Scientific and technical journal articles in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 200,353 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 1,095.6%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 200,353 | +6,515 | +3.36% |
| 2022 | 193,838 | +13,998 | +7.78% |
| 2021 | 179,840 | +18,615 | +11.55% |
| 2020 | 161,224 | +16,646 | +11.51% |
| 2019 | 144,579 | +19,577 | +15.66% |
| 2018 | 125,002 | +8,038 | +6.87% |
| 2017 | 116,964 | +11,271 | +10.66% |
| 2016 | 105,693 | +11,545 | +12.26% |
| 2015 | 94,147 | +5,238 | +5.89% |
| 2014 | 88,910 | +6,333 | +7.67% |
| 2013 | 82,577 | +4,138 | +5.28% |
| 2012 | 78,439 | +4,395 | +5.94% |
| 2011 | 74,044 | +9,600 | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 64,444 | +6,990 | +12.17% |
| 2009 | 57,454 | +7,435 | +14.86% |
| 2008 | 50,020 | +6,984 | +16.23% |
| 2007 | 43,035 | +4,784 | +12.51% |
| 2006 | 38,251 | +5,505 | +16.81% |
| 2005 | 32,747 | +3,577 | +12.26% |
| 2004 | 29,169 | +2,792 | +10.59% |
| 2003 | 26,377 | +2,732 | +11.55% |
| 2002 | 23,645 | +1,715 | +7.82% |
| 2001 | 21,930 | +1,286 | +6.23% |
| 2000 | 20,644 | +2,075 | +11.17% |
| 1999 | 18,569 | +261 | +1.42% |
| 1998 | 18,309 | +522 | +2.94% |
| 1997 | 17,786 | +1,029 | +6.14% |
| 1996 | 16,757 | — | — |
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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