Education
Top 20 countries by scientific articles a year
Science and engineering papers published
Updated · articles (a year)
Why these 20
World Bank indicator IP.JRN.ARTC.SC (from the US National Science Foundation): articles in physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering, earth and space sciences, counted by the authors' countries (an article with authors in two countries is split between them).
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How it is measured
World Bank API, most recent value per country (year shown on each row); regional and income-group aggregates are left out.
References
- World Bank: scientific and technical journal articles, World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Checked 2026-10-20 05:12 UTC.
- World Bank indicator IP.JRN.ARTC.SC, World Bank, last updated 2026-10-08.



