Scientific and technical journal articles in North America in 2023 — 494,654 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 42%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 494,654 | −19,730 | −3.84% |
| 2022 | 514,384 | −25,741 | −4.77% |
| 2021 | 540,125 | +21,591 | +4.16% |
| 2020 | 518,534 | +12,500 | +2.47% |
| 2019 | 506,034 | +2,369 | +0.47% |
| 2018 | 503,664 | +7,099 | +1.43% |
| 2017 | 496,566 | +4,196 | +0.85% |
| 2016 | 492,370 | +2,433 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 489,937 | +1,869 | +0.38% |
| 2014 | 488,067 | +1,210 | +0.25% |
| 2013 | 486,858 | +2,568 | +0.53% |
| 2012 | 484,290 | +6,757 | +1.42% |
| 2011 | 477,532 | +13,999 | +3.02% |
| 2010 | 463,533 | +10,427 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 453,107 | +7,355 | +1.65% |
| 2008 | 445,752 | +4,078 | +0.92% |
| 2007 | 441,675 | +3,753 | +0.86% |
| 2006 | 437,921 | +5,441 | +1.26% |
| 2005 | 432,481 | +33,916 | +8.51% |
| 2004 | 398,565 | +27,583 | +7.44% |
| 2003 | 370,982 | +12,875 | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 358,107 | +17,658 | +5.19% |
| 2001 | 340,450 | −338 | −0.1% |
| 2000 | 340,787 | +11,293 | +3.43% |
| 1999 | 329,495 | −6,285 | −1.87% |
| 1998 | 335,779 | −9,696 | −2.81% |
| 1997 | 345,475 | −2,810 | −0.81% |
| 1996 | 348,285 | — | — |
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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