Scientific Journal Articles by Country
As of 2023, China leads globally in scientific journal articles at 932,712, followed by United States, India, Germany. At the lower end, Nauru, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands rank among the lowest. The global median is 499 (North Macedonia). This indicator falls under the "Technology" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 197 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Scientific Journal Articles | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 932,712 | 2023 |
| 2 |  United States | 430,843 | 2023 |
| 3 |  India | 228,174 | 2023 |
| 4 |  Germany | 108,782 | 2023 |
| 5 |  United Kingdom | 97,536 | 2023 |
| 6 |  Japan | 96,543 | 2023 |
| 7 |  Russia | 85,558 | 2023 |
| 8 |  Italy | 82,771 | 2023 |
| 9 |  South Korea | 71,724 | 2023 |
| 10 |  Canada | 63,720 | 2023 |
| 11 |  France | 62,180 | 2023 |
| 12 |  Spain | 60,304 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Brazil | 58,292 | 2023 |
| 14 |  Iran | 55,085 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Australia | 54,589 | 2023 |
| 16 |  Türkiye | 50,180 | 2023 |
| 17 |  Indonesia | 38,992 | 2023 |
| 18 |  Netherlands | 32,207 | 2023 |
| 19 |  Poland | 31,218 | 2023 |
| 20 |  Saudi Arabia | 24,595 | 2023 |
| 21 |  Malaysia | 23,691 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Egypt | 22,854 | 2023 |
| 23 |  Switzerland | 22,804 | 2023 |
| 24 |  Sweden | 21,244 | 2023 |
| 25 |  Pakistan | 20,519 | 2023 |
| 26 |  Mexico | 18,982 | 2023 |
| 27 |  Portugal | 18,225 | 2023 |
| 28 |  Belgium | 16,816 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Iraq | 16,724 | 2023 |
| 30 |  Thailand | 16,656 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Denmark | 15,603 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Ukraine | 15,498 | 2023 |
| 33 |  South Africa | 14,949 | 2023 |
| 34 |  Austria | 13,846 | 2023 |
| 35 |  Israel | 13,844 | 2023 |
| 36 |  Norway | 13,756 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Greece | 13,552 | 2023 |
| 38 |  Czechia | 13,409 | 2023 |
| 39 |  Singapore | 11,894 | 2023 |
| 40 |  Finland | 11,224 | 2023 |
| 41 |  Romania | 10,713 | 2023 |
| 42 |  Vietnam | 10,644 | 2023 |
| 43 |  Nigeria | 9,799 | 2023 |
| 44 |  Morocco | 9,725 | 2023 |
| 45 |  Colombia | 9,184 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Ireland | 8,720 | 2023 |
| 47 |  Argentina | 8,589 | 2023 |
| 48 |  Chile | 8,573 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Hungary | 8,260 | 2023 |
| 50 |  Bangladesh | 8,259 | 2023 |
| 51 |  New Zealand | 8,096 | 2023 |
| 52 |  Algeria | 7,677 | 2023 |
| 53 |  United Arab Emirates | 7,075 | 2023 |
| 54 |  Ethiopia | 6,728 | 2023 |
| 55 |  Croatia | 5,504 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Tunisia | 5,493 | 2023 |
| 57 |  Jordan | 5,419 | 2023 |
| 58 |  Slovakia | 5,332 | 2023 |
| 59 |  Peru | 5,242 | 2023 |
| 60 |  Serbia | 5,173 | 2023 |
| 61 |  Bulgaria | 4,998 | 2023 |
| 62 |  Philippines | 4,752 | 2023 |
| 63 |  Uzbekistan | 4,624 | 2023 |
| 64 |  Kazakhstan | 3,819 | 2023 |
| 65 |  Slovenia | 3,568 | 2023 |
| 66 |  Ecuador | 3,530 | 2023 |
| 67 |  Ghana | 3,270 | 2023 |
| 68 |  Lithuania | 2,673 | 2023 |
| 69 |  Qatar | 2,471 | 2023 |
| 70 |  Sri Lanka | 2,322 | 2023 |
| 71 |  Lebanon | 2,079 | 2023 |
| 72 |  Kenya | 2,079 | 2023 |
| 73 |  Cyprus | 1,764 | 2023 |
| 74 |  Estonia | 1,754 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Latvia | 1,736 | 2023 |
| 76 |  Oman | 1,640 | 2023 |
| 77 |  Nepal | 1,591 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Cameroon | 1,547 | 2023 |
| 79 |  Azerbaijan | 1,544 | 2023 |
| 80 |  Tanzania | 1,453 | 2023 |
| 81 |  Belarus | 1,429 | 2023 |
| 82 |  Uganda | 1,424 | 2023 |
| 83 |  Kuwait | 1,395 | 2023 |
| 84 |  Cuba | 1,217 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Luxembourg | 1,176 | 2023 |
| 86 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,083 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Uruguay | 1,060 | 2023 |
| 88 |  West Bank and Gaza | 862 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Armenia | 801 | 2023 |
| 90 |  Bahrain | 718 | 2023 |
| 91 |  Iceland | 716 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Costa Rica | 661 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Georgia | 650 | 2023 |
| 94 |  Syria | 646 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Puerto Rico | 605 | 2023 |
| 96 |  Zimbabwe | 520 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Burkina Faso | 520 | 2023 |
| 98 |  Brunei | 502 | 2023 |
| 99 |  North Macedonia | 499 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Malta | 498 | 2023 |
| 101 |  Kosovo | 495 | 2023 |
| 102 |  Senegal | 490 | 2023 |
| 103 |  Venezuela | 475 | 2023 |
| 104 |  Sudan | 471 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Libya | 443 | 2023 |
