Scientific and technical journal articles in Western Europe in 2023 — 257,863 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 65.6%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe
| 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 | — | — |
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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