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

36%

Total
Publications

9.5M

Total Open
Publications

3.4M

Total
Citations

180M

Open Access
Percentage

36%

Total
Publications

9.5M

Total Open
Publications

3.4M

Total
Citations

180M

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

16%

Both

15%

Other Platform Open

Closed

64%

Percentage of Open Access over time

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

OA Journal 50%

1.5M

Hybrid 30%

893K

No Guarantees 20%

576K

Other Platform Open

Domain 63%

1.2M

Preprint 21%

399K

Institution 14%

257K

Public 13%

253K

Other Internet 8%

149K

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	1.2M
Europe PMC	Domain	427K
Semantic Scholar	Public	228K
arXiv	Preprint	183K
Research Square	Preprint	168K
DOI	Other Internet	71K
bioRxiv	Preprint	25K
Figshare	Public	24K
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	22K
Chiba Institute of Technology - Springer Link	Institution	21K

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Data updated 7 April 2025