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United Kingdom vs Germany: which publishes more research? (2026)
United Kingdom publishes more research than Germany — 22,134 papers against 18,923 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.
United Kingdom and Germany compared
| United Kingdom | Germany | |
|---|---|---|
| Papers, last 29 days | 22,134 | 18,923 |
| Papers per day | 763 | 653 |
| World rank | #5 | #7 |
| Share of world papers | 3.07% | 2.63% |
| Days ahead (of 29) | 26 | 3 |
Day by day, last 14 days
| Date | United Kingdom | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | 248 | 167 |
| Oct 23 | 634 | 508 |
| Oct 22 | 791 | 644 |
| Oct 21 | 811 | 663 |
| Oct 20 | 670 | 1,066 |
| Oct 19 | 703 | 550 |
| Oct 18 | 212 | 133 |
| Oct 17 | 323 | 253 |
| Oct 16 | 752 | 572 |
| Oct 15 | 1,176 | 702 |
| Oct 14 | 979 | 721 |
| Oct 13 | 865 | 703 |
| Oct 12 | 844 | 726 |
| Oct 11 | 299 | 250 |
How to read this
A paper counts for a country when at least one author works there, so a paper written together by United Kingdom and Germany 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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