Scientific and technical journal articles — all countries

Scientific and technical journal articles — Western Europe

Scientific and technical journal articles in Western Europe in 2023 — 257,863 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 65.6%.

2023 257,863 articles −3.33% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 276,920 articles2021
Period minimum 155,741 articles1996

Trend over time

1996–2023 · articles

Scientific and technical journal articles — Western Europe, 1996–2023150,000200,000250,000300,00019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 155,741 articles1997: 163,606 articles1998: 165,577 articles1999: 162,042 articles2000: 167,521 articles2001: 170,499 articles2002: 171,648 articles2003: 176,544 articles2004: 183,956 articles2005: 202,694 articles2006: 209,459 articles2007: 215,549 articles2008: 223,218 articles2009: 232,052 articles2010: 236,391 articles2011: 244,834 articles2012: 253,989 articles2013: 257,913 articles2014: 259,762 articles2015: 260,971 articles2016: 262,586 articles2017: 262,574 articles2018: 259,930 articles2019: 260,926 articles2020: 261,276 articles2021: 276,920 articles2022: 266,743 articles2023: 257,863 articles
Change over the period: +102,122 (+65.57%) Average annual rate: 1.89 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe

Western Europe 257,863 articles
World 3.27M articles
Scientific and technical journal articles — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year articles Change Change, %
2023 257,863 −8,880 −3.33%
2022 266,743 −10,177 −3.68%
2021 276,920 +15,644 +5.99%
2020 261,276 +350 +0.13%
2019 260,926 +995 +0.38%
2018 259,930 −2,643 −1.01%
2017 262,574 −13 −0%
2016 262,586 +1,615 +0.62%
2015 260,971 +1,209 +0.47%
2014 259,762 +1,849 +0.72%
2013 257,913 +3,924 +1.55%
2012 253,989 +9,155 +3.74%
2011 244,834 +8,443 +3.57%
2010 236,391 +4,339 +1.87%
2009 232,052 +8,834 +3.96%
2008 223,218 +7,669 +3.56%
2007 215,549 +6,090 +2.91%
2006 209,459 +6,765 +3.34%
2005 202,694 +18,739 +10.19%
2004 183,956 +7,411 +4.2%
2003 176,544 +4,896 +2.85%
2002 171,648 +1,149 +0.67%
2001 170,499 +2,978 +1.78%
2000 167,521 +5,479 +3.38%
1999 162,042 −3,535 −2.13%
1998 165,577 +1,971 +1.2%
1997 163,606 +7,865 +5.05%
1996 155,741

About the indicator

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.