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Research Report: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 — fully counted
Here is the research world on Wednesday, October 28, 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 | 24,434 | up 19.4% on the 7-day average |
| Records added to PubMed | 5,152 | down 17.9% on the 7-day average |
| New citations made | 345,124 | up 17.2% on the 7-day average |
| Countries publishing | 178 | |
| Active institutions | 11,238 |
Top countries
| # | Country | Papers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3,026 | 12.4% |
| 2 | United States | 2,014 | 8.2% |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1,013 | 4.1% |
| 4 | India | 903 | 3.7% |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 700 | 2.9% |
Most active institutions
| # | Institution | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 249 |
| 2 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | France | 166 |
| 3 | University of London | United Kingdom | 156 |
| 4 | Harvard University | United States | 111 |
| 5 | Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes | Ecuador | 88 |
Busiest journals
- Scientific Reports — 185 papers
- Verdad y Derecho. Revista Arbitrada de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales. — 108 papers
- Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications — 83 papers
- International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics — 82 papers
- Jornal de Assistência Farmacêutica e Farmacoeconomia — 65 papers
Leading research fields
- Social Sciences: 4,236 papers
- Medicine: 3,830 papers
- Engineering: 2,338 papers
- Computer Science: 1,947 papers
- Arts and Humanities: 1,782 papers
Papers gaining the most citations
- Cancer statistics, 2025 (CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians) — +11 citations
- CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials (BMJ) — +10 citations
- Accurate predictions on small data with a tabular foundation model (Nature) — +9 citations
Explore every number on the live board. Papers = articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters.