Scientific and technical journal articles by country
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 reporting
198
Highest
932,712
China
Lowest
0.13
Nauru
Median
498.37
Years covered
28
1996–2023
Data points
6,860
What the numbers show
Scientific and technical journal articles is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 932,712 in China; the lowest is 0.13 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 498.37, and the mean is 16,362.
Over the past decade 183 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in North Korea (up 3,171.9%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 69.4%).
Scientific and technical journal articles: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 932,712 | 2023 | up 165.3% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 430,843 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 3 | India | 228,174 | 2023 | up 184.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 108,782 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 97,536 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 96,543 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 85,558 | 2023 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 8 | Italy | 82,771 | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 71,724 | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 63,720 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 11 | France | 62,180 | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 60,304 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 58,292 | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Iran | 55,085 | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 54,589 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 50,180 | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Indonesia | 38,992 | 2023 | up 1,370.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Netherlands | 32,207 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 31,218 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 24,595 | 2023 | up 253.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 23,691 | 2023 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Egypt | 22,854 | 2023 | up 173.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Switzerland | 22,804 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 21,244 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 20,519 | 2023 | up 198.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 18,982 | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 18,225 | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Belgium | 16,816 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 29 | Iraq | 16,724 | 2023 | up 2,036.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 16,656 | 2023 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Denmark | 15,603 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 32 | Ukraine | 15,498 | 2023 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 14,949 | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 34 | Austria | 13,846 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 35 | Israel | 13,844 | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 13,756 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 13,552 | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 13,409 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Singapore | 11,894 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 40 | Finland | 11,224 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 10,713 | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Vietnam | 10,644 | 2023 | up 471.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Nigeria | 9,799 | 2023 | up 223.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Morocco | 9,725 | 2023 | up 383.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 9,184 | 2023 | up 112.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Ireland | 8,720 | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 8,589 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 48 | Chile | 8,573 | 2023 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 8,260 | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 8,259 | 2023 | up 373.8% | volatile |
| 51 | New Zealand | 8,096 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Algeria | 7,676 | 2023 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 7,075 | 2023 | up 307.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 6,728 | 2023 | up 797.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Croatia | 5,504 | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 56 | Tunisia | 5,493 | 2023 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Jordan | 5,419 | 2023 | up 302.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovakia | 5,332 | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 59 | Peru | 5,242 | 2023 | up 702.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 5,173 | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 4,998 | 2023 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 62 | Philippines | 4,752 | 2023 | up 405.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 4,624 | 2023 | up 1,240.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 3,819 | 2023 | up 536.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Slovenia | 3,568 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 66 | Ecuador | 3,530 | 2023 | up 1,301.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 3,270 | 2023 | up 476.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Lithuania | 2,673 | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 69 | Qatar | 2,471 | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 2,322 | 2023 | up 221.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Lebanon | 2,079 | 2023 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Kenya | 2,079 | 2023 | up 149.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Cyprus | 1,764 | 2023 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Estonia | 1,754 | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 1,736 | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Oman | 1,640 | 2023 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Nepal | 1,591 | 2023 | up 288.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Cameroon | 1,547 | 2023 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 1,544 | 2023 | up 229.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Tanzania | 1,453 | 2023 | up 267.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Belarus | 1,429 | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 82 | Uganda | 1,424 | 2023 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Kuwait | 1,395 | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 1,217 | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 1,176 | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,083 | 2023 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Uruguay | 1,060 | 2023 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Palestine | 861.66 | 2023 | up 283.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 801.49 | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 90 | Bahrain | 718.3 | 2023 | up 209.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Iceland | 715.97 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 660.82 | 2023 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 649.57 | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 94 | Syria | 645.85 | 2023 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 604.62 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 519.85 | 2023 | up 151.5% | rising |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 519.72 | 2023 | up 227.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Brunei | 501.5 | 2023 | up 450.1% | volatile |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 498.97 | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Malta | 497.77 | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Kosovo | 495.34 | 2023 | up 329.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 495.34 | 2023 | up 329.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Senegal | 489.62 | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 104 | Venezuela | 474.63 | 2023 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 105 | Sudan | 470.62 | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Libya | 443.08 | 2023 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Benin | 437.17 | 2023 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Rwanda | 433.51 | 2023 | up 629.