2022 Statistics

Scientific Journal Articles

Number of scientific and technical journal articles published annually in peer-reviewed journals indexed by Clarivate Analytics. Covers physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, engineering, and earth/space sciences.

Regional Comparison

🇪🇺

Europe

2022

842,573

🇪🇺

EU-27

2022

601,006

🇺🇸

USA

2022

457,335

🇮🇳

India

2022

207,390

🇨🇳

China

2022

898,949

Historical Data

Year	🇩🇪 Germany	🇫🇷 France	🇮🇹 Italy	🇪🇸 Spain	🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇧🇪 Belgium	🇦🇹 Austria	🇮🇪 Ireland	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇬🇷 Greece	🇫🇮 Finland	🇸🇰 Slovakia	🇸🇮 Slovenia	🇪🇪 Estonia	🇱🇻 Latvia	🇱🇹 Lithuania	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	🇲🇹 Malta	🇨🇾 Cyprus	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇵🇱 Poland	🇸🇪 Sweden	🇩🇰 Denmark	🇨🇿 Czechia	🇭🇺 Hungary	🇷🇴 Romania	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	🇨🇭 Switzerland	🇳🇴 Norway	🇬🇧 UK	🇮🇸 Iceland	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	🇲🇨 Monaco	🇦🇩 Andorra	🇸🇲 San Marino	🇻🇦 Vatican	🇺🇦 Ukraine	🇧🇾 Belarus	🇲🇩 Moldova	🇷🇺 Russia	🇦🇱 Albania	🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	🇷🇸 Serbia	🇲🇪 Montenegro	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	🇽🇰 Kosovo	🇬🇪 Georgia	🇦🇲 Armenia	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	🇹🇷 Turkey	🇪🇺 Europe	🇪🇺 EU-27	🇪🇺 Core EU	💶 Eurozone (Agg)	🇪🇺 Non-€ EU (Agg)	🌍 Non-EU Eur (Agg)	🇺🇸 USA	🇨🇳 China	🇮🇳 India
2022	113,976	65,888	90,586	67,100	34,311	17,612	14,537	9,254	19,623	15,105	12,013	5,390	4,074	1,842	1,690	3,133	1,171	594	1,867	5,711	37,368	22,354	16,126	14,425	8,802	11,670	4,784	24,248	14,069	105,584	766	40.8	57.1	9.6	19.1	—	13,206	1,519	284	84,252	239	1,039	5,379	295	532	428	599	655	1,175	52,658	842,573	601,006	323,544	485,477	115,529	144,666	457,335	898,949	207,390
2021	119,604	69,471	92,877	70,282	34,933	18,320	14,970	9,437	19,600	14,749	11,811	5,844	4,471	1,878	1,904	3,103	1,076	528	1,734	5,783	41,281	22,724	16,242	15,883	8,387	12,022	4,859	25,078	14,195	109,939	752	40.2	57.4	9.4	16.1	—	15,134	1,597	288	100,842	241	1,123	5,275	314	441	306	657	576	1,014	47,600	884,428	623,772	336,281	502,374	121,397	149,964	472,448	766,200	179,806
2020	112,179	67,560	86,302	65,542	33,061	16,947	14,005	8,514	17,270	12,756	11,315	5,672	3,965	1,794	1,550	2,889	980	507	1,467	5,067	38,445	21,767	15,427	15,501	7,762	10,335	4,559	23,657	13,480	104,648	687	40.4	50.1	8.1	10.2	—	14,059	1,521	299	94,910	167	1,005	4,737	317	444	268	619	622	1,034	40,923	828,897	583,138	317,030	469,341	113,797	142,472	457,587	672,735	148,410
2019	113,492	68,294	78,132	60,308	32,282	16,645	13,708	7,999	16,535	11,909	11,415	5,846	3,766	1,694	1,603	2,595	955	426	1,351	4,751	36,494	21,467	15,073	16,547	7,378	10,706	4,302	23,076	12,827	103,938	680	31.9	47.7	5.4	12.0	—	13,300	1,502	274	90,820	203	829	5,062	281	468	273	621	627	924	37,977	805,257	565,672	309,800	453,705	111,967	140,522	451,480	617,495	132,820
2018	111,308	69,234	73,694	57,270	32,093	16,530	13,121	7,457	14,906	11,287	11,150	5,238	3,390	1,504	1,449	2,354	912	446	1,296	4,721	35,457	21,255	14,803	15,900	6,876	9,296	3,375	22,750	12,413	102,782	721	31.0	46.8	3.2	12.1	—	10,355	1,229	211	77,630	171	761	4,837	256	448	258	548	525	811	33,902	769,447	546,324	303,771	439,362	106,962	138,666	447,164	532,295	130,235
2017	111,427	70,700	72,117	55,884	31,643	16,306	13,072	7,289	14,405	11,147	10,980	5,692	3,503	1,590	1,557	2,400	831	422	1,224	4,433	33,887	21,175	14,655	16,388	6,766	9,735	2,964	23,045	11,973	102,027	641	36.1	50.9	1.7	14.3	—	9,162	1,080	239	68,641	133	749	4,918	284	467	218	543	539	732	33,087	756,019	542,191	303,024	436,622	105,568	137,686	440,418	468,713	113,509
2016	110,726	71,972	70,794	55,591	31,496	16,793	12,976	7,149	14,399	11,176	11,298	5,485	3,441	1,575	1,348	2,336	874	360	1,071	4,068	34,267	21,162	14,396	16,418	6,531	9,456	2,544	22,401	11,388	101,572	674	45.3	42.9	7.8	8.6	—	7,962	1,008	292	61,137	165	585	5,031	241	441	180	592	537	593	34,932	745,023	539,703	302,654	434,928	104,775	136,036	437,546	436,614	107,484
