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Research Report: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 — fully counted
Here is the research world on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, now fully counted. Journals report new papers over several days, so we publish each day once all its papers are counted. All numbers come straight from OpenAlex and PubMed and may still rise slightly as late records arrive.
The day in numbers
| Measure | Count | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| New papers published | 21,725 | up 5.5% on the 7-day average |
| Records added to PubMed | 12,315 | up 137.1% on the 7-day average |
| New citations made | 315,641 | up 10.5% on the 7-day average |
| Countries publishing | 165 | |
| Active institutions | 10,460 |
Top countries
| # | Country | Papers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2,851 | 13.1% |
| 2 | United States | 1,852 | 8.5% |
| 3 | India | 842 | 3.9% |
| 4 | Germany | 836 | 3.8% |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 732 | 3.4% |
Most active institutions
| # | Institution | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities | Germany | 331 |
| 2 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 225 |
| 3 | University of London | United Kingdom | 213 |
| 4 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | France | 134 |
| 5 | University of Ferrara | Italy | 103 |
Busiest journals
- Scientific Reports — 176 papers
- PLoS ONE — 114 papers
- Applied and Computational Engineering — 81 papers
- Advances in Economics Management and Political Sciences — 74 papers
- Theoretical and Natural Science — 74 papers
Leading research fields
- Medicine: 3,619 papers
- Social Sciences: 2,529 papers
- Engineering: 2,198 papers
- Computer Science: 1,848 papers
- Arts and Humanities: 1,470 papers
Papers gaining the most citations
- MEGA12: Molecular Evolutionary Genetic Analysis Version 12 for Adaptive and Green Computing (Molecular Biology and Evolution) — +11 citations
- PROBAST+AI: an updated quality, risk of bias, and applicability assessment tool for prediction models using regression or artificial intelligence methods (BMJ) — +11 citations
- PubChem 2025 update (Nucleic Acids Research) — +9 citations
Explore every number on the live board. Papers = articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters.