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Scientific and technical journal articles

For 2023, Scientific and technical journal articles is led by China at 932,711.93. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 197
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0.0233 K466 K700 K933 KChinaChina: 932,711.93933 KUnited StatesUnited States: 430,843.27431 KIndiaIndia: 228,174.31228 KGermanyGermany: 108,782.34109 KUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom: 97,535.9898 KJapanJapan: 96,543.4497 KRussian FederationRussian Federation: 85,558.1186 KItalyItaly: 82,770.8983 KKorea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 71,724.3372 KCanadaCanada: 63,719.9064 KFranceFrance: 62,180.4662 KSpainSpain: 60,303.7660 K
Rank Country Value
51 New Zealand 8,096.23
52 Algeria 7,676.50
53 United Arab Emirates 7,075.14
54 Ethiopia 6,727.91
55 Croatia 5,503.53
56 Tunisia 5,492.92
57 Jordan 5,419.23
58 Slovak Republic 5,332.18
59 Peru 5,241.67
60 Serbia 5,173.10
61 Bulgaria 4,998.40
62 Philippines 4,752.21
63 Uzbekistan 4,624.44
64 Kazakhstan 3,818.58
65 Slovenia 3,567.56
66 Ecuador 3,529.80
67 Ghana 3,269.86
68 Lithuania 2,673.09
69 Qatar 2,471.29
70 Sri Lanka 2,321.86
71 Lebanon 2,079.31
72 Kenya 2,078.83
73 Cyprus 1,764.12
74 Estonia 1,753.58
75 Latvia 1,736.07
76 Oman 1,640.31
77 Nepal 1,590.74
78 Cameroon 1,546.90
79 Azerbaijan 1,544.24
80 Tanzania 1,452.53
81 Belarus 1,429.41
82 Uganda 1,423.59
83 Kuwait 1,395.04
84 Cuba 1,216.63
85 Luxembourg 1,175.75
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,082.64
87 Uruguay 1,059.81
88 West Bank and Gaza 861.66
89 Armenia 801.49
90 Bahrain 718.30
91 Iceland 715.97
92 Costa Rica 660.82
93 Georgia 649.57
94 Syrian Arab Republic 645.85
95 Puerto Rico (US) 604.62
96 Zimbabwe 519.85
97 Burkina Faso 519.72
98 Brunei Darussalam 501.50
99 North Macedonia 498.97
100 Malta 497.77
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • China sits at the top of the Scientific and technical journal articles distribution in 2023 at 932,711.93, with a lead of 501,868.66 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is North Macedonia at 498.97, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Naoero (0.13), and the page currently covers 197 countries.

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