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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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
211,233
2003
# 2
Japan :
60,067
2003
# 3
United Kingdom :
48,288
2003
# 4
Germany :
44,305
2003
# 5
France :
31,971
2003
# 6
China :
29,186
2003
# 7
Canada :
24,803
2003
# 8
Italy :
24,696
2003
# 9
Spain :
16,826
2003
# 10
Australia :
15,809
2003
# 11
Russia :
15,782
2003
# 12
Korea, South :
13,746
2003
# 13
Netherlands :
13,475
2003
# 14
India :
12,774
2003
# 15
Sweden :
10,237
2003
# 16
Brazil :
8,684
2003
# 17
Switzerland :
8,542
2003
# 18
Israel :
6,941
2003
# 19
Poland :
6,770
2003
# 20
Belgium :
6,604
2003
# 21
Turkey :
6,224
2003
# 22
Denmark :
5,291
2003
# 23
Finland :
5,202
2003
# 24
Austria :
4,906
2003
# 25
Greece :
3,770
2003
# 26
Mexico :
3,747
2003
# 27
Norway :
3,339
2003
# 28
Singapore :
3,122
2003
# 29
Argentina :
3,086
2003
# 30
New Zealand :
3,034
2003
# 31
Czech Republic :
2,950
2003
# 32
Portugal :
2,625
2003
# 33
Hungary :
2,503
2003
# 34
South Africa :
2,364
2003
# 35
Ukraine :
2,089
2003
# 36
Hong Kong :
1,817
1999
# 37
Iran :
1,806
2003
# 38
Ireland :
1,758
2003
# 39
Egypt :
1,720
2003
# 40
Chile :
1,500
2003
# 41
Thailand :
1,072
2003
# 42
Romania :
988
2003
# 43
Slovenia :
969
2003
# 44
Slovakia :
943
2003
# 45
Croatia :
845
2003
# 46
Bulgaria :
829
2003
# 47
Serbia and Montenegro :
600
2003
# 48
Saudi Arabia :
573
2003
# 49
Venezuela :
563
2003
# 50
Belarus :
532
2003
# 51
Malaysia :
520
2003
# 52
Tunisia :
452
2003
# 53
Morocco :
428
2003
# 54
Nigeria :
384
2003
= 55
Estonia :
368
2003
= 55
Pakistan :
368
2003
# 57
Colombia :
337
2003
# 58
Lithuania :
322
2003
# 59
Algeria :
285
2003
# 60
Cuba :
264
2003
# 61
Jordan :
263
2003
# 62
Kenya :
258
2003
# 63
Kuwait :
244
2003
# 64
Lebanon :
223
2003
# 65
Vietnam :
216
2003
# 66
Bangladesh :
204
2003
# 67
Iceland :
203
2003
# 68
Uruguay :
194
2003
# 69
United Arab Emirates :
193
2003
# 70
Uzbekistan :
192
2003
# 71
Philippines :
179
2003
# 72
Indonesia :
178
2003
# 73
Armenia :
175
2003
# 74
Latvia :
153
2003
# 75
Sri Lanka :
141
2003
# 76
Peru :
129
2003
# 77
Kazakhstan :
128
2003
# 78
Cameroon :
123
2003
# 79
Georgia :
117
2003
# 80
Oman :
114
2003
# 81
Azerbaijan :
107
2003
# 82
Ethiopia :
99
2003
# 83
Zimbabwe :
96
2003
# 84
Cyprus :
92
2003
# 85
Uganda :
90
2003
# 86
Tanzania :
86
2003
# 87
Costa Rica :
84
2003
# 88
Ghana :
83
2003
# 89
Senegal :
79
2003
# 90
Moldova :
78
2003
# 91
Botswana :
76
2003
# 92
Macedonia, Republic of :
74
2001
# 93
Syria :
67
2003
# 94
Luxembourg :
46
2003
# 95
Jamaica :
44
1999
# 96
Sudan :
43
1999
# 97
Côte d'Ivoire :
40
1999
# 98
Nepal :
39
1999
= 99
Trinidad and Tobago :
37
1999
= 99
Panama :
37
1999
= 101
Malawi :
36
1999
= 101
Papua New Guinea :
36
1999
# 103
Bolivia :
33
1999
# 104
Bahrain :
29
1999
# 105
Zambia :
26
1999
# 106
Burkina Faso :
23
1999
= 107
Iraq :
21
1999
= 107
Monaco :
21
1999
= 107
Niger :
21
1999
= 110
Tajikistan :
20
1999
= 110
Gabon :
20
1999
= 110
Ecuador :
20
1999
= 110
Benin :
20
1999
= 110
Malta :
20
1999
= 110
Brunei :
20
1999
= 116
Libya :
19
1999
= 116
Qatar :
19
1999
= 118
Gambia, The :
17
1999
= 118
Liechtenstein :
17
1999
= 118
Albania :
17
1999
# 121
Mauritius :
16
1999
# 122
Barbados :
15
1999
= 123
Mozambique :
14
1999
= 123
Guatemala :
14
1999
= 125
Congo, Republic of the :
13
1999
= 125
Fiji :
13
1999
= 125
Namibia :
13
1999
= 128
Honduras :
11
1999
= 128
Togo :
11
1999
= 128
Mali :
11
1999
= 131
Kyrgyzstan :
10
1999
= 131
Yemen :
10
1999
= 131
Burma :
10
1999
# 134
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9
1999
= 135
Nicaragua :
8
1999
= 135
Mongolia :
8
1999
= 137
Dominican Republic :
6
1999
= 137
Solomon Islands :
6
1999
= 137
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6
1999
= 137
Swaziland :
6
1999
= 137
Guinea-Bissau :
6
1999
# 142
Cambodia :
5
1999
= 143
Paraguay :
4
1999
= 143
Central African Republic :
4
1999
= 143
Guyana :
4
1999
= 143
Rwanda :
4
1999
= 143
Turkmenistan :
4
1998
= 148
Angola :
3
1999
= 148
Suriname :
3
1999
= 148
Burundi :
3
1999
= 148
Samoa :
3
1999
= 148
Maldives :
3
1999
= 148
Sierra Leone :
3
1999
= 148
Vanuatu :
3
1999
= 155
Belize :
2
1999
= 155
Chad :
2
1999
= 155
Laos :
2
1999
= 155
Eritrea :
2
1999
= 155
Guinea :
2
1999
= 155
El Salvador :
2
1997
= 155
Mauritania :
2
1999
= 155
Seychelles :
2
1999
= 163
Kiribati :
1
1991
= 163
Micronesia, Federated States of :
1
1999
= 163
Somalia :
1
1997
= 163
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1
1999
= 163
Andorra :
1
1997
= 163
Haiti :
1
1999
= 163
Bahamas, The :
1
1999
= 163
Lesotho :
1
1999
= 163
Bhutan :
1
1999
= 163
Tonga :
1
1999
= 163
Comoros :
1
1998
= 163
Grenada :
1
1999
= 163
Cape Verde :
1
1999
= 163
Korea, North :
1
1999
= 163
Djibouti :
1
1998
= 163
Liberia :
1
1999
= 163
Dominica :
1
1998
= 163
Marshall Islands :
1
1999
= 163
Equatorial Guinea :
1
1999
= 163
San Marino :
1
1998
= 163
Antigua and Barbuda :
1
1996
= 163
Saint Lucia :
1
1999
= 163
Afghanistan :
1
1995
= 163
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1
1997
Total :
691,015
Weighted average:
3,715.1
DEFINITION: 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.
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