Technology
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IP.JRN.ARTC.SC
Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
Countries compared
8 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 108,782 for Germany in 2023, over a series running from 1996 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (China, 932,712) to the lowest (South Sudan, 17.18).
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Year by year values
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| Germany | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 108,782 | 82,771 | 60,304 | 32,207 | 430,843 | 932,712 | 17.18 | 22,804 |
| 2022 | 112,301 | 83,237 | 61,270 | 32,878 | 447,539 | 885,963 | 17.29 | 23,936 |
| 2021 | 117,127 | 85,700 | 63,622 | 34,144 | 471,378 | 756,203 | 14.73 | 24,649 |
| 2020 | 109,198 | 80,142 | 60,135 | 32,237 | 453,890 | 671,731 | 14.47 | 23,198 |
| 2019 | 110,382 | 73,936 | 57,222 | 31,472 | 442,657 | 608,625 | 8.46 | 22,460 |
| 2018 | 109,110 | 71,038 | 54,676 | 31,507 | 441,100 | 513,575 | 9.62 | 22,272 |
| 2017 | 109,775 | 70,101 | 53,941 | 31,235 | 435,377 | 464,154 | 5.23 | 22,611 |
| 2016 | 108,937 | 69,301 | 53,890 | 31,097 | 431,808 | 430,350 | 2.11 | 22,041 |
| 2015 | 106,776 | 69,383 | 53,300 | 31,292 | 429,258 | 401,136 | 5.31 | 21,749 |
| 2014 | 105,532 | 67,444 | 54,349 | 31,445 | 428,018 | 379,466 | 5.62 | 21,608 |
| 2013 | 104,396 | 66,221 | 53,215 | 31,332 | 427,373 | 351,526 | 8.96 | 21,320 |
| 2012 | 103,761 | 63,136 | 53,300 | 30,761 | 425,174 | 326,401 | 2.08 | 20,375 |
| 2011 | 99,233 | 59,652 | 51,183 | 29,812 | 420,414 | 320,967 | 1.62 | 19,357 |
| 2010 | 96,129 | 57,849 | 48,292 | 28,947 | 407,406 | 307,848 | 0 | 18,178 |
| 2009 | 94,183 | 57,761 | 46,669 | 28,321 | 397,790 | 284,471 | 0 | 17,533 |
| 2008 | 91,146 | 55,718 | 43,683 | 26,450 | 392,571 | 246,970 | 0 | 16,914 |
| 2007 | 88,428 | 53,840 | 41,935 | 25,567 | 390,237 | 212,955 | 0 | 16,592 |
| 2006 | 85,557 | 50,511 | 39,136 | 24,739 | 387,808 | 192,021 | 0 | 16,311 |
| 2005 | 83,685 | 47,758 | 35,807 | 24,084 | 385,012 | 165,262 | 0 | 15,283 |
| 2004 | 75,360 | 44,324 | 31,742 | 21,435 | 356,186 | 120,909 | 0 | 13,974 |
| 2003 | 72,707 | 42,293 | 29,227 | 19,997 | 332,537 | 87,586 | 0 | 13,011 |
| 2002 | 71,323 | 38,986 | 27,972 | 19,456 | 321,622 | 74,940 | 0 | 12,350 |
| 2001 | 71,531 | 37,420 | 26,457 | 18,769 | 306,734 | 70,676 | 0 | 12,298 |
| 2000 | 69,739 | 36,210 | 25,001 | 18,865 | 306,473 | 53,285 | 0 | 12,621 |
| 1999 | 67,534 | 34,282 | 24,000 | 17,752 | 296,941 | 45,192 | 0 | 11,964 |
| 1998 | 69,448 | 34,128 | 22,925 | 18,778 | 302,600 | 43,775 | 0 | 11,986 |
| 1997 | 68,275 | 35,158 | 22,767 | 18,655 | 311,117 | 37,425 | 0 | 11,878 |
| 1996 | 64,230 | 34,244 | 21,122 | 18,566 | 313,392 | 33,621 | 0 | 11,499 |
World Bank definition
Scientific and technical journal articles
Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines.
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