Bibliometric indicators: Fractional counts of scientific publications in Israel
Israel: Bibliometric indicators: Fractional counts of scientific publications was 1,675 Scientific publications in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Israel, 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 Israel is 1,675 Scientific publications, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Israel peaked at 1,748 Scientific publications in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,216 Scientific publications, in 2016.
Israel ranks 15th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Bibliometric indicators: Fractional counts of scientific publications in Israel, year by year
| Year | Scientific publications | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,356 Scientific publications | — |
| 2016 | 1,216 Scientific publications | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 1,504 Scientific publications | +23.6% |
| 2018 | 1,438 Scientific publications | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1,576 Scientific publications | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 1,497 Scientific publications | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 1,748 Scientific publications | +16.8% |
| 2022 | 1,478 Scientific publications | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 1,706 Scientific publications | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 1,675 Scientific publications | -1.8% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 1,675 Scientific publications is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,128 Scientific publications, 1.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Israel's 1,675 Scientific publications is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 977.77 Scientific publications, 1.7× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,418 Scientific publications | 1,216 Scientific publications | 1,576 Scientific publications | 5 |
| 2020s | 1,621 Scientific publications | 1,478 Scientific publications | 1,748 Scientific publications | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 12 Latvia 91.18 Scientific publications compare
- 12 Brazil 3,297 Scientific publications compare
- 13 Indonesia 2,610 Scientific publications compare
- 14 Switzerland 2,160 Scientific publications compare
- 16 Sweden 1,625 Scientific publications compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 1,583 Scientific publications compare
- 18 Malaysia 1,409 Scientific publications compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Israel?
- Bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in Israel was 1,675 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 1,748 Scientific publications in 2021.
- What is the lowest bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,216 Scientific publications in 2016.
- How does Israel rank for bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs)?
- Israel ranks 15th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.