Scientific and technical journal articles in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 24,595 articles. Ranked 20 in the world out of 197. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 1,381.2%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24,595 | +1,693 | +7.39% |
| 2022 | 22,901 | +3,091 | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 19,811 | +3,712 | +23.06% |
| 2020 | 16,099 | +3,809 | +31% |
| 2019 | 12,290 | +1,960 | +18.98% |
| 2018 | 10,330 | +565 | +5.79% |
| 2017 | 9,764 | +707 | +7.81% |
| 2016 | 9,057 | +457 | +5.32% |
| 2015 | 8,600 | +707 | +8.95% |
| 2014 | 7,893 | +944 | +13.58% |
| 2013 | 6,950 | +1,285 | +22.68% |
| 2012 | 5,665 | +948 | +20.09% |
| 2011 | 4,717 | +1,145 | +32.07% |
| 2010 | 3,572 | +725 | +25.45% |
| 2009 | 2,847 | +618 | +27.72% |
| 2008 | 2,229 | +196 | +9.62% |
| 2007 | 2,034 | +130 | +6.82% |
| 2006 | 1,904 | +115 | +6.42% |
| 2005 | 1,789 | +19 | +1.09% |
| 2004 | 1,770 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 2003 | 1,770 | +104 | +6.27% |
| 2002 | 1,665 | +81 | +5.11% |
| 2001 | 1,584 | −11 | −0.71% |
| 2000 | 1,596 | +41 | +2.64% |
| 1999 | 1,555 | −155 | −9.05% |
| 1998 | 1,709 | +12 | +0.71% |
| 1997 | 1,697 | +37 | +2.21% |
| 1996 | 1,660 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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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