THE GLOBAL INDEX #117
Number of scientific and technical journal articles2023
Scientific and technical journal articles from National Science Foundation/Scopus data distributed by the World Bank, allocated fractionally by authors’ institutional countries. This does not cover all subjects or publications and is not a ranking of research
Comparable ranking year2023Latest published year: 2023
Economies with data197 / 217No observation: 20
First-ranked country or territory
China932,712 articles
China932,712 articlesTop 10
articles · 2023Complete ranking
Download CSV ↓| Rank | Country / territory | Value (articles) | Year |
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| 01 | China | 932,712 | 2023 |
| 02 |  United States | 430,843 | 2023 |
| 03 |  India | 228,174 | 2023 |
| 04 |  Germany | 108,782 | 2023 |
| 05 |  United Kingdom | 97,536 | 2023 |
| 06 |  Japan | 96,543 | 2023 |
| 07 |  Russia | 85,558 | 2023 |
| 08 |  Italy | 82,771 | 2023 |
| 09 |  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 & Herzegovina | 1,083 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Uruguay | 1,060 | 2023 |
| 88 |  Palestinian Territories | 861.66 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Armenia | 801.49 | 2023 |
| 90 |  Bahrain | 718.3 | 2023 |
| 91 |  Iceland | 715.97 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Costa Rica | 660.82 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Georgia | 649.57 | 2023 |
| 94 |  Syria | 645.85 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Puerto Rico | 604.62 | 2023 |
| 96 |  Zimbabwe | 519.85 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Burkina Faso | 519.72 | 2023 |
| 98 |  Brunei | 501.5 | 2023 |
| 99 |  North Macedonia | 498.97 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Malta | 497.77 | 2023 |
| 101 |  Kosovo | 495.34 | 2023 |
| 102 |  Senegal | 489.62 | 2023 |
| 103 |  Venezuela | 474.63 | 2023 |
| 104 |  Sudan | 470.62 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Libya | 443.08 | 2023 |
| 106 |  Benin | 437.17 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Rwanda | 433.51 | 2023 |
| 108 |  Yemen | 404.01 | 2023 |
| 109 |  Côte d’Ivoire | 391.71 | 2023 |
| 110 |  Botswana | 383.84 | 2023 |
| 111 |  Malawi | 377.51 | 2023 |
| 112 |  Zambia | 367.3 | 2023 |
| 113 |  Moldova | 335.06 | 2023 |
| 114 |  Kyrgyzstan | 326.91 | 2023 |
| 115 |  Albania | 319.46 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Panama | 282.01 | 2023 |
| 117 |  Mongolia | 276.87 | 2023 |
| 118 |  North Korea | 269.28 | 2023 |
| 119 |  Montenegro | 254.67 | 2023 |
| 120 |  Paraguay | 253.35 | 2023 |
| 121 |  Trinidad & Tobago | 245.56 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Congo - Kinshasa | 243.06 | 2023 |
| 123 |  Myanmar (Burma) | 233.94 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Namibia | 231.33 | 2023 |
| 125 |  Fiji | 217.87 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Mauritius | 205.31 | 2023 |
| 127 |  Mozambique | 204.82 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Cambodia | 200.77 | 2023 |
| 129 |  Bolivia | 196.72 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Afghanistan | 168.85 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Jamaica | 161.41 | 2023 |
| 132 |  Tajikistan | 158.35 | 2023 |
| 133 |  Madagascar | 153.44 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Somalia | 151.88 | 2023 |
| 135 |  Togo | 135.94 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Honduras | 130.35 | 2023 |
| 137 |  Mali | 116.65 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Guatemala | 108.83 | 2023 |
| 139 |  Dominican Republic | 104.52 | 2023 |
| 140 |  Bhutan | 102.52 | 2023 |
| 141 |  Congo - Brazzaville | 95.66 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Gabon | 90.57 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Niger | 90.18 | 2023 |
| 144 |  Sierra Leone | 86.32 | 2023 |
| 145 |  Gambia | 79.8 | 2023 |
| 146 |  Laos | 72.2 | 2023 |
| 147 |  Papua New Guinea | 69.76 | 2023 |
| 148 |  El Salvador | 64.56 | 2023 |
| 149 |  Lesotho | 60.18 | 2023 |
| 150 |  Barbados | 56.79 | 2023 |
| 151 |  Guinea | 54.9 | 2023 |
| 152 |  Chad | 52.36 | 2023 |
| 153 |  Liechtenstein | 51.21 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Angola | 50.27 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Guyana | 49.61 | 2023 |
| 156 |  Mauritania | 46.84 | 2023 |
| 157 |  Grenada | 42.49 | 2023 |
| 158 |  Nicaragua | 40.65 | 2023 |
| 159 |  Greenland | 38.42 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Haiti | 37.83 | 2023 |
| 161 |  Monaco | 37.23 | 2023 |
| 162 |  Burundi | 36.26 | 2023 |
| 163 |  St. Kitts & Nevis | 35.5 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Maldives | 31.74 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Liberia | 31.54 | 2023 |
| 166 |  Turkmenistan | 31.31 | 2023 |
| 167 |  Eswatini | 30.94 | 2023 |
| 168 |  Eritrea | 29.08 | 2023 |
| 169 |  Suriname | 26.34 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Central African Republic | 25.75 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Samoa | 21.85 | 2023 |
| 172 |  Timor-Leste | 20.7 | 2023 |
| 173 |  San Marino | 20.09 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Cape Verde | 18.34 | 2023 |
| 175 |  Belize | 18.02 | 2023 |
| 176 |  Djibouti | 17.48 | 2023 |
| 177 |  South Sudan | 17.18 | 2023 |
| 178 |  Seychelles | 15.17 | 2023 |
| 179 |  Bahamas | 14.98 | 2023 |
| 180 |  Solomon Islands | 14.84 | 2023 |
| 181 |  Guinea-Bissau | 13.7 | 2023 |
| 182 |  Antigua & Barbuda | 13.43 | 2023 |
| 183 |  Vanuatu | 11.87 | 2023 |
| 184 |  Andorra | 11.09 | 2023 |
| 185 |  Comoros | 8.01 | 2023 |
| 186 |  Palau | 5.04 | 2023 |
| 187 |  Tonga | 4.85 | 2023 |
| 188 |  São Tomé & Príncipe | 4.71 | 2023 |
| 189 |  Micronesia | 3.74 | 2023 |
| 190 |  Dominica | 3.7 | 2023 |
| 191 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3.44 | 2023 |
| 192 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines | 2.69 | 2023 |
| 193 |  St. Lucia | 2.54 | 2023 |
| 194 |  Kiribati | 2.14 | 2023 |
| 195 |  Marshall Islands | 0.92 | 2023 |
| 196 |  Tuvalu | 0.42 | 2023 |
| 197 |  Nauru | 0.13 | 2023 |
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Source & definition
- Indicator definition
- Scientific and technical journal articles from National Science Foundation/Scopus data distributed by the World Bank, allocated fractionally by authors’ institutional countries. This does not cover all subjects or publications and is not a ranking of research quality. See the original metadata for scope.
- Unit
- articles
- Source & definition
- World Bank · Science and Engineering Indicators, National Science Foundation (NSF), uri: https://ncses.nsf.gov/indicators ·
IP.JRN.ARTC.SC
Original metadata
Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines.
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