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. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Australia, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

49%


Total
Publications

2.5M


Total Open
Publications

1.2M


Total
Citations

86M


Open Access
Percentage

49%


Total
Publications

2.5M


Total Open
Publications

1.2M


Total
Citations

86M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

14% 22% 13% 51%

Publisher Open

14%

Both

22%

Other Platform Open

13%

Closed

51%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

020k40k60k80k100k120k140k160kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

44%OA Journal

OA Journal 44%

384K

Hybrid 26%

234K

No Guarantees 30%

265K

Other Platform Open

Institution 58%

502K

Domain 37%

317K

Public 23%

199K

Other Internet 17%

147K

Preprint 9%

81K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
319K
Figshare
Public
210K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
205K
DOI
Other Internet
123K
The University of Western Australia
Institution
49K
arXiv
Preprint
47K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
42K
The University of Melbourne
Institution
33K
Australian Defence Force Academy
Institution
28K
Monash University
Institution
21K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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