Scientific and technical journal articles in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 2,322 articles. Ranked 70 in the world out of 197. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 1,283%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,322 | −176 | −7.06% |
| 2022 | 2,498 | +88 | +3.65% |
| 2021 | 2,410 | +621 | +34.69% |
| 2020 | 1,789 | +239 | +15.45% |
| 2019 | 1,550 | +115 | +8.02% |
| 2018 | 1,435 | +164 | +12.92% |
| 2017 | 1,271 | +161 | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 1,110 | +370 | +49.96% |
| 2015 | 740 | +43 | +6.15% |
| 2014 | 697 | −26 | −3.56% |
| 2013 | 723 | +125 | +20.84% |
| 2012 | 598 | +32 | +5.68% |
| 2011 | 566 | +68 | +13.56% |
| 2010 | 499 | +23 | +4.81% |
| 2009 | 476 | −35 | −6.85% |
| 2008 | 511 | +76 | +17.52% |
| 2007 | 435 | +49 | +12.83% |
| 2006 | 385 | +58 | +17.58% |
| 2005 | 328 | +61 | +22.98% |
| 2004 | 266 | +5 | +2.02% |
| 2003 | 261 | +17 | +7.07% |
| 2002 | 244 | +28 | +13.06% |
| 2001 | 216 | +6 | +3.02% |
| 2000 | 209 | +1 | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 208 | +9 | +4.58% |
| 1998 | 199 | −13 | −6.2% |
| 1997 | 212 | +44 | +26.37% |
| 1996 | 168 | — | — |
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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