natalienkhalil/paper-stats@8a8f954#global-article-output-growth-2000-2025
VerifiedGlobal scientific publication output experienced an exponential increase between 2000 and 2025.
Total DOI-indexed articles rose from 1,508,675 in 2000 to 7,233,887 in 2025, representing a 4.8-fold increase (+379.5% cumulative growth) with a fitted exponential rate of 6.4% per year.