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Japan vs South Korea: which publishes more research? (2026)
Japan publishes more research than South Korea — 12,038 papers against 10,130 in the last 29 days, about 1.2 times as many.
Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.
Japan and South Korea compared
| Japan | South Korea | |
|---|---|---|
| Papers, last 29 days | 12,038 | 10,130 |
| Papers per day | 415 | 349 |
| World rank | #10 | #15 |
| Share of world papers | 1.67% | 1.41% |
| Days ahead (of 29) | 24 | 5 |
Day by day, last 14 days
| Date | Japan | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | 202 | 98 |
| Oct 23 | 329 | 258 |
| Oct 22 | 391 | 317 |
| Oct 21 | 435 | 370 |
| Oct 20 | 358 | 355 |
| Oct 19 | 628 | 308 |
| Oct 18 | 105 | 98 |
| Oct 17 | 205 | 165 |
| Oct 16 | 343 | 321 |
| Oct 15 | 422 | 407 |
| Oct 14 | 450 | 354 |
| Oct 13 | 382 | 391 |
| Oct 12 | 409 | 368 |
| Oct 11 | 140 | 99 |
How to read this
A paper counts for a country when at least one author works there, so a paper written together by Japan and South Korea researchers counts for both. Larger countries publish more in total; the share of world papers shows how much each contributes globally.
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