South Africa
Scientific and technical journal articles

Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines.

Global rank#33out of 197 countries
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Historical trend

16 K13 K9.9 K6.9 K3.9 K199620102023South Africa · 2023: 14,949.03South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 14,949.03 for Scientific and technical journal articles in 2023, ranking #33 globally out of 197 countries.
  • Scientific and technical journal articles increased from 3,925.39 in 1996 to 14,949.03 in 2023, a gain of 11,023.64.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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