China

China

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while Shanghai is the most populous city by urban area. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

41%


Total
Publications

11M


Total Open
Publications

4.7M


Total
Citations

236M


Open Access
Percentage

41%


Total
Publications

11M


Total Open
Publications

4.7M


Total
Citations

236M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

15% 20% 6% 59%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

20%

Other Platform Open

6%

Closed

59%

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

0100k200k300k400k500k600k700k800k900k1000k1100k1200k1300kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

55%OA Journal

OA Journal 55%

2.2M

Hybrid 29%

1.2M

No Guarantees 16%

617K

Other Platform Open

Institution 58%

1.7M

Domain 50%

1.4M

Other Internet 22%

642K

Preprint 10%

288K

Public 2%

66K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
1.5M
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
1.4M
DOI
Other Internet
581K
Research Square
Preprint
138K
arXiv
Preprint
109K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
78K
Europe PMC
Domain
63K
Figshare
Public
58K
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Institution
48K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
24K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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