Samoa: Scientific and technical journal articles

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Samoa's scientific and technical journal articles rose 43.8% on 2022 (from 15.2 to 21.85).

Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2022), the average change was +17.8% and a typical year strayed about 54% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 158.8% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 61.2% in 2007. 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 1.56 a year. A straight line explains 60% 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, Samoa had the 171st 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 Samoa in the 2023 ranking

• Eritrea — 168th of 197: 29.08
• Suriname — 169th of 197: 26.34
• Central African Republic — 170th of 197: 25.75
• Timor-Leste — 172nd of 197: 20.7
• San Marino — 173rd of 197: 20.09
• Cabo Verde — 174th of 197: 18.34

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

• Australia — 54,589 (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 501.5 (2023)
• Cambodia — 200.77 (2023)
• China — 932,712 (2023)
• Fiji — 217.87 (2023)
• Indonesia — 38,992 (2023)
• Japan — 96,543 (2023)
• Kiribati — 2.14 (2023)
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 269.28 (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 71,724 (2023)

More infrastructure data for Samoa

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 134,320 (2022)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 62.4 (2022)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 4,567 (2022)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 2.12 (2022)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 3,540 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 42,120 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.00595 (2023)
• ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 3.27% (2024)
• ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) — 3.43% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Samoa's scientific and technical journal articles?

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

How has it changed since 1996?

It is up 718.35% from 2.67 in 1996 (8.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 24.01 in 2021 and the lowest 2.51 in 2012.

How does Samoa rank?

171st highest of 197 economies with data for 2023.

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

In 2023, Samoa's scientific and technical journal articles rose 43.8% on 2022 (from 15.2 to 21.85). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2022), the average change was +17.8% and a typical year strayed about 54% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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