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Yemen | 404.01 | 2023 | up 252.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 391.71 | 2023 | up 157.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Botswana | 383.84 | 2023 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 112 | Malawi | 377.51 | 2023 | up 179.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Zambia | 367.3 | 2023 | up 209.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 335.06 | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 326.91 | 2023 | up 488.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Albania | 319.46 | 2023 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Panama | 282.01 | 2023 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Mongolia | 276.87 | 2023 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 119 | North Korea | 269.28 | 2023 | up 3,171.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Montenegro | 254.67 | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Paraguay | 253.35 | 2023 | up 355.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 245.56 | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 243.06 | 2023 | up 280.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Myanmar | 233.94 | 2023 | up 577.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Namibia | 231.33 | 2023 | up 181.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Fiji | 217.87 | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Mauritius | 205.31 | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Mozambique | 204.82 | 2023 | up 196.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Cambodia | 200.77 | 2023 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Bolivia | 196.72 | 2023 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 168.85 | 2023 | up 518.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Jamaica | 161.41 | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 158.35 | 2023 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Madagascar | 153.44 | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 135 | Somalia | 151.88 | 2023 | up 2,307.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 135.94 | 2023 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Honduras | 130.35 | 2023 | up 566.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Mali | 116.65 | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Guatemala | 108.83 | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Dominican Republic | 104.52 | 2023 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Bhutan | 102.52 | 2023 | up 263.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 95.66 | 2023 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 143 | Gabon | 90.57 | 2023 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 144 | Niger | 90.18 | 2023 | up 189.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 86.32 | 2023 | up 492.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Gambia | 79.8 | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 147 | Laos | 72.2 | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 69.76 | 2023 | up 31.1% | flat |
| 149 | El Salvador | 64.56 | 2023 | up 322.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Lesotho | 60.18 | 2023 | up 300.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Barbados | 56.79 | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 152 | Guinea | 54.9 | 2023 | up 422.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Chad | 52.36 | 2023 | up 930.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Liechtenstein | 51.21 | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 155 | Angola | 50.27 | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Guyana | 49.61 | 2023 | up 289.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Mauritania | 46.84 | 2023 | up 219.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Grenada | 42.49 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 40.65 | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 160 | Greenland | 38.42 | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 161 | Haiti | 37.83 | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Monaco | 37.23 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 163 | Burundi | 36.26 | 2023 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35.5 | 2023 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Maldives | 31.74 | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Liberia | 31.54 | 2023 | up 811.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 31.31 | 2023 | up 435.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Eswatini | 30.94 | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 29.08 | 2023 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Suriname | 26.34 | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 25.75 | 2023 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | 21.85 | 2023 | up 394.3% | volatile |
| 173 | East Timor | 20.7 | 2023 | up 229.1% | volatile |
| 174 | San Marino | 20.09 | 2023 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 18.34 | 2023 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Belize | 18.02 | 2023 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Djibouti | 17.48 | 2023 | up 171.0% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | 17.18 | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Seychelles | 15.17 | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Bahamas | 14.98 | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 14.84 | 2023 | up 270.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.7 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.43 | 2023 | up 393.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 11.87 | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 185 | Andorra | 11.09 | 2023 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Comoros | 8.01 | 2023 | up 655.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Palau | 5.04 | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Tonga | 4.85 | 2023 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.71 | 2023 | up 2,843.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 3.74 | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Dominica | 3.7 | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.44 | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.69 | 2023 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Saint Lucia | 2.54 | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Kiribati | 2.14 | 2023 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 0.92 | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 0.42 | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Nauru | 0.13 | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.27 million
- IDA & IBRD total 1.81 million
- IBRD only 1.73 million
- Low & middle income 1.66 million
- Middle income 1.65 million
- High income 1.62 million
- OECD members 1.50 million
- Post-demographic dividend 1.40 million
- Upper middle income 1.32 million
- East Asia & Pacific 1.30 million
- Late-demographic dividend 1.26 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.03 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.03 million
- Europe & Central Asia 865,613
- European Union 558,077
- Early-demographic dividend 555,456
- North America 494,654
- Euro area 457,629
- Lower middle income 327,365
- South Asia 240,481
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 240,481
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 225,214
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 200,353
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 148,117
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 147,255
- Latin America & Caribbean 118,409
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 116,464
- Arab World 110,916
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 106,704
- Central Europe and the Baltics 89,166
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 87,222
- IDA total 72,990
- Sub-Saharan Africa 48,022
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 48,022
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 48,007
- IDA blend 40,029
- Pre-demographic dividend 37,996
- IDA only 32,961
- Africa Eastern and Southern 30,626
- Least developed countries 25,411
About this data
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.