Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo or less often Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the eleventh-largest in the world. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Democratic Republic of the Congo, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

79%


Total
Publications

16K


Total Open
Publications

13K


Total
Citations

229K


Open Access
Percentage

79%


Total
Publications

16K


Total Open
Publications

13K


Total
Citations

229K

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

32% 37% 10% 21%

Publisher Open

32%

Both

37%

Other Platform Open

10%

Closed

21%

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

02004006008001k1.2k1.4k1.6k1.8k2k2.2k2.4kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

47%OA Journal

OA Journal 47%

5.3K

Hybrid 33%

3.7K

No Guarantees 20%

2.3K

Other Platform Open

Institution 69%

5.3K

Domain 49%

3.8K

Other Internet 14%

1.1K

Preprint 11%

839

Public 3%

235

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
3.9K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
3.5K
DOI
Other Internet
714
University of Liège
Institution
522
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
453
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
421
Research Square
Preprint
413
KU Leuven
Institution
279
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Institution
209
medRxiv
Preprint
187
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Data updated 18 June 2026

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