Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, and Italy to the south. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

60%


Total
Publications

1.4M


Total Open
Publications

833K


Total
Citations

54M


Open Access
Percentage

60%


Total
Publications

1.4M


Total Open
Publications

833K


Total
Citations

54M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

14% 30% 15% 41%

Publisher Open

14%

Both

30%

Other Platform Open

15%

Closed

41%

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

010k20k30k40k50k60k70k80k90kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

44%OA Journal

OA Journal 44%

266K

Hybrid 27%

162K

No Guarantees 29%

174K

Other Platform Open

Institution 76%

479K

Domain 35%

222K

Other Internet 21%

134K

Preprint 13%

82K

Public 3%

20K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
225K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
141K
DOI
Other Internet
122K
epfl.ch OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
80K
arXiv
Preprint
56K
University of Zurich
Institution
43K
ETH Zurich
Institution
41K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
33K
unil.ch OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
29K
University of Geneva
Institution
28K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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