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

44%


Total
Publications

2.2M


Total Open
Publications

944K


Total
Citations

72M


Open Access
Percentage

44%


Total
Publications

2.2M


Total Open
Publications

944K


Total
Citations

72M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

15% 18% 11% 56%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

18%

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

35%OA Journal

OA Journal 35%

249K

Hybrid 32%

229K

No Guarantees 33%

230K

Other Platform Open

Institution 48%

297K

Domain 47%

286K

Preprint 17%

106K

Public 13%

81K

Other Internet 12%

75K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
280K
Europe PMC
Domain
131K
arXiv
Preprint
60K
Semantic Scholar
Public
43K
Figshare
Public
41K
DOI
Other Internet
27K
Queensland University of Technology - QUT ePrints
Institution
25K
Monash University - Monash University Research Portal
Institution
18K
Australian National University - ANU Open Research
Institution
16K
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia - UNSWorks
Institution
15K
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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