Scientific and technical journal articles in the world in 2023 — 3,271,296 articles. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 232.2%.
1996–2023 · articles
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | articles | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.27M | +50,344 | +1.56% |
| 2022 | 3.22M | +109,940 | +3.53% |
| 2021 | 3.11M | +243,000 | +8.47% |
| 2020 | 2.87M | +159,482 | +5.89% |
| 2019 | 2.71M | +186,418 | +7.39% |
| 2018 | 2.52M | +96,723 | +3.99% |
| 2017 | 2.43M | +88,634 | +3.79% |
| 2016 | 2.34M | +84,213 | +3.74% |
| 2015 | 2.25M | +57,200 | +2.61% |
| 2014 | 2.2M | +69,496 | +3.27% |
| 2013 | 2.13M | +63,282 | +3.07% |
| 2012 | 2.06M | +59,051 | +2.95% |
| 2011 | 2M | +94,073 | +4.93% |
| 2010 | 1.91M | +82,331 | +4.51% |
| 2009 | 1.83M | +101,609 | +5.89% |
| 2008 | 1.73M | +88,807 | +5.43% |
| 2007 | 1.64M | +66,615 | +4.24% |
| 2006 | 1.57M | +85,679 | +5.77% |
| 2005 | 1.48M | +159,508 | +12.04% |
| 2004 | 1.32M | +111,119 | +9.15% |
| 2003 | 1.21M | +59,058 | +5.11% |
| 2002 | 1.15M | +45,143 | +4.07% |
| 2001 | 1.11M | +38,607 | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.07M | +50,174 | +4.92% |
| 1999 | 1.02M | +359 | +0.04% |
| 1998 | 1.02M | +5,595 | +0.55% |
| 1997 | 1.01M | +30,067 | +3.05% |
| 1996 | 984,773 | — | — |
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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