Top 10 Countries by Nanotechnology Publications in 2023
Last year, over 237,000 nano-related articles were indexed in the WoS database. This number of articles is lower than the number of nano articles in 2022, but this number is not final yet, and usually articles from the previous year are still added and indexed in WoS for a few months after the year ends. So, it is too soon to say that the publication of nano articles is declining!
China is ahead of the pack with a 46 percent share of all nano articles in the world this year. China passed the 100,000 article mark for the second year in a row. India, which surpassed the USA in 2022, stays in second place, followed by the USA and South Korea in third and fourth place. Iran, like the United States, has been on a downward trend in the publication of nano articles for two years, and in 2023 it dropped from fourth to fifth place, with Saudi Arabia close behind. Nearly twenty percent of all articles published by Saudi Arabia and Iran are related to nanotechnology, which shows the special focus these countries have on research and development in this field. The appearance of Egypt among the top ten countries in this indicator is also noteworthy.
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Nanotechnology publications (ISI indexed nano-articles)
Total scientific publications (ISI indexed articles)
Local share in nanoscience (percent)