Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688,287 km2, making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Australia, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

42%


Total
Publications

2.2M


Total Open
Publications

903K


Total
Citations

74M


Open Access
Percentage

42%


Total
Publications

2.2M


Total Open
Publications

903K


Total
Citations

74M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

16% 18% 6% 60%

Publisher Open

16%

Both

18%

Other Platform Open

6%

Closed

60%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

020k40k60k80k100k120k140kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

44%OA Journal

OA Journal 44%

324K

Hybrid 26%

189K

No Guarantees 30%

216K

Other Platform Open

Institution 54%

288K

Domain 46%

247K

Other Internet 17%

91K

Public 10%

54K

Preprint 9%

49K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
246K
DOI
Other Internet
73K
Figshare
Public
54K
arXiv
Preprint
44K
University of Melbourne - Minerva Access
Institution
32K
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia - Griffith Research Online
Institution
29K
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia - UNSWorks
Institution
22K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
21K
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
20K
Europe PMC
Domain
19K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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