Based on a comparison of 175 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in scientific and technical journal articles with 528,263 followed by USA and India. On the other end of the scale was Equatorial Guinea with 2.60, Comoros with 3.28 and Turkmenistan with 3.69.
Total scientific and technical journal articles reached 2,554,319 in 2018 in the World according to World Bank. This is 3.65 % less than in the previous year and 32.7 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total scientific and technical journal articles reached an all time high of 2,554,319 in 2018 and an all time low of 331,233 in 1981. The average annual growth amounted to 6.08 % since 1981.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 21.4 % of scientific and technical journal articles in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 44.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 67.9 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Scientific and Technical Journal Articles indicator page.
| Scientific and Technical Journal Articles | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Australia | 46,512 | 50,340 | 52,666 | 52,945 | 53,782 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 48,282 | 50,498 | 52,632 | 53,065 | 55,181 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 59,608 | 59,902 | 60,775 | 60,533 | 60,045 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 329,015 | 359,274 | 390,396 | 407,975 | 438,349 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 72,629 | 73,632 | 73,299 | 71,926 | 71,028 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 105,433 | 105,731 | 108,474 | 106,453 | 108,296 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 80,493 | 86,348 | 96,426 | 101,813 | 112,167 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 32,103 | 33,171 | 36,463 | 37,230 | 42,856 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 64,352 | 67,592 | 69,720 | 70,519 | 70,534 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 109,644 | 108,996 | 105,856 | 101,307 | 101,297 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 36,000 | 38,412 | 44,366 | 52,176 | 62,662 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 56,268 | 57,863 | 60,705 | 62,646 | 62,735 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 54,628 | 54,910 | 56,560 | 55,147 | 55,514 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 427,997 | 429,570 | 433,192 | 429,989 | 427,265 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 98,145 | 99,228 | 99,385 | 99,616 | 99,366 |
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