Topic areas

Biology

Cybersecurity

Chip design and fabrication

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
12,085,000
English-language articles on biology
The global biology literature grew
2%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on biology made up
42%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
3%
of biology articles
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Data last updated August 11, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 12,085,645
  2. 2%
  3. 42%

Yearly global biology research

Citation impact

  1. 15
  2. 12

Countries

  1. 18%
  2. 21%
  3. 20%

Biology research over time

Country Articles
(2019-2024)
Growth
(2019-2024)
Global share
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
China 2,514,232 15% 21% 22.2
United States 2,140,804 -18% 18% 21.6
India 810,769 9% 7% 12

Top-cited articles

Research organizations

  • #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
  • #3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Organization Articles
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences 211,359 33 China
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 145,242 26.2 France
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 92,940 32.8 China

Patents and industry

  1. 3%
  2. 2%
  3. 3%

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
AstraZeneca 6,968 45.6 United Kingdom
China National Petroleum Corporation 5,249 16.8 China
Genentech 4,367 56 United States
Research subject classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.