal 1,591 articles
- 78 Cameroon 1,547 articles
- 79 Azerbaijan 1,544 articles
- 80 Tanzania 1,453 articles
- 81 Belarus 1,429 articles
- 82 Uganda 1,424 articles
- 83 Kuwait 1,395 articles
- 84 Cuba 1,217 articles
- 85 Luxembourg 1,176 articles
- 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,083 articles
- 87 Uruguay 1,060 articles
- 88 West Bank and Gaza 862 articles
- 89 Armenia 801 articles
- 90 Bahrain 718 articles
- 91 Iceland 716 articles
- 92 Costa Rica 661 articles
- 93 Georgia 650 articles
- 94 Syria 646 articles
- 95 Puerto Rico (US) 605 articles
- 96 Zimbabwe 520 articles
- 97 Burkina Faso 520 articles
- 98 Brunei 502 articles
- 99 North Macedonia 499 articles
- 100 Malta 498 articles
- 101 Kosovo 495 articles
- 102 Senegal 490 articles
- 103 Venezuela 475 articles
- 104 Sudan 471 articles
- 105 Libya 443 articles
- 106 Benin 437 articles
- 107 Rwanda 434 articles
- 108 Yemen 404 articles
- 109 Côte d'Ivoire 392 articles
- 110 Botswana 384 articles
- 111 Malawi 378 articles
- 112 Zambia 367 articles
- 113 Moldova 335 articles
- 114 Kyrgyzstan 327 articles
- 115 Albania 319 articles
- 116 Panama 282 articles
- 117 Mongolia 277 articles
- 118 North Korea 269 articles
- 119 Montenegro 255 articles
- 120 Paraguay 253 articles
- 121 Trinidad and Tobago 246 articles
- 122 Democratic Republic of the Congo 243 articles
- 123 Myanmar 234 articles
- 124 Namibia 231 articles
- 125 Fiji 218 articles
- 126 Mauritius 205 articles
- 127 Mozambique 205 articles
- 128 Cambodia 201 articles
- 129 Bolivia 197 articles
- 130 Afghanistan 169 articles
- 131 Jamaica 161 articles
- 132 Tajikistan 158 articles
- 133 Madagascar 153 articles
- 134 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 152 articles
- 135 Togo 136 articles
- 136 Honduras 130 articles
- 137 Mali 117 articles
- 138 Guatemala 109 articles
- 139 Dominican Republic 105 articles
- 140 Bhutan 103 articles
- 141 Republic of the Congo 96 articles
- 142 Gabon 91 articles
- 143 Niger 90 articles
- 144 Sierra Leone 86 articles
- 145 Gambia 80 articles
- 146 Laos 72 articles
- 147 Papua New Guinea 70 articles
- 148 El Salvador 65 articles
- 149 Lesotho 60 articles
- 150 Barbados 57 articles
- 151 Guinea 55 articles
- 152 Chad 52 articles
- 153 Liechtenstein 51 articles
- 154 Angola 50 articles
- 155 Guyana 50 articles
- 156 Mauritania 47 articles
- 157 Grenada 42 articles
- 158 Nicaragua 41 articles
- 159 Greenland 38 articles
- 160 Haiti 38 articles
- 161 Monaco 37 articles
- 162 Burundi 36 articles
- 163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 36 articles
- 164 Maldives 32 articles
- 165 Liberia 32 articles
- 166 Turkmenistan 31 articles
- 167 Eswatini 31 articles
- 168 Eritrea 29 articles
- 169 Suriname 26 articles
- 170 Central African Republic 26 articles
- 171 Samoa 22 articles
- 172 Timor-Leste 21 articles
- 173 San Marino 20 articles
- 174 Cabo Verde 18 articles
- 175 Belize 18 articles
- 176 Djibouti 17 articles
- 177 South Sudan 17 articles
- 178 Seychelles 15 articles
- 179 Bahamas 15 articles
- 180 Solomon Islands 15 articles
- 181 Guinea-Bissau 14 articles
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 13 articles
- 183 Vanuatu 12 articles
- 184 Andorra 11 articles
- 185 Comoros 8 articles
- 186 Palau 5 articles
- 187 Tonga 5 articles
- 188 São Tomé and Príncipe 5 articles
- 189 Micronesia 4 articles
- 190 Dominica 4 articles
- 191 Equatorial Guinea 3 articles
- 192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 articles
- 193 Saint Lucia 3 articles
- 194 Kiribati 2 articles
- 195 Marshall Islands 1 articles
- 196 Tuvalu 0 articles
- 197 Naoero 0 articles
- East Asia and Pacific 1,304,927 articles
- Euro area 457,629 articles
- Europe and Central Asia 865,613 articles
- European Union 558,077 articles
- Latin America and Caribbean 118,409 articles
- Middle East and North Africa 200,353 articles
- North America 494,654 articles
- OECD members 1,496,353 articles
- South Asia 240,481 articles
- Sub-Saharan Africa 48,023 articles
- World 3,271,296 articles
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