Scientific publications, international benchmark (WoS)
In short
- The Netherlands publishes on average when we look at the absolute number of scientific publications in 2021.
- China and the US published the most scientific publications in 2021.
- The Netherlands has the most scientific publications per 100 FTE researchers (2021).
How many scientific publications were published by the Netherlands and reference countries in 2011 and 2021?
2011 | 2021 | |
CHN | 162240 | 604215 |
US | 364649 | 491566 |
UK | 100385 | 162668 |
GER | 95392 | 142445 |
ITA | 55512 | 102607 |
JPN | 77482 | 98476 |
CAN | 58837 | 91483 |
FRA | 67463 | 89741 |
AUS | 45170 | 89514 |
ESP | 50617 | 85094 |
KOR | 45547 | 79422 |
NLD | 33779 | 53671 |
CHE | 24432 | 41859 |
SWE | 21509 | 37253 |
BEL | 18869 | 30267 |
DNK | 13589 | 25852 |
AUT | 12789 | 23055 |
NOR | 10801 | 20619 |
SGP | 9880 | 18437 |
FIN | 10772 | 17499 |
IRE | 7412 | 13437 |
How many scientific publications were published per 100 FTE researchers in 2021?
Productivity | |
NLD | 180 |
CHE | 170 |
SWE | 165 |
DNK | 140 |
CAN | 132 |
ITA | 131 |
IRE | 127 |
AUT | 123 |
NOR | 116 |
AUS | 115 |
KOR | 109 |
BEL | 109 |
FIN | 105 |
ESP | 95 |
SGP | 91 |
UK | 90 |
GER | 79 |
FRA | 78 |
CHN | 64 |
JPN | 59 |
Analysis
China and the US published the most scientific publications in 2021. The top chart also shows that China has grown a lot between 2011 and 2021. The Netherlands holds a position in the middle when the absolute number of scientific publications is concerned. When this number is standardized on the number of researchers in the public sector (FTE), the Netherlands ranks first in the benchmark.
Publications are usually the result of a collaboration between several researchers, often from different institutions from different countries. A 'Dutch' scientific publication is a publication in which at least one Dutch researcher has contributed. The first author is often the one who has done most of the work for the publication. In 61% of Dutch scientific publications in the period 2017-2020, a researcher from a Dutch organization is the first author.
For an explanation of the used definitions and abbreviations we refer to the webpage Definitions for Science in Figures.
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