Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 27 | 28 |
| Kenya | 360 | 461 | 751 | 831 | 792 | 854 | 936 | 1,002 | 1,100 | 1,191 | 1,335 | 1,463 | 1,786 | 1,977 | 2,007 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 7 | 45 | 47 | 54 | 88 | 97 | 103 | 130 | 128 | 173 | 198 | 265 | 329 | 353 |
| South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 219 | 363 | 401 | 393 | 401 | 530 | 538 | 563 | 616 | 627 | 791 | 889 | 997 | 1,171 |
| Uganda | 131 | 220 | 407 | 416 | 451 | 472 | 510 | 609 | 605 | 653 | 686 | 802 | 921 | 1,208 | 1,244 |