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Research Report: Friday, November 6, 2026 — fully counted
Here is the research world on Friday, November 6, 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 | 21,146 | down 19.1% on the 7-day average |
| Records added to PubMed | 6,354 | up 43.5% on the 7-day average |
| New citations made | 348,102 | down 25.8% on the 7-day average |
| Countries publishing | 153 | |
| Active institutions | 9,656 |
Top countries
| # | Country | Papers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3,082 | 14.6% |
| 2 | United States | 1,793 | 8.5% |
| 3 | India | 914 | 4.3% |
| 4 | Brazil | 704 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Indonesia | 657 | 3.1% |
Most active institutions
| # | Institution | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 260 |
| 2 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | France | 190 |
| 3 | University of London | United Kingdom | 115 |
| 4 | Harvard University | United States | 102 |
| 5 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | 97 |
Busiest journals
- Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series — 174 papers
- Orthopaedic Proceedings — 126 papers
- Scientific Reports — 121 papers
- Psicologia Revista — 102 papers
- Medicine — 94 papers
Leading research fields
- Social Sciences: 3,488 papers
- Medicine: 3,192 papers
- Computer Science: 2,082 papers
- Engineering: 1,787 papers
- Arts and Humanities: 1,672 papers
Papers gaining the most citations
- DeepSeek-R1 incentivizes reasoning in LLMs through reinforcement learning (Nature) — +36 citations
- DESI DR2 results. II. Measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmological constraints (Physical review. D/Physical review. D.) — +15 citations
- Using thematic analysis in qualitative research (Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health) — +13 citations
Scientists gaining the most citations
- David Moher (St. Michael's Hospital) — +424
- Klaus Mönig (Czech Academy of Sciences) — +393
- Virginia Braun (University of Auckland) — +300
Explore every number on the live board. Papers = articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters.