Countries Ranking
The charts below show the top performing countries in 2025 according to various criteria.
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Top 10 Countries by Journal Articles
Top 10 Countries by Open Access Articles
Top 10 Countries by Preprints
| Country | Total Articles | Total OA Articles | Total Preprints | 5-Year Cited Articles | 5-Year Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 297,462 | 142,479 | 17,563 | 3,173,150 | 43,896,912 |
| United States | 213,954 | 97,209 | 19,941 | 2,656,981 | 39,114,534 |
| India | 68,086 | 29,192 | 3,402 | 833,112 | 8,330,587 |
| United Kingdom | 63,446 | 39,770 | 6,036 | 827,517 | 13,952,200 |
| Indonesia | 49,775 | 45,915 | 445 | 257,088 | 982,776 |
| Germany | 48,353 | 32,011 | 4,142 | 688,437 | 10,444,874 |
| Japan | 41,656 | 23,883 | 2,600 | 492,663 | 5,421,215 |
| Italy | 39,243 | 25,537 | 2,588 | 530,768 | 8,073,086 |
| Canada | 35,673 | 19,443 | 2,648 | 466,198 | 7,355,889 |
| Brazil | 34,421 | 23,529 | 1,475 | 374,474 | 3,428,583 |
| Spain | 32,149 | 20,819 | 2,387 | 409,795 | 5,795,883 |
| Australia | 30,266 | 19,015 | 2,336 | 423,614 | 7,373,019 |
| Turkey | 30,097 | 17,393 | 958 | 268,475 | 2,352,038 |
| France | 28,457 | 15,403 | 2,444 | 417,808 | 6,596,525 |
| South Korea | 27,657 | 16,534 | 1,650 | 357,692 | 4,772,371 |
| Iran | 18,604 | 9,862 | 1,019 | 249,893 | 2,970,668 |
| Saudi Arabia | 18,595 | 11,355 | 671 | 189,822 | 2,647,543 |
| Russia | 18,184 | 8,110 | 619 | 285,004 | 1,953,367 |
| Netherlands | 18,118 | 12,261 | 1,446 | 257,769 | 4,758,151 |
| Poland | 15,721 | 11,304 | 857 | 199,860 | 2,313,793 |
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Notes
Last update :
Scilit Rankings was last updated on 22 May 2025Open Access :
Open access figures include gold and hybrid open access models, but excludes green open access.Countries :
Countries are matched from affiliation data or via matching institutes from affiliation data of publications. Currently the number of publishers making affiliation data openly available is still limited.Total Articles / Total OA Articles:
the total number of journal articles published within the edition year, Total OA Articles refers to these articles that are Open AccessTotal Preprints:
Total number of preprints posted within the edition year.5-Year Cited Articles:
Number of articles published in 2020-2024 that received at least one citation in the same time period5-Year Citations:
Number of citations in 2020-2024 to articles published in the same time period