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Scientific and technical journal articles — Japan

Scientific and technical journal articles in Japan in 2023 — 96,543 articles. Ranked 6 in the world out of 197. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 8.7%.

2023 96,543 articles −5.74% vs 2022
World rank 6of 197
Period maximum 112,743 articles2006
Period minimum 88,807 articles1996

Trend over time

1996–2023 · articles

Scientific and technical journal articles — Japan, 1996–202380,00090,000100,000110,000120,00019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 88,807 articles1997: 91,890 articles1998: 92,246 articles1999: 94,195 articles2000: 96,607 articles2001: 96,103 articles2002: 98,708 articles2003: 101,128 articles2004: 103,608 articles2005: 111,936 articles2006: 112,743 articles2007: 108,598 articles2008: 106,637 articles2009: 107,477 articles2010: 107,213 articles2011: 109,048 articles2012: 107,470 articles2013: 106,968 articles2014: 103,354 articles2015: 100,597 articles2016: 101,167 articles2017: 101,854 articles2018: 101,999 articles2019: 100,156 articles2020: 100,403 articles2021: 106,310 articles2022: 102,423 articles2023: 96,543 articles
Change over the period: +7,736 (+8.71%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan

Japan 96,543 articles
World 3.27M articles
East Asia & Pacific 1.3M articles
Eastern Asia computed 1.1M articles
High-income countries computed 1.57M articles
Scientific and technical journal articles — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year articles Change Change, %
2023 96,543 −5,880 −5.74%
2022 102,423 −3,887 −3.66%
2021 106,310 +5,906 +5.88%
2020 100,403 +247 +0.25%
2019 100,156 −1,842 −1.81%
2018 101,999 +144 +0.14%
2017 101,854 +688 +0.68%
2016 101,167 +569 +0.57%
2015 100,597 −2,757 −2.67%
2014 103,354 −3,613 −3.38%
2013 106,968 −503 −0.47%
2012 107,470 −1,578 −1.45%
2011 109,048 +1,835 +1.71%
2010 107,213 −264 −0.25%
2009 107,477 +840 +0.79%
2008 106,637 −1,961 −1.81%
2007 108,598 −4,146 −3.68%
2006 112,743 +807 +0.72%
2005 111,936 +8,328 +8.04%
2004 103,608 +2,481 +2.45%
2003 101,128 +2,419 +2.45%
2002 98,708 +2,606 +2.71%
2001 96,103 −504 −0.52%
2000 96,607 +2,413 +2.56%
1999 94,195 +1,949 +2.11%
1998 92,246 +356 +0.39%
1997 91,890 +3,083 +3.47%
1996 88,807 — —

Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CN China 932,712 JP Japan 96,543 KR South Korea 71,724 MN Mongolia 277 KP North Korea 269
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About the indicator

The number of scientific and technical articles published during the year in peer-reviewed journals in the natural sciences and engineering, medicine, agriculture and mathematics. Articles are counted by the country of the authors' affiliation; under international co-authorship an article is counted for each country, so the sum over countries exceeds the world total.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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