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.^[1]

Rank	Country	Number of scientific publications (2020)	Scientific publications per capita (per million)
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

References

1. "SJR - International Science Ranking". www.scimagojr.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.