China: research output 2026
On October 24, 2026, researchers affiliated with institutions in China published 1,045 research papers, ranking 1st of 152 countries and 12.1% of the world's output that day. 286 records with a China affiliation were added to PubMed.
Papers on Oct 241,045
World rank#1
Share of world output12.1%
Last 7 days16,825
Last 30 days91,040
Daily average (30 days)3,139
Last 30 days
Most active institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences · 92 papers
- Zhejiang University · 55 papers
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · 45 papers
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University · 28 papers
- State Council of the People's Republic of China · 26 papers
Most-cited scientists
- Zhong Lin Wang · Georgia Institute of Technology · 491,006 citations
- Shaoqing Ren · University of Science and Technology of China · 357,657 citations
- Kostya S. Novoselov · National University of Singapore · 355,152 citations
- Jost Bruno Jonas · Beijing Tongren Hospital · 334,113 citations
- Xiangyu Zhang · Xiamen University · 329,244 citations
Papers per day
| Date | Papers |
|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | 1,045 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 2,646 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 2,927 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 3,145 |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 2,982 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 3,063 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 1,017 |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 1,813 |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 3,026 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 3,580 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 3,817 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 3,538 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 3,659 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 1,333 |
Counts are papers (articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters) with at least one author affiliated with an institution in China, by publication date, from OpenAlex. Recent days keep rising for a week as journals report their papers.
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