Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Iceland
Iceland: Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was 57.98 Scientific publications in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Iceland, 2015–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Scientific publications.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Iceland is 57.98 Scientific publications, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.0% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Iceland peaked at 69.01 Scientific publications in 2023 and was at its lowest, 38.84 Scientific publications, in 2017.
That places Iceland 46th out of 48 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Scientific publications | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40.18 Scientific publications | — |
| 2016 | 40.24 Scientific publications | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 38.84 Scientific publications | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 43.72 Scientific publications | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 53.75 Scientific publications | +22.9% |
| 2020 | 50.25 Scientific publications | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 57.48 Scientific publications | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 53.98 Scientific publications | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 69.01 Scientific publications | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 57.98 Scientific publications | -16.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 43.35 Scientific publications | 38.84 Scientific publications | 53.75 Scientific publications | 5 |
| 2020s | 57.74 Scientific publications | 50.25 Scientific publications | 69.01 Scientific publications | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 43 Bulgaria 284.57 Scientific publications compare
- 44 Luxembourg 148.49 Scientific publications compare
- 45 Cyprus 133.45 Scientific publications compare
- 47 Malta 44.25 Scientific publications compare
- 48 Costa Rica 36.92 Scientific publications compare
More public sector data for Iceland
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 0 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 0 current USD (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 0 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 23.2% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 1,595 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 34.6% (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 51.25 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 10.26 (2019)
- Taxes on goods and services 35.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Iceland?
- Bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Iceland was 57.98 Scientific publications in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 69.01 Scientific publications in 2023.
- What is the lowest bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.84 Scientific publications in 2017.
- How does Iceland rank for bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs)?
- Iceland ranks 46th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — Fractional counts of scientific publications. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in the total number of scientific publications relevant to societal goals, as proxied by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, expressed in fractional counts, for the 2015–2024 period. Coverage includes OECD member and accession countries, key partners (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and South Africa), and other selected non-OECD economies. This is an experimental indicator, developed under the OECD’s Fundstat initiative to improve evidence on the directionality and societal relevance of research and development (R&D) activities, by linking scientific output to 17 SDGs or none. To produce this indicator, the OECD developed a probabilistic AI-assisted classification model that identifies the SDG relevance of scientific publications based on their titles and abstracts. The approach builds on insights from the OECD International Survey of Science (ISSA2021), in which researchers reported which SDG their research contributed to. Using these responses, a labelled dataset was created to fine-tune SciBERT, a large language model (LLM) pre-trained on scientific literature, enabling it to predict the probability of relevance of a given text to each of the 17 SDGs, or to none. The trained classifier is then applied to publication titles and abstracts from the Scopus Custom Data. Publication counts are fractionalised across countries and aggregated annually for comparability. For further information on the methodology, see: Aristodemou, L., et al. (2025), “Assessing the direction of R&D funding towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a new classifier and the OECD Fundstat infrastructure”, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers. Source: OECD Bibliometric Indicators, calculations based on Elsevier's Scopus Custom Data, Elsevier, Version 1.2026. Please cite as: OECD (2026), OECD Bibliometric indicators, OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Statistics, http://oe.cd/scientometrics, accessed on xx/xx/xxxx.