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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.

World Bank code: IP.JRN.ARTC.SC • Data available for 197 countries • Latest year: 2022

In , China led Scientific and technical journal articles at 898,949.09.

The world median across 197 reporting countries was 512.19.

What this measures: 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.

How "Technology" indicators are measured

Technology indicators (internet users, mobile subscriptions, broadband, ICT services) are reported by the ITU based on operator returns. Mobile subscription counts often exceed 100% because of multi-SIM behavior, particularly in markets where users have separate SIMs for work, personal, and data. Internet user figures rely on surveys and can lag actual adoption.

Distribution — 2022

Reporting
197 countries
Median
512.19
Mean
16,758.66
25th percentile
72.38
75th percentile
8,445.14
Range
0.27 – 898,949.09

World at a Glance — 2022

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 62,305.03AUBrunei Darussalam: 414.38BNCambodia: 203.20KHChina: 898,949.09CNFiji: 212.83FJIndonesia: 31,947.10IDJapan: 103,722.96JPKiribati: 2.03KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 263.49KPKorea, Rep.: 76,935.71KRLao PDR: 83.93LAMalaysia: 26,506.35MYMarshall Islands: 2.24MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 3.39FMMongolia: 262.05MNMyanmar: 163.39MMNauru: 0.27NRNew Zealand: 9,213.62NZPalau: 6.45PWPapua New Guinea: 83.33PGPhilippines: 3,961.49PHSamoa: 16.20WSSingapore: 12,700.34SGSolomon Islands: 11.06SBThailand: 18,490.53THTimor-Leste: 13.94TLTonga: 4.63TOTuvalu: 0.52TVVanuatu: 14.70VUViet Nam: 10,530.19VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 238.59ALAndorra: 9.60ADArmenia: 655.30AMAustria: 14,537.08ATAzerbaijan: 1,174.57AZBelarus: 1,519.37BYBelgium: 17,612.30BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 1,039.36BABulgaria: 4,784.13BGCroatia: 5,711.14HRCyprus: 1,866.52CYCzechia: 14,425.23CZDenmark: 16,126.02DKEstonia: 1,842.31EEFinland: 12,012.73FIFrance: 65,888.42FRGeorgia: 598.53GEGermany: 113,976.30DEGreece: 15,105.34GRGreenland: 30.55GLHungary: 8,801.72HUIceland: 765.60ISIreland: 9,254.27IEItaly: 90,585.64ITKazakhstan: 3,550.75KZKosovo: 428.36XKKyrgyz Republic: 236.83KGLatvia: 1,690.44LVLiechtenstein: 40.79LILithuania: 3,132.62LTLuxembourg: 1,170.60LUMoldova: 283.96MDMonaco: 57.07MCMontenegro: 294.93MENetherlands: 34,311.17NLNorth Macedonia: 532.17MKNorway: 14,068.95NOPoland: 37,368.15PLPortugal: 19,622.76PTRomania: 11,669.69RORussian Federation: 84,251.73RUSan Marino: 19.12SMSerbia: 5,379.47RSSlovak Republic: 5,390.39SKSlovenia: 4,073.69SISpain: 67,099.71ESSweden: 22,353.75SESwitzerland: 24,247.97CHTajikistan: 110.17TJTurkiye: 52,657.73TRTurkmenistan: 21.92TMUkraine: 13,205.56UAUnited Kingdom: 105,583.93GBUzbekistan: 2,187.40UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 7.02AGArgentina: 9,122.18ARBahamas, The: 17.75BSBarbados: 72.38BBBelize: 17.74BZBolivia: 188.02BOBrazil: 67,030.59BRChile: 9,057.77CLColombia: 9,683.40COCosta Rica: 711.36CRCuba: 1,237.50CUDominica: 5.17DMDominican Republic: 109.82DOEcuador: 3,573.97ECEl Salvador: 54.79SVGrenada: 52.76GDGuatemala: 121.38GTGuyana: 28.87GYHaiti: 37.56HTHonduras: 159.18HNJamaica: 168.07JMMexico: 21,027.10MXNicaragua: 41.45NIPanama: 376.12PAParaguay: 208.68PYPeru: 4,584.96PEPuerto Rico (US): 569.66PRSt. Kitts and Nevis: 38.87KNSt. Lucia: 4.69LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 8.36VCSuriname: 13.33SRTrinidad and Tobago: 261.85TTUruguay: 1,057.66UYVenezuela, RB: 512.19VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 169.19AFAlgeria: 7,606.65DZBahrain: 671.60BHDjibouti: 13.16DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 24,025.00EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 60,939.82IRIraq: 13,407.60IQIsrael: 15,417.46ILJordan: 5,249.35JOKuwait: 1,334.56KWLebanon: 2,091.17LBLibya: 407.95LYMalta: 593.57MTMorocco: 8,445.14MAOman: 1,588.15OMPakistan: 22,642.68PKQatar: 2,649.64QASaudi Arabia: 25,825.30SASyrian Arab Republic: 584.30SYTunisia: 5,730.03TNUnited Arab Emirates: 6,401.84AEWest Bank and Gaza: 714.58PSYemen, Rep.: 415.15YENorth AmericaCanada: 69,051.87CAUnited States: 457,335.25USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 7,056.17BDBhutan: 115.30BTIndia: 207,390.38INMaldives: 35.87MVNepal: 1,699.22NPSri Lanka: 2,482.89LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 44.99AOBenin: 413.69BJBotswana: 392.69BWBurkina Faso: 411.23BFBurundi: 27.99BICabo Verde: 22.01CVCameroon: 1,506.03CMCentral African Republic: 19.82CFChad: 28.87TDComoros: 3.74KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 237.50CDCongo, Rep.: 90.39CGCote d'Ivoire: 297.65CIEquatorial Guinea: 2.99GQEritrea: 34.32EREswatini: 43.19SZEthiopia: 7,155.92ETGabon: 95.12GAGambia, The: 78.46GMGhana: 3,075.26GHGuinea: 47.18GNGuinea-Bissau: 14.77GWKenya: 2,007.14KELesotho: 47.96LSLiberia: 25.91LRMadagascar: 156.66MGMalawi: 361.73MWMali: 118.09MLMauritania: 26.47MRMauritius: 238.86MUMozambique: 194.32MZNamibia: 219.77NANiger: 73.56NENigeria: 9,408.02NGRwanda: 352.94RWSao Tome and Principe: 3.80STSenegal: 450.90SNSeychelles: 20.24SCSierra Leone: 86.77SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 106.49SOSouth Africa: 16,651.13ZASouth Sudan: 16.38SSSudan: 507.12SDTanzania: 1,171.41TZTogo: 134.74TGUganda: 1,244.00UGZambia: 344.27ZMZimbabwe: 563.05ZW

