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Scientific publications: total and by scientific area – Global count

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2020

13,148

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1981

158

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Years	Scientific publications by scientific area
Years	Exact and Natural Sciences	Engineering and Technology Sciences	Medical and Health Sciences	Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	Social Sciences	Humanities and arts
1981	158	50	109	7	13	10
1982	209	71	130	9	11	7
1983	230	104	165	10	24	26
1984	234	112	162	13	20	26
1985	240	102	171	14	17	20
1986	327	112	239	16	39	18
1987	432	147	231	20	47	14
1988	462	190	190	27	40	18
1989	504	208	171	25	39	11
1990	632	246	240	47	46	10
1991	709	291	257	30	40	24
1992	829	413	323	75	79	21
1993	1,055	462	400	72	89	23
1994	1,321	782	494	129	110	39
1995	1,436	809	601	150	146	24
1996	1,593	947	596	165	173	32
1997	1,973	1,098	706	176	142	26
1998	2,291	1,349	750	250	180	28
1999	2,553	1,312	997	225	160	45
2000	2,768	1,505	938	266	259	62
2001	3,228	1,618	1,016	285	224	47
2002	3,420	1,868	1,258	330	311	129
2003	3,979	1,996	1,385	354	346	78
2004	4,311	2,343	1,720	346	334	53
2005	4,800	2,355	1,827	422	399	54
2006	5,771	2,989	2,244	516	537	127
2007	6,428	3,572	2,589	583	615	99
2008	7,234	4,211	3,215	722	1,094	183
2009	7,828	4,248	3,847	747	1,038	239
2010	8,257	4,714	4,929	830	1,629	429
2011	9,133	4,809	5,088	877	1,786	510
2012	9,749	5,499	5,661	953	1,892	544
2013	10,155	5,900	6,609	972	2,241	532
2014	11,085	6,383	6,990	1,165	2,757	641
2015	11,330	6,983	7,153	1,065	2,657	643
2016	11,300	7,247	7,767	1,152	3,060	975
2017	11,525	7,244	7,914	1,203	3,360	878
2018	11,826	7,304	8,598	1,261	3,282	761
2019	12,990	8,098	10,075	1,302	3,822	862
2020	13,148	7,992	9,914	1,456	3,401	729

Sources/Entities: DGEEC/MEd - MCTES a partir de InCitesTM, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-03-02
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