Which countries publish the most research papers? 2026 ranking

China publishes the most research papers in the world, with 91,040 papers in the last 29 days (13% of papers with a known country). United States is second with 68,464 and Indonesia third with 37,932.

Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.

Top 50 countries by research papers

A paper counts for a country when at least one author works at an institution there, so papers written by international teams count for every country involved.

Rank	Country	Papers (29 days)	Per day	Share
1	China	91,040	3,139	12.6%
2	United States	68,464	2,361	9.5%
3	Indonesia	37,932	1,308	5.3%
4	India	30,221	1,042	4.2%
5	United Kingdom	22,134	763	3.1%
6	Brazil	19,703	679	2.7%
7	Germany	18,923	653	2.6%
8	Turkey	15,032	518	2.1%
9	Italy	12,753	440	1.8%
10	Japan	12,038	415	1.7%
11	Russia	11,529	398	1.6%
12	Canada	11,515	397	1.6%
13	France	11,378	392	1.6%
14	Spain	11,302	390	1.6%
15	South Korea	10,130	349	1.4%
16	Australia	9,471	327	1.3%
17	Nigeria	7,195	248	1.0%
18	Uzbekistan	6,671	230	0.9%
19	Ukraine	6,645	229	0.9%
20	Saudi Arabia	6,266	216	0.9%
21	Netherlands	6,001	207	0.8%
22	Poland	5,900	203	0.8%
23	Iran	5,376	185	0.7%
24	Switzerland	5,265	182	0.7%
25	Mexico	4,998	172	0.7%
26	Pakistan	4,995	172	0.7%
27	Malaysia	4,980	172	0.7%
28	Hong Kong	4,479	154	0.6%
29	Sweden	4,387	151	0.6%
30	Thailand	4,098	141	0.6%
31	South Africa	3,717	128	0.5%
32	Taiwan	3,575	123	0.5%
33	Belgium	3,470	120	0.5%
34	Iraq	3,452	119	0.5%
35	Ecuador	3,431	118	0.5%
36	Egypt	3,412	118	0.5%
37	Portugal	3,289	113	0.5%
38	Singapore	3,252	112	0.5%
39	Vietnam	3,235	112	0.4%
40	Austria	3,203	110	0.4%
41	Denmark	3,146	108	0.4%
42	Kazakhstan	2,813	97	0.4%
43	Bangladesh	2,769	95	0.4%
44	Greece	2,672	92	0.4%
45	Israel	2,515	87	0.3%
46	Colombia	2,514	87	0.3%
47	Norway	2,406	83	0.3%
48	Czechia	2,403	83	0.3%
49	Finland	2,260	78	0.3%
50	Argentina	2,202	76	0.3%

How many countries publish research?

In the last 29 days, researchers in 219 countries and territories published at least one paper. Click any country above for its own page with daily numbers, top universities and most-cited scientists, or search any country in the search box at the top.