China

China

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

35%


Total
Publications

9.5M


Total Open
Publications

3.4M


Total
Citations

189M


Open Access
Percentage

35%


Total
Publications

9.5M


Total Open
Publications

3.4M


Total
Citations

189M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

17% 15% 2% 66%

Publisher Open

17%

Both

15%

Other Platform Open

2%

Closed

66%

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

0100k200k300k400k500k600k700k800k900k1000kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

58%OA Journal

OA Journal 58%

1.8M

Hybrid 28%

848K

No Guarantees 14%

416K

Other Platform Open

Domain 68%

1.1M

Other Internet 25%

419K

Institution 16%

270K

Preprint 7%

111K

Public 2%

40K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
1.1M
DOI
Other Internet
384K
arXiv
Preprint
109K
Europe PMC
Domain
80K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
46K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
40K
Figshare
Public
33K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
24K
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
16K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
14K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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