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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 74 | 133 | 192 | 171 | 245 | 262 | 407 | 657 | 1,153 | 1,600 | 2,167 | 2,458 | 2,931 | 3,095 | 3,574 |
| Venezuela, RB | 1,039 | 1,294 | 1,478 | 1,257 | 1,323 | 1,202 | 1,240 | 978 | 868 | 882 | 707 | 755 | 717 | 673 | 512 |
| Algeria | 382 | 897 | 2,093 | 2,405 | 2,999 | 3,397 | 3,619 | 4,071 | 4,448 | 5,142 | 5,291 | 6,231 | 5,710 | 6,839 | 7,607 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1,559 | 7,142 | 24,792 | 31,161 | 31,462 | 32,381 | 35,448 | 36,885 | 41,933 | 45,827 | 48,707 | 54,506 | 56,966 | 59,374 | 60,940 |
| Iraq | 92 | 142 | 536 | 597 | 842 | 805 | 806 | 840 | 1,194 | 1,971 | 3,476 | 6,386 | 7,521 | 11,402 | 13,408 |
| Kuwait | 506 | 627 | 745 | 795 | 823 | 871 | 784 | 864 | 816 | 851 | 1,001 | 1,162 | 1,134 | 1,255 | 1,335 |
| Libya | 61 | 77 | 297 | 126 | 152 | 204 | 194 | 176 | 140 | 163 | 168 | 186 | 246 | 456 | 408 |
| Qatar | 44 | 165 | 400 | 460 | 611 | 799 | 1,121 | 1,192 | 1,438 | 1,424 | 1,556 | 1,838 | 2,333 | 2,655 | 2,650 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,596 | 1,799 | 3,627 | 4,831 | 5,832 | 7,118 | 8,120 | 8,839 | 9,341 | 9,944 | 10,745 | 13,008 | 17,012 | 21,610 | 25,825 |
| United Arab Emirates | 325 | 719 | 1,265 | 1,423 | 1,607 | 1,763 | 1,815 | 2,314 | 2,563 | 2,866 | 3,081 | 4,138 | 4,468 | 5,267 | 6,402 |
| Angola | 6 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 55 | 30 | 36 | 49 | 42 | 45 |
| Congo, Rep. | 17 | 46 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 51 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 67 | 62 | 77 | 76 | 89 | 90 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Gabon | 24 | 49 | 43 | 57 | 51 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 76 | 62 | 93 | 95 |
| Nigeria | 1,036 | 1,785 | 3,173 | 3,410 | 3,114 | 3,138 | 3,554 | 3,562 | 3,959 | 4,503 | 5,529 | 6,894 | 8,170 | 9,423 | 9,408 |