United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2023. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

51%


Total
Publications

4.6M


Total Open
Publications

2.3M


Total
Citations

128M


Open Access
Percentage

51%


Total
Publications

4.6M


Total Open
Publications

2.3M


Total
Citations

128M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

12% 21% 18% 49%

Publisher Open

12%

Both

21%

Other Platform Open

18%

Closed

49%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

