Belgium

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

49%


Total
Publications

818K


Total Open
Publications

404K


Total
Citations

29M


Open Access
Percentage

49%


Total
Publications

818K


Total Open
Publications

404K


Total
Citations

29M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

16% 23% 9% 52%

Publisher Open

16%

Both

23%

Other Platform Open

9%

Closed

52%

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

05k10k15k20k25k30k35k40k45k50kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

43%OA Journal

OA Journal 43%

132K

Hybrid 26%

81K

No Guarantees 31%

96K

Other Platform Open

Institution 73%

195K

Domain 36%

96K

Other Internet 16%

42K

Preprint 10%

26K

Public 3%

9.3K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
95K
DOI
Other Internet
30K
Ghent University - Ghent University Academic Bibliography
Institution
29K
University of Liège - Open Repository and Bibliography
Institution
26K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
25K
Digital Access to Libraries
Institution
23K
arXiv
Preprint
23K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
22K
Université Libre de Bruxelles - Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles
Institution
21K
KU Leuven - Lirias
Institution
15K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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