Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in United States
United States: Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was 36,544 Scientific publications in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in United States, 2015–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Scientific publications.
Analysis
United States recorded 36,544 Scientific publications for bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in United States peaked at 38,099 Scientific publications in 2021 and was at its lowest, 30,751 Scientific publications, in 2015.
Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in United States, year by year
| Year | Scientific publications | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30,751 Scientific publications | — |
| 2016 | 31,414 Scientific publications | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 32,441 Scientific publications | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 33,660 Scientific publications | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 34,437 Scientific publications | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 36,007 Scientific publications | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 38,099 Scientific publications | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 36,025 Scientific publications | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 35,920 Scientific publications | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 36,544 Scientific publications | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 32,541 Scientific publications | 30,751 Scientific publications | 34,437 Scientific publications | 5 |
| 2020s | 36,519 Scientific publications | 35,920 Scientific publications | 38,099 Scientific publications | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 1 OECD 118,504 Scientific publications compare
- 2 United Kingdom 8,547 Scientific publications compare
- 2 China 63,005 Scientific publications compare
- 3 India 15,616 Scientific publications compare
- 3 Viet Nam 857.17 Scientific publications compare
- 4 Germany 9,839 Scientific publications compare
- 4 Netherlands 2,639 Scientific publications compare
More public sector data for United States
- Government budget allocations for R&D — Government Allocations for R&D 154,300 US dollars, PPP converted (2025)
- Composition of General Services Support Estimate — Cost of public 0 Percentage of general services support estimate (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in United States?
- Bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) in United States was 36,544 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 38,099 Scientific publications in 2021.
- What is the lowest bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,751 Scientific publications in 2015.
- How does United States rank for bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs)?
- United States ranks 1st out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bibliometric indicators, by sustainable development goals (sdgs) rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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.