List Of Countries By Number Of Scientific And Technical Journal Articles
This is a list of countries and territories by number of scientific publications in English.
Scientific citable documents counts are from journals classified by Scopus.
| Rank | Country | Number of scientific publications (2020) | Scientific publications per million people (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 744042 | 527 |
| 2 |  United States | 624554 | 1875 |
| 3 |  United Kingdom | 198500 | 2959 |
| 4 |  India | 191590 | 138 |
| 5 |  Germany | 174524 | 2097 |
| 6 |  Italy | 127502 | 2159 |
| 7 |  Japan | 127408 | 1016 |
| 8 |  Canada | 121111 | 3184 |
| 9 |  Russia | 119195 | 819 |
| 10 |  France | 112838 | 1664 |
| 11 |  Australia | 106614 | 4109 |
| 12 |  Spain | 104353 | 2202 |
| 13 |  South Korea | 91030 | 1762 |
| 14 |  Brazil | 89241 | 416 |
| 15 |  Iran | 71894 | 863 |
| 16 |  Netherlands | 62512 | 3534 |
| 17 |  Turkey | 53802 | 635 |
| 18 |  Poland | 51994 | 1364 |
| 19 |  Indonesia | 49160 | 181 |
| 20 |  Switzerland | 47607 | 5461 |
| 21 |  Sweden | 43270 | 4141 |
| 22 |  Taiwan | 39201 | 1677 |
| 23 |  Malaysia | 37099 | 1135 |
| 24 |  Saudi Arabia | 36301 | 1037 |
| 25 |  Belgium | 34575 | 2976 |
| 26 |  Egypt | 34575 | 298 |
| 27 |  Denmark | 29982 | 5110 |
| 28 |  Portugal | 29189 | 2821 |
| 29 |  Mexico | 29089 | 231 |
| 30 |  Pakistan | 28525 | 127 |
| 31 |  South Africa | 28365 | 472 |
| 32 |  Austria | 27324 | 3044 |
| 33 |  Norway | 25204 | 4654 |
| 34 |  Czech Republic | 24811 | 2358 |
| 35 |  Hong Kong | 24203 | 3273 |
| 36 |  Singapore | 23078 | 4232 |
| 37 |  Israel | 22743 | 2402 |
| 38 |  Finland | 21789 | 3948 |
| 39 |  Thailand | 20830 | 312 |
| 40 |  Greece | 20123 | 1884 |
| 41 |  Iraq | 18711 | 454 |
| 42 |  Ukraine | 17888 | 434 |
| 43 |  Vietnam | 17485 | 177 |
| 44 |  Chile | 17137 | 871 |
| 45 |  New Zealand | 16886 | 3286 |
| 46 |  Ireland | 16581 | 3309 |
| 47 |  Argentina | 15605 | 341 |
| 48 |  Romania | 15537 | 810 |
| 49 |  Colombia | 15103 | 296 |
| 50 |  Nigeria | 13282 | 63 |
| 51 |  Hungary | 12168 | 1250 |
| 52 |  United Arab Emirates | 10079 | 1061 |
| 53 |  Morocco | 9463 | 259 |
| 54 |  Slovakia | 8709 | 1597 |
| 55 |  Tunisia | 8338 | 710 |
| 56 |  Bangladesh | 8265 | 48 |
| 57 |  Algeria | 7968 | 176 |
| 58 |  Serbia | 7960 | 1158 |
| 59 |  Croatia | 7814 | 2010 |
| 60 |  Slovenia | 6808 | 3228 |
| 61 |  Jordan | 6540 | 587 |
| 62 |  Bulgaria | 6233 | 956 |
| 63 |  Ethiopia | 6141 | 52 |
| 64 |  Philippines | 5636 | 51 |
| 65 |  Ecuador | 5519 | 308 |
| 66 |  Peru | 5425 | 164 |
| 67 |  Kazakhstan | 5339 | 279 |
| 68 |  Qatar | 5081 | 1815 |
| 69 |  Lithuania | 4658 | 1667 |
| 70 |  Lebanon | 4249 | 628 |
| 71 |  Ghana | 4189 | 136 |
| 72 |  Kenya | 4110 | 86 |
