Growth rate and number of articles published in 1900–2024
| Year range | No. of total papers | Growth rate |
| 2024- | 9416 | /* |
| 2014–2023 | 175 350 | 91.17% |
| 2004–2013 | 91 726 | 115.87% |
| 1994–2003 | 42 492 | 154.99% |
| 1984–1993 | 16 664 | 129.47% |
| 1974–1983 | 7262 | 101.83% |
| 1964–1973 | 3598 | 62.95% |
| 1954–1963 | 2208 | 91.33% |
| 1944–1953 | 1154 | 67.25% |
| 1934–1943 | 690 | 17.75% |
| 1924–1933 | 586 | 38.21% |
| 1914–1923 | 424 | 21.14% |
| 1904–1913 | 350 | /† |
| 1900–1904 | 60 | – |
*It is meaningless to calculate the growth rate since 2024 is not yet over.
†As the earliest SCIE papers in the field of vaccines only date back to 1900, and the 1900–1904 group contains only 5 years of data, so the calculated growth rate is meaningless.