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Highest Values — 2022

# Country Scientific and technical journal articles
1 China East Asia & Pacific 898,949.09
2 United States North America 457,335.25
3 India South Asia 207,390.38
4 Germany Europe & Central Asia 113,976.30
5 United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia 105,583.93
6 Japan East Asia & Pacific 103,722.96
7 Italy Europe & Central Asia 90,585.64
8 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 84,251.73
9 Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific 76,935.71
10 Canada North America 69,051.87

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

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By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 66 25,573.86
Upper middle income 54 23,607.36
Lower middle income 50 6,509.02
Low income 25 226.55
Not classified 2 3,834.06

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 41,900.81
Europe & Central Asia 54 16,918.56
Latin America & Caribbean 34 3,828.30
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 8,996.69
North America 2 263,193.56
South Asia 6 36,463.31
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 1,011.99

Lowest Values — 2022

# Country Scientific and technical journal articles
1 Nauru 0.27
2 Tuvalu 0.52
3 Kiribati 2.03
4 Marshall Islands 2.24
5 Equatorial Guinea 2.99
6 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 3.39
7 Comoros 3.74
8 Sao Tome and Principe 3.80
9 Tonga 4.63
10 St. Lucia 4.69
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Source: World Bank Open Data (IP.JRN.ARTC.SC), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2022.