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Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences. Gap-filled total. Scientific and technical article counts are from journals classified by the Institute for Scientific Information's Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).[1]
Rank
|
Country
|
Articles published (2018)
|
1
|
China
|
528,263
|
2
|
United States
|
422,808
|
3
|
India
|
135,788
|
4
|
Germany
|
104,396
|
5
|
Japan
|
98,793
|
6
|
United Kingdom
|
97,681
|
7
|
Russia
|
81,579
|
8
|
Italy
|
71,240
|
9
|
South Korea
|
66,376
|
10
|
France
|
66,352
|
11
|
Brazil
|
60,148
|
12
|
Canada
|
59,968
|
13
|
Spain
|
54,537
|
14
|
Australia
|
53,610
|
15
|
Iran
|
48,306
|
16
|
Poland
|
35,663
|
17
|
Turkey
|
33,536
|
18
|
Netherlands
|
30,457
|
19
|
Indonesia
|
26,948
|
20
|
Malaysia
|
23,661
|
21
|
Switzerland
|
21,379
|
22
|
Sweden
|
20,421
|
23
|
Mexico
|
16,346
|
24
|
Belgium
|
15,688
|
25
|
Czech Republic
|
15,577
|
26
|
Portugal
|
14,295
|
27
|
Denmark
|
13,979
|
28
|
Egypt
|
13,327
|
29
|
South Africa
|
13,009
|
30
|
Pakistan
|
12,904
|
31
|
Thailand
|
12,514
|
32
|
Austria
|
12,362
|
33
|
Israel
|
12,235
|
34
|
Norway
|
11,803
|
35
|
Singapore
|
11,459
|
36
|
Greece
|
10,907
|
37
|
Saudi Arabia
|
10,898
|
38
|
Finland
|
10,599
|
39
|
Ukraine
|
10,380
|
40
|
Romania
|
10,345
|
41
|
Argentina
|
8,811
|
42
|
New Zealand
|
7,889
|
43
|
Colombia
|
7,195
|
44
|
Ireland
|
7,174
|
45
|
Chile
|
7,122
|
46
|
Hungary
|
6,701
|
47
|
Iraq
|
6,073
|
48
|
Nigeria
|
5,602
|
49
|
Tunisia
|
5,565
|
50
|
Slovakia
|
5,322
|
51
|
Algeria
|
5,231
|
52
|
Morocco
|
5,057
|
53
|
Serbia
|
4,523
|
54
|
Vietnam
|
4,286
|
55
|
Croatia
|
4,277
|
56
|
Bulgaria
|
3,311
|
57
|
Slovenia
|
3,206
|
58
|
United Arab Emirates
|
3,145
|
59
|
Bangladesh
|
3,135
|
60
|
Jordan
|
2,627
|
61
|
Kazakhstan
|
2,367
|
62
|
Lithuania
|
2,267
|
63
|
Philippines
|
2,237
|
64
|
Ecuador
|
2,142
|
65
|
Ethiopia
|
1,994
|
66
|
Lebanon
|
1,776
|
67
|
Peru
|
1,630
|
68
|
Qatar
|
1,503
|
69
|
Latvia
|
1,418
|
70
|
Estonia
|
1,415
|
71
|
Sri Lanka
|
1,348
|
72
|
Ghana
|
1,276
|
73
|
Kenya
|
1,247
|
74
|
Cyprus
|
1,245
|
75
|
Belarus
|
1,180
|
76
|
Kuwait
|
1,004
|
77
|
Cuba
|
969
|
78
|
Cameroon
|
876
|
79
|
Luxembourg
|
869
|
80
|
Oman
|
856
|
81
|
Uruguay
|
852
|
82
|
Nepal
|
792
|
83
|
Azerbaijan
|
761
|
84
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
704
|
85
|
Iceland
|
681
|
86
|
Uganda
|
673
|
87
|
Venezuela
|
639
|
88
|
Tanzania
|
603
|
89
|
Georgia
|
550
|
90
|
Armenia
|
521
|
91
|
Puerto Rico
|
515
|
92
|
Costa Rica
|
507
|
93
|
North Macedonia
|
493
|
94
|
Malta
|
422
|
95
|
Sudan
|
398
|
96
|
Senegal
|
388
|
97
|
Palestine
|
376
|
98
|
Zimbabwe
|
359
|
99
|
Uzbekistan
|
354
|
100
|
Bahrain
|
322
|
101
|
Brunei
|
294
|
102
|
Botswana
|
281
|
103
|
Kosovo
|
278
|
104
|
Syria
|
275
|
105
|
Burkina Faso
|
252
|
106
|
Montenegro
|
250
|
107
|
Ivory Coast
|
248
|
108
|
Malawi
|
231
|
Myanmar
|
231
|
110
|
Benin
|
228
|
111
|
Zambia
|
213
|
112
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
211
|
113
|
Moldova
|
210
|
114
|
Albania
|
180
|
115
|
Panama
|
173
|
116
|
Rwanda
|
170
|
117
|
Jamaica
|
164
|
118
|
Libya
|
162
|
119
|
Namibia
|
156
|
120
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
149
|
121
|
Cambodia
|
146
|
122
|
Mongolia
|
141
|
123
|
Fiji
|
140
|
124
|
Mozambique
|
139
|
125
|
Yemen
|
137
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
137
|
127
|
Madagascar
|
127
|
Mauritius
|
127
|
129
|
Afghanistan
|
112
|
130
