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. Australia 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

44%


Total
Publications

2.2M


Total Open
Publications

950K


Total
Citations

71M


Open Access
Percentage

44%


Total
Publications

2.2M


Total Open
Publications

950K


Total
Citations

71M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

16% 17% 11% 56%

Publisher Open

16%

Both

17%

Other Platform Open

11%

Closed

56%

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

36%OA Journal

OA Journal 36%

253K

Hybrid 30%

215K

No Guarantees 34%

243K

Other Platform Open

Institution 51%

311K

Domain 46%

279K

Preprint 17%

107K

Other Internet 13%

78K

Public 12%

77K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
273K
Europe PMC
Domain
136K
arXiv
Preprint
61K
Semantic Scholar
Public
43K
Figshare
Public
37K
Queensland University of Technology - QUT ePrints
Institution
25K
DOI
Other Internet
24K
unimelb.edu.au OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
16K
University of Melbourne - Minerva Access
Institution
15K
Monash University - Monash University Research Portal
Institution
15K
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Data updated 13 February 2025

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