Germany

Germany

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

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


Open Access Percentage

43%


Total
Publications

5.2M


Total Open
Publications

2.2M


Total
Citations

147M


Open Access
Percentage

43%


Total
Publications

5.2M


Total Open
Publications

2.2M


Total
Citations

147M

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Breakdown

13% 20% 9% 58%

Publisher Open

13%

Both

20%

Other Platform Open

9%

Closed

58%

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

020k40k60k80k100k120k140k160k180k200k220k240k260k280k300kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

44%OA Journal

OA Journal 44%

732K

Hybrid 30%

511K

No Guarantees 26%

436K

Other Platform Open

Institution 64%

970K

Domain 38%

570K

Other Internet 25%

372K

Preprint 18%

270K

Public 3%

52K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
568K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
378K
DOI
Other Internet
333K
arXiv
Preprint
206K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
96K
Asklepios Klinik St. Georg
Institution
55K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
54K
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institution
44K
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Institution
41K
Figshare
Public
38K
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Data updated 13 July 2026

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