Scientific and technical journal articles in Southern Africa in 2023 — 15,655 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 287.8%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15,655 | −921 | −5.56% |
| 2022 | 16,577 | +407 | +2.51% |
| 2021 | 16,170 | +264 | +1.66% |
| 2020 | 15,906 | +688 | +4.52% |
| 2019 | 15,218 | +1,499 | +10.93% |
| 2018 | 13,719 | +510 | +3.86% |
| 2017 | 13,209 | +885 | +7.18% |
| 2016 | 12,324 | +1,148 | +10.27% |
| 2015 | 11,176 | +779 | +7.49% |
| 2014 | 10,397 | +568 | +5.78% |
| 2013 | 9,829 | +623 | +6.77% |
| 2012 | 9,206 | +712 | +8.39% |
| 2011 | 8,494 | +683 | +8.75% |
| 2010 | 7,810 | +470 | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 7,340 | +785 | +11.98% |
| 2008 | 6,555 | +375 | +6.07% |
| 2007 | 6,180 | +123 | +2.03% |
| 2006 | 6,057 | +617 | +11.33% |
| 2005 | 5,440 | +314 | +6.13% |
| 2004 | 5,126 | +595 | +13.12% |
| 2003 | 4,531 | −128 | −2.75% |
| 2002 | 4,660 | +337 | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 4,322 | +209 | +5.09% |
| 2000 | 4,113 | −71 | −1.69% |
| 1999 | 4,184 | +27 | +0.65% |
| 1998 | 4,157 | +107 | +2.64% |
| 1997 | 4,050 | +14 | +0.34% |
| 1996 | 4,037 | — | — |
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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