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 | 294,526 | 141,555 | 17,591 | 3,186,408 | 44,217,088 |
| United States | 211,707 | 96,447 | 19,944 | 2,661,769 | 39,265,427 |
| India | 67,707 | 29,011 | 3,412 | 835,960 | 8,409,177 |
| United Kingdom | 62,713 | 39,413 | 6,049 | 829,502 | 14,014,914 |
| Indonesia | 50,281 | 46,462 | 449 | 257,181 | 990,709 |
| Germany | 47,617 | 31,754 | 4,129 | 690,282 | 10,509,094 |
| Japan | 41,135 | 23,688 | 2,598 | 493,682 | 5,454,810 |
| Italy | 38,889 | 25,391 | 2,602 | 532,286 | 8,196,992 |
| Canada | 35,315 | 19,317 | 2,666 | 467,309 | 7,396,902 |
| Brazil | 34,074 | 23,287 | 1,476 | 375,408 | 3,458,418 |
| Spain | 31,897 | 20,694 | 2,385 | 411,142 | 5,872,498 |
| Australia | 29,899 | 18,871 | 2,349 | 424,851 | 7,424,552 |
| Turkey | 29,874 | 17,382 | 954 | 269,242 | 2,375,736 |
| France | 28,133 | 15,263 | 2,435 | 419,245 | 6,640,681 |
| South Korea | 27,406 | 16,437 | 1,651 | 358,714 | 4,835,312 |
| Saudi Arabia | 18,475 | 11,280 | 674 | 190,580 | 2,711,187 |
| Iran | 18,372 | 9,749 | 1,014 | 250,951 | 3,002,202 |
| Russia | 18,130 | 8,125 | 620 | 285,670 | 1,981,114 |
| Netherlands | 17,903 | 12,158 | 1,449 | 258,436 | 4,779,882 |
| Poland | 15,642 | 11,299 | 857 | 200,453 | 2,373,656 |
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Notes
Last update :
Scilit Rankings was last updated on 20 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