Germany

Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

40%


Total
Publications

4.6M


Total Open
Publications

1.8M


Total
Citations

129M


Open Access
Percentage

40%


Total
Publications

4.6M


Total Open
Publications

1.8M


Total
Citations

129M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

15% 17% 6% 62%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

17%

Other Platform Open

6%

Closed

62%

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

020k40k60k80k100k120k140k160k180k200k220k240k260kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

42%OA Journal

OA Journal 42%

599K

Hybrid 32%

456K

No Guarantees 26%

377K

Other Platform Open

Institution 51%

563K

Domain 41%

444K

Other Internet 21%

225K

Preprint 19%

207K

Public 3%

38K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
440K
arXiv
Preprint
194K
DOI
Other Internet
144K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
79K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
58K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
53K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
40K
Max Planck Society - MPG.PuRe
Institution
36K
Europe PMC
Domain
35K
Figshare
Public
26K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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