|
Bolivia
|
103
|
131
|
Guatemala
|
100
|
132
|
Paraguay
|
98
|
133
|
Mali
|
90
|
134
|
North Korea
|
87
|
Laos
|
87
|
136
|
Togo
|
86
|
137
|
Republic of the Congo
|
67
|
138
|
Papua New Guinea
|
64
|
Gabon
|
64
|
140
|
Tajikistan
|
62
|
141
|
Niger
|
55
|
142
|
Bhutan
|
53
|
143
|
Dominican Republic
|
49
|
144
|
Grenada
|
46
|
145
|
El Salvador
|
45
|
Monaco
|
45
|
Honduras
|
45
|
148
|
Nicaragua
|
44
|
149
|
Sierra Leone
|
41
|
150
|
Barbados
|
38
|
151
|
Eswatini
|
34
|
Gambia
|
34
|
152
|
Liechtenstein
|
30
|
Angola
|
30
|
Greenland
|
30
|
155
|
Haiti
|
29
|
156
|
Guinea
|
28
|
157
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
26
|
158
|
Liberia
|
25
|
159
|
Eritrea
|
21
|
Burundi
|
21
|
161
|
Central African Republic
|
20
|
Mauritania
|
20
|
Bahamas
|
20
|
164
|
Lesotho
|
19
|
165
|
Suriname
|
17
|
166
|
Chad
|
15
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
15
|
168
|
Timor-Leste
|
14
|
Guyana
|
14
|
170
|
Solomon Islands
|
13
|
Dominica
|
13
|
172
|
Samoa
|
11
|
San Marino
|
11
|
174
|
Somalia
|
10
|
Seychelles
|
10
|
176
|
Belize
|
9
|
South Sudan
|
9
|
Cape Verde
|
9
|
179
|
Maldives
|
7
|
Palau
|
7
|
181
|
Vanuatu
|
6
|
Djibouti
|
6
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
6
|
184
|
Tonga
|
5
|
185
|
Federated States of Micronesia
|
4
|
Saint Lucia
|
4
|
Turkmenistan
|
4
|
Andorra
|
4
|
189
|
Comoros
|
3
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
3
|
191
|
Marshall Islands
|
2
|
192
|
Tuvalu
|
1
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
1
|
Kiribati
|
1
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
1
|
196
|
Nauru
|
0
|
|
World
|
2,554,373
|
Growth in scientific and technical journal articles
The following table shows the development of scientific articles from 2003 to 2016 in all countries with over 5,000 articles in 2016.[2]
Country
|
Articles (2003)
|
Articles (2016)
|
Annual growth (2003–2016)
|
Indonesia
|
360
|
7,729
|
28%
|
Malaysia
|
1,741
|
20,332
|
22%
|
Iran
|
3,768
|
40,975
|
21%
|
Colombia
|
676
|
6,121
|
19%
|
Pakistan
|
1,421
|
9,181
|
16%
|
Saudi Arabia
|
1,719
|
9,232
|
14%
|
China
|
86,621
|
426,165
|
14%
|
Tunisia
|
1,066
|
5,266
|
13%
|
Romania
|
2,601
|
10,194
|
12%
|
Thailand
|
2,260
|
9,582
|
12%
|
India
|
26,797
|
110,320
|
12%
|
Egypt
|
3,296
|
10,807
|
10%
|
Chile
|
2,064
|
6,746
|
10%
|
Brazil
|
16,752
|
53,607
|
10%
|
Portugal
|
4,508
|
13,773
|
9%
|
South Africa
|
4,227
|
11,881
|
8%
|
South Korea
|
23,201
|
63,063
|
8%
|
Turkey
|
13,354
|
33,902
|
8%
|
Slovakia
|
2,136
|
5,359
|
7%
|
Czech Republic
|
6,375
|
15,963
|
7%
|
Ireland
|
3,069
|
6,834
|
7%
|
Mexico
|
6,602
|
14,529
|
6%
|
Norway
|
5,119
|
10,726
|
6%
|
Poland
|
15,948
|
32,978
|
6%
|
Australia
|
24,850
|
51,068
|
6%
|
Argentina
|
4,588
|
8,648
|
5%
|
Singapore
|
6,037
|
11,254
|
5%
|
Russia
|
32,330
|
59,134
|
5%
|
Denmark
|
7,280
|
13,471
|
5%
|
Spain
|
28,887
|
52,821
|
5%
|
New Zealand
|
4,396
|
7,465
|
4%
|
Italy
|
41,207
|
69,125
|
4%
|
Greece
|
6,681
|
10,725
|
4%
|
Switzerland
|
12,848
|
21,128
|
4%
|
Austria
|
7,750
|
12,366
|
4%
|
Canada
|
37,696
|
57,356
|
3%
|
Netherlands
|
19,565
|
29,949
|
3%
|
Belgium
|
10,812
|
16,394
|
3%
|
Germany
|
70,448
|
103,122
|
3%
|
Hungary
|
4,500
|
6,208
|
3%
|
Sweden
|
14,554
|
19,937
|
3%
|
Finland
|
7,792
|
10,545
|
2%
|
France
|
51,758
|
69,431
|
2%
|
Ukraine
|
5,614
|
7,375
|
2%
|
United Kingdom
|
74,600
|
97,527
|
2%
|
United States
|
321,766
|
408,985
|
2%
|
Israel
|
9,676
|
11,893
|
2%
|
Japan
|
97,235
|
96,536
|
0%
|
References