| 73 |  Estonia | 3810 | 2865 |
| 74 |  Cyprus | 3629 | 4087 |
| 75 |  Uzbekistan | 3491 | 99 |
| 76 |  Sri Lanka | 2844 | 128 |
| 77 |  Nepal | 2555 | 84 |
| 78 |  Macau | 2549 | 3736 |
| 79 |  Belarus | 2547 | 272 |
| 80 |  Oman | 2543 | 562 |
| 81 |  Latvia | 2530 | 1349 |
| 82 |  Kuwait | 2345 | 502 |
| 83 |  Uganda | 2259 | 53 |
| 84 |  Luxembourg | 2256 | 3554 |
| 85 |  Tanzania | 2199 | 37 |
| 86 |  Cuba | 2088 | 187 |
| 87 |  Cameroon | 2086 | 86 |
| 88 |  Georgia | 1905 | 511 |
| 89 |  Uruguay | 1902 | 535 |
| 90 |  Azerbaijan | 1764 | 174 |
| 91 |  Iceland | 1738 | 4622 |
| 92 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1574 | 474 |
| 93 |  Costa Rica | 1438 | 279 |
| 94 |  Venezuela | 1397 | 49 |
| 95 |  Palestine | 1204 | 230 |
| 96 |  Sudan | 1187 | 27 |
| 97 |  Armenia | 1175 | 396 |
| 98 |  Zimbabwe | 1116 | 71 |
| 99 |  Bahrain | 1066 | 710 |
| 100 |  Yemen | 1064 | 35 |
| 101 |  Malta | 1016 | 1974 |
| 102 |  North Macedonia | 990 | 540 |
| 103 |  Myanmar | 974 | 18 |
| 104 |  Malawi | 952 | 50 |
| 105 |  Senegal | 938 | 54 |
| 106 |  Puerto Rico | 872 | 265 |
| 107 |  Zambia | 802 | 44 |
| 108 |  Botswana | 800 | 332 |
| 109 |  Panama | 777 | 182 |
| 110 |  Syria | 734 | 40 |
| 111 |  Rwanda | 715 | 55 |
| 112 |  Brunei | 681 | 1584 |
| 113 |  Libya | 674 | 97 |
| 114 |  Mongolia | 662 | 194 |
| 115 |  Burkina Faso | 651 | 30 |
| 116 |  Benin | 625 | 50 |
 Montenegro | 625 | 1006 | |
| 118 |  Ivory Coast | 615 | 23 |
| 119 |  Albania | 612 | 216 |
 Mozambique | 612 | 20 | |
| 121 |  Moldova | 549 | 211 |
| 122 |  Cambodia | 529 | 34 |
| 123 |  Namibia | 524 | 205 |
| 124 |  Kyrgyzstan | 507 | 76 |
| 125 |  Jamaica | 478 | 175 |
| 126 |  Fiji | 469 | 522 |
| 127 |  Bolivia | 454 | 38 |
| 128 |  Mauritius | 451 | 356 |
| 129 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 439 | 5 |
| 130 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 437 | 320 |
| 131 |  Madagascar | 413 | 15 |
| 132 |  Paraguay | 407 | 55 |
| 133 |  Guatemala | 403 | 24 |
| 134 |  Republic of the Congo | 386 | 68 |
| 135 |  Dominican Republic | 346 | 33 |
| 136 |  Honduras | 345 | 37 |
| 137 |  Mali | 325 | 16 |
| 138 |  Tajikistan | 324 | 34 |
| 139 |  Laos | 305 | 42 |
| 140 |  Afghanistan | 286 | 9 |
| 141 |  Grenada | 250 | 2212 |
| 142 |  North Korea | 237 | 9 |
| 143 |  Monaco | 232 | 6050 |
 Papua New Guinea | 232 | 25 | |
| 145 |  Gambia | 230 | 92 |
| 146 |  Togo | 220 | 28 |
| 147 |  Sierra Leone | 211 | 25 |
| 148 |  Niger | 204 | 8 |
| 149 |  Bhutan | 200 | 265 |
| 150 |  Gabon | 189 | 85 |
| 151 |  New Caledonia | 185 | 676 |
 French Polynesia | 168 | 600 | |
| 153 |  Barbados | 156 | 542 |
| 154 |  Eswatini | 147 | 125 |
| 155 |  Angola | 146 | 5 |
| 156 |  Nicaragua | 141 | 21 |
| 157 |  Guinea | 138 | 11 |
