Malta: Scientific and technical journal articles

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Malta's scientific and technical journal articles fell 16.1% on 2022 (from 593.4 to 497.77).

Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2022), the average change was +12.5% and a typical year strayed about 19.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 68.1% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.6% in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 29.52 a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Malta had the 100th highest value of the 197 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Malta in the 2023 ranking

• Burkina Faso — 97th of 197: 519.72
• Brunei Darussalam — 98th of 197: 501.5
• North Macedonia — 99th of 197: 498.97
• Kosovo — 101st of 197: 495.34
• Senegal — 102nd of 197: 489.62
• Venezuela, RB — 103rd of 197: 474.63

What this measures

Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines.

Limitations: Because the bibliometric database is constantly updated, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) does not recommend comparing bibliometric data across different editions of the Science and Engineering Indicators publication. For each edition of Indicators, NCSES uses a fixed snapshot of the database. This means that although trends are comparable, the exact number of articles, citations, and other data will vary across editions. For more information about comparing fixed versus dynamic journal data sets, see Schneider et al. (2019).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 28 values

Scientific and technical journal articles in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 168.85 (2023)
• Algeria — 7,677 (2023)
• Bahrain — 718.3 (2023)
• Djibouti — 17.48 (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 22,854 (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 55,085 (2023)
• Iraq — 16,724 (2023)
• Israel — 13,844 (2023)
• Jordan — 5,419 (2023)
• Kuwait — 1,395 (2023)

More infrastructure data for Malta

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 255,500 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 47.35 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 16,075 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 3.36 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 2.39 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 766,620 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 142.07 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 13 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 9 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$448.44 million (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Malta's scientific and technical journal articles?

497.77 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1996?

It is up 1,126% from 40.61 in 1996 (9.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 593.4 in 2022 and the lowest 40.61 in 1996.

How does Malta rank?

100th highest of 197 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in scientific and technical journal articles unusual for Malta?

In 2023, Malta's scientific and technical journal articles fell 16.1% on 2022 (from 593.4 to 497.77). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2022), the average change was +12.5% and a typical year strayed about 19.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IP.JRN.ARTC.SC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Science and Engineering Indicators, National Science Foundation (NSF), uri: https://ncses.nsf.gov/indicators Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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