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Fastest-growing research countries right now (2026)
Ecuador is the fastest-growing research country right now: its share of the world's new papers rose 50% in the last two weeks compared with the two weeks before.
Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.
Top 20 rising countries
We compare each country's share of world papers in the latest 14 days (Oct 10–Oct 23) with the 14 days before (Sep 26–Oct 9). Using shares instead of raw counts keeps the comparison fair, because the most recent days are still being filled in. Only countries with at least 200 papers in each period are included.
| # | Country | Papers (latest 14 days) | Share growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecuador | 1,743 | +50% |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 598 | +42% |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3,208 | +40% |
| 4 | Kenya | 672 | +34% |
| 5 | Uganda | 451 | +33% |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 461 | +26% |
| 7 | Tanzania | 372 | +26% |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 621 | +13% |
| 9 | Serbia | 429 | +13% |
| 10 | Philippines | 837 | +13% |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 9,572 | +12% |
| 12 | Norway | 1,035 | +11% |
| 13 | Hungary | 780 | +11% |
| 14 | Croatia | 391 | +11% |
| 15 | Ghana | 483 | +11% |
| 16 | Canada | 4,899 | +10% |
| 17 | Iran | 2,292 | +10% |
| 18 | Finland | 967 | +10% |
| 19 | China | 38,682 | +9% |
| 20 | Chile | 927 | +9% |
Short-term changes can come from conferences, special journal issues or holidays, so check a country's page for the longer trend.