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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Scientific articles published

Science and engineering articles in indexed journals. India is among the top producers by volume; influence per paper, which this does not measure, is a different story.

Latest
2,28,174.31
2023
Published by
World Bank / NSF
annual

Scientific articles published over time

050,0001,00,0001,50,0002,00,0002,50,00019962001200620112016202120232,28,174
1996–2023 · 28 observations · articles per year
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PeriodScientific articles published
20232,28,174
20222,00,488
20211,73,096
20201,45,711
20191,28,580
20181,23,053
20171,15,045
20161,04,740
201594,794
201488,316
201380,195
201275,559
201169,056
201058,296
200951,851
200846,505
200741,304
200637,022
200532,138
200428,041
200326,124
200223,697
200122,533
200021,409
199920,838
199819,718
199719,349
199618,905

Compared with

China
9,32,712
United States
4,30,843
India
2,28,174
Germany
1,08,782
Japan
96,543
Brazil
58,292
Indonesia
38,992
Pakistan
20,519
South Africa
14,949
Vietnam
10,644
Bangladesh
8,259
Sri Lanka
2,322
Nepal
1,591
Latest available year for each country · articles per year

Source

World Bank / NSF — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IP.JRN.ARTC.SC