2015	108,479	72,733	70,947	55,306	31,745	16,730	13,137	6,897	14,810	11,331	11,123	5,066	3,603	1,545	1,399	2,474	816	331	938	4,116	32,724	21,198	14,343	16,488	6,586	10,358	2,555	22,207	10,716	101,175	615	32.8	43.0	8.0	7.3	—	7,534	988	191	51,957	159	584	4,895	224	481	132	490	534	450	32,540	733,492	537,777	301,450	433,525	104,252	134,714	436,908	406,734	98,301
2014	108,118	73,314	69,090	56,178	31,940	16,888	12,633	7,187	14,438	11,537	11,283	4,941	3,516	1,688	1,163	2,444	876	290	915	4,063	31,104	21,042	14,140	15,039	6,670	9,746	2,662	22,167	10,661	99,811	597	40.3	39.6	4.2	4.9	—	7,283	1,060	206	44,779	154	492	5,069	199	493	116	460	541	391	30,611	721,186	532,906	300,226	432,502	100,404	133,236	434,412	385,101	91,832
2013	106,118	73,456	67,380	54,728	31,621	16,590	12,415	7,077	13,889	11,775	10,837	4,390	3,574	1,450	1,192	2,240	766	293	965	4,242	29,635	20,024	12,912	13,765	6,306	9,741	2,680	21,600	10,372	99,859	589	31.5	37.7	5.3	7.0	—	7,356	1,107	213	38,953	149	490	5,275	190	467	122	470	532	476	30,007	703,272	520,062	295,931	424,999	95,063	132,420	432,033	355,651	82,849
2012	105,639	72,431	64,131	54,680	31,032	16,328	12,182	7,019	13,002	11,843	10,588	4,189	3,562	1,497	1,147	2,247	594	249	799	4,443	27,711	19,422	12,398	13,618	6,507	9,844	2,649	20,963	10,328	98,685	645	30.8	30.4	4.5	3.7	—	6,659	1,043	203	36,532	151	550	5,912	159	478	113	453	549	680	27,962	688,957	509,748	290,154	417,599	92,148	130,622	430,164	329,067	78,135
2011	101,238	70,702	60,522	52,409	30,229	15,583	11,807	7,200	11,916	11,932	10,344	3,825	3,662	1,397	1,271	2,444	588	197	759	4,523	25,613	18,467	11,433	13,385	6,441	9,663	2,459	19,935	9,708	96,414	548	39.0	48.3	0.9	2.3	—	6,320	1,115	188	36,397	141	551	4,820	138	463	106	479	589	641	26,839	663,587	490,007	278,862	402,546	87,460	126,605	426,832	323,332	71,375
2010	98,512	68,993	58,777	49,345	29,400	15,080	11,212	6,941	10,632	11,935	10,072	3,567	3,230	1,416	811	2,339	453	194	712	3,971	24,723	17,935	10,314	12,461	5,954	9,877	2,606	18,895	9,078	95,150	569	37.9	43.3	1.2	1.3	—	6,069	1,054	174	34,294	125	492	4,072	111	355	114	345	494	604	26,145	638,892	471,464	271,215	387,592	83,872	123,692	413,705	309,193	60,266
2009	96,400	68,547	58,492	47,476	28,748	14,800	10,978	6,355	9,560	12,049	10,027	3,120	3,232	1,167	713	2,298	395	169	655	4,129	23,783	17,638	9,790	11,108	6,046	8,723	2,683	18,057	8,868	95,007	480	23.7	44.8	2.6	1.2	—	5,674	1,205	181	33,542	68.7	458	3,735	73.2	324	99.8	441	439	631	24,758	623,744	459,077	267,381	379,306	79,770	122,413	404,008	285,756	53,200
2008	93,344	66,839	56,416	44,456	26,795	14,333	10,426	5,738	8,752	11,788	9,648	3,317	3,049	1,144	651	2,533	323	179	508	3,739	23,900	16,773	9,294	10,753	6,482	6,996	2,345	17,518	7,993	92,751	424	40.0	34.4	1.7	3.8	—	5,953	1,071	164	32,732	52.5	399	3,117	67.2	294	57.5	409	385	483	21,788	599,653	440,520	258,049	363,977	76,542	118,686	399,273	248,120	47,758

* = Incomplete data (<70% population coverage) - some countries using forward-filled values from previous years

Showing latest 15 years. Total data spans 23 years (2000 – 2022)

Visual Comparison

🇪🇺 Europe 842,573

93.7%

🇺🇸 USA 457,335

50.9%

🇮🇳 India 207,390

23.1%

🇨🇳 China 898,949

100.0%

Key Insights

EUR vs USA

+84.2%

EUR vs IND

+306.3%

EUR vs CHN

-6.3%

Best Performer

CHN

HOW EUROPE
IS DEFINED

Transparent, population-weighted calculations for fair comparisons

Europe

Includes all 50 European countries:

— 27 EU member states: Germany, France, Italy, etc.
— Other European: UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc.

Simple Sum

Used for absolute totals across all countries:

— Step 1: Collect metric for each country
— Step 2: Add all values together
— Examples: Total population, total GDP

Population-Weighted

Used for per-capita metrics to reflect population size:

— Step 1: Metric × population per country
— Step 2: Sum all weighted values
— Step 3: Divide by total population

Example: GDP/Capita PPP

$48,942

2024

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