| 158 | French Guiana | 130 | 442 |
| 159 |  Haiti | 127 | 11 |
| 160 |  Liechtenstein | 125 | 3193 |
| 161 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 121 | 2241 |
| 162 |  Greenland | 116 | 2048 |
| 163 |  Burundi | 115 | 9 |
| 164 |  Seychelles | 111 | 1119 |
| 165 |  El Salvador | 107 | 16 |
| 166 |  Lesotho | 99 | 46 |
| 167 |  Somalia | 92 | 6 |
| 168 |  Maldives | 91 | 238 |
| 169 |  Mauritania | 86 | 20 |
 Bahamas | 86 | 219 | |
| 171 |  Bermuda | 78 | 1218 |
| 172 |  Guam | 76 | 494 |
| 173 | Guadeloupe | 75 | 187 |
| 174 |  Faroe Islands | 74 | 1378 |
| 175 |  Eritrea | 72 | 20 |
| 176 |  Samoa | 70 | 350 |
| 177 |  Central African Republic | 69 | 12 |
 Liberia | 69 | 15 | |
| 179 |  Guyana | 68 | 91 |
| 180 |  Cape Verde | 67 | 119 |
| 181 |  Chad | 66 | 4 |
| 182 |  Solomon Islands | 62 | 85 |
| 183 |  Suriname | 60 | 100 |
| 184 | Martinique | 58 | 155 |
| 185 |  Guinea-Bissau | 57 | 35 |
| Réunion | 57 | 66 | |
| 187 |  Vanuatu | 52 | 173 |
| 188 |  San Marino | 50 | 1484 |
| 189 |  Belize | 49 | 114 |
| 190 |  Timor-Leste | 41 | 31 |
| 191 |  South Sudan | 40 | 3 |
| 192 |  Andorra | 36 | 453 |
| 193 |  Djibouti | 35 | 36 |
| 194 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31 | 280 |
| 195 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 30 | 284 |
 Tonga | 30 | 301 | |
| 197 |  Cayman Islands | 27 | 410 |
| 198 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 232 |
| 199 |  Aruba | 22 | 198 |
| 200 |  Dominica | 21 | 292 |
 Palau | 21 | 1169 | |
| 202 |  Falkland Islands | 20 | 5000 |
| 203 |  Comoros | 18 | 24 |
| 204 |  Kiribati | 17 | 141 |
| 205 |  Turkmenistan | 15 | 2 |
| 206 |  Equatorial Guinea | 14 | 9 |
 Saint Lucia | 14 | 78 | |
 American Samoa | 14 | 282 | |
| 209 | Mayotte | 13 | 43 |
 United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 149 | |
 Anguilla | 13 | 867 | |
| 212 |  Gibraltar | 12 | 353 |
| 213 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 11 | 232 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 11 | 247 | |
| 215 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 9 | 42 |
| 216 |  Cook Islands | 8 | 521 |
| 217 |  Marshall Islands | 7 | 128 |
| 218 |  British Virgin Islands | 6 | 200 |
| 219 |  Vatican City | 5 | 6061 |
| 220 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 4 | 667 |
 Montserrat | 4 | 800 | |
| 222 | Wallis and Futuna | 3 | 264 |
 British Indian Ocean Territory | 3 | 1000 | |
 Nauru | 3 | 254 | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 3 | 1021 | |
| 226 |  Tuvalu | 2 | 187 |
| 227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 167 |
 Tokelau | 1 | 666 | |
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 1 | 2500 | |
| World | 4236262 |
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