Based on a comparison of 175 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in scientific and technical journal articles with 898,949 followed by USA and India. On the other end of the scale was Equatorial Guinea with 2.99, Comoros with 3.74 and Djibouti with 13.2.
Total scientific and technical journal articles reached 3,338,192 in 2022 in the World according to World Bank. This is 5.05 % less than in the previous year and 33.8 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total scientific and technical journal articles reached an all time high of 3,338,192 in 2022 and an all time low of 331,233 in 1981. The average annual growth amounted to 5.79 % since 1981.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 32.0 % of scientific and technical journal articles in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 55.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 78.6 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Scientific and Technical Journal Articles indicator page.
| Scientific and Technical Journal Articles | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | 55,174 | 55,220 | 56,691 | 58,770 | 58,871 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 55,719 | 59,143 | 63,130 | 66,506 | 70,490 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 61,324 | 61,602 | 63,648 | 64,547 | 65,332 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 436,614 | 468,713 | 532,295 | 617,494 | 672,735 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 71,972 | 70,700 | 69,234 | 68,294 | 67,560 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 110,726 | 111,427 | 111,308 | 113,492 | 112,179 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 107,484 | 113,509 | 130,235 | 132,820 | 148,410 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 41,933 | 45,827 | 48,707 | 54,506 | 56,966 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 70,794 | 72,117 | 73,694 | 78,132 | 86,302 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 102,449 | 102,425 | 103,957 | 104,006 | 102,788 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 61,137 | 68,641 | 77,630 | 90,820 | 94,910 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 62,915 | 64,097 | 66,893 | 70,702 | 73,256 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 55,591 | 55,884 | 57,270 | 60,308 | 65,542 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 437,546 | 440,418 | 447,164 | 451,480 | 457,587 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 101,572 | 102,027 | 102,782 | 103,938 | 104,648 |
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