| 106 |  Benin | 437 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Rwanda | 434 | 2023 |
| 108 |  Yemen | 404 | 2023 |
| 109 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 392 | 2023 |
| 110 |  Botswana | 384 | 2023 |
| 111 |  Malawi | 378 | 2023 |
| 112 |  Zambia | 367 | 2023 |
| 113 |  Moldova | 335 | 2023 |
| 114 |  Kyrgyzstan | 327 | 2023 |
| 115 |  Albania | 319 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Panama | 282 | 2023 |
| 117 |  Mongolia | 277 | 2023 |
| 118 |  North Korea | 269 | 2023 |
| 119 |  Montenegro | 255 | 2023 |
| 120 |  Paraguay | 253 | 2023 |
| 121 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 246 | 2023 |
| 122 |  DR Congo | 243 | 2023 |
| 123 |  Myanmar | 234 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Namibia | 231 | 2023 |
| 125 |  Fiji | 218 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Mauritius | 205 | 2023 |
| 127 |  Mozambique | 205 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Cambodia | 201 | 2023 |
| 129 |  Bolivia | 197 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Afghanistan | 169 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Jamaica | 161 | 2023 |
| 132 |  Tajikistan | 158 | 2023 |
| 133 |  Madagascar | 153 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Somalia | 152 | 2023 |
| 135 |  Togo | 136 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Honduras | 130 | 2023 |
| 137 |  Mali | 117 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Guatemala | 109 | 2023 |
| 139 |  Dominican Republic | 105 | 2023 |
| 140 |  Bhutan | 103 | 2023 |
| 141 |  Republic of the Congo | 96 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Gabon | 91 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Niger | 90 | 2023 |
| 144 |  Sierra Leone | 86 | 2023 |
| 145 |  The Gambia | 80 | 2023 |
| 146 |  Laos | 72 | 2023 |
| 147 |  Papua New Guinea | 70 | 2023 |
| 148 |  El Salvador | 65 | 2023 |
| 149 |  Lesotho | 60 | 2023 |
| 150 |  Barbados | 57 | 2023 |
| 151 |  Guinea | 55 | 2023 |
| 152 |  Chad | 52 | 2023 |
| 153 |  Liechtenstein | 51 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Angola | 50 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Guyana | 50 | 2023 |
| 156 |  Mauritania | 47 | 2023 |
| 157 |  Grenada | 42 | 2023 |
| 158 |  Nicaragua | 41 | 2023 |
| 159 |  Greenland | 38 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Haiti | 38 | 2023 |
| 161 |  Monaco | 37 | 2023 |
| 162 |  Burundi | 36 | 2023 |
| 163 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 36 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Maldives | 32 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Liberia | 32 | 2023 |
| 166 |  Turkmenistan | 31 | 2023 |
| 167 |  Eswatini | 31 | 2023 |
| 168 |  Eritrea | 29 | 2023 |
| 169 |  Suriname | 26 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Central African Republic | 26 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Samoa | 22 | 2023 |
| 172 |  Timor-Leste | 21 | 2023 |
| 173 |  San Marino | 20 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Cabo Verde | 18 | 2023 |
| 175 |  Belize | 18 | 2023 |
| 176 |  Djibouti | 17 | 2023 |
| 177 |  South Sudan | 17 | 2023 |
| 178 |  Seychelles | 15 | 2023 |
| 179 |  Bahamas | 15 | 2023 |
| 180 |  Solomon Islands | 15 | 2023 |
| 181 |  Guinea-Bissau | 14 | 2023 |
| 182 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 13 | 2023 |
| 183 |  Vanuatu | 12 | 2023 |
| 184 |  Andorra | 11 | 2023 |
| 185 |  Comoros | 8 | 2023 |
| 186 |  Palau | 5 | 2023 |
| 187 |  Tonga | 5 | 2023 |
| 188 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 2023 |
| 189 |  Micronesia | 4 | 2023 |
| 190 |  Dominica | 4 | 2023 |
| 191 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 2023 |
| 192 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 2023 |
| 193 |  St. Lucia | 3 | 2023 |
| 194 |  Kiribati | 2 | 2023 |
| 195 |  Marshall Islands | 1 | 2023 |
| 196 |  Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 |
| 197 |  Nauru | 0 | 2023 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest scientific journal articles in 2023?
China ranks #1 with scientific journal articles of 932,712 as of 2023, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest scientific journal articles?
Nauru ranks last (#197) with 0 as of 2023.
What is the global median for scientific journal articles?
The median value is 499 (North Macedonia, ranked #99 out of 197 countries).
How many countries report data for scientific journal articles?
197 countries have available data for scientific journal articles. Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does scientific journal articles belong to?
Scientific Journal Articles is classified under the "Technology" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.
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