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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
Snapshot year 2023
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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
151 Guinea 54.90
152 Chad 52.36
153 Liechtenstein 51.21
154 Angola 50.27
155 Guyana 49.61
156 Mauritania 46.84
157 Grenada 42.49
158 Nicaragua 40.65
159 Greenland 38.42
160 Haiti 37.83
161 Monaco 37.23
162 Burundi 36.26
163 St. Kitts and Nevis 35.50
164 Maldives 31.74
165 Liberia 31.54
166 Turkmenistan 31.31
167 Eswatini 30.94
168 Eritrea 29.08
169 Suriname 26.34
170 Central African Republic 25.75
171 Samoa 21.85
172 Timor-Leste 20.70
173 San Marino 20.09
174 Cabo Verde 18.34
175 Belize 18.02
176 Djibouti 17.48
177 South Sudan 17.18
178 Seychelles 15.17
179 Bahamas, The 14.98
180 Solomon Islands 14.84
181 Guinea-Bissau 13.70
182 Antigua and Barbuda 13.43
183 Vanuatu 11.87
184 Andorra 11.09
185 Comoros 8.01
186 Palau 5.04
187 Tonga 4.85
188 Sao Tome and Principe 4.71
189 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 3.74
190 Dominica 3.70
191 Equatorial Guinea 3.44
192 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.69
193 St. Lucia 2.54
194 Kiribati 2.14
195 Marshall Islands 0.92
196 Tuvalu 0.42
197 Naoero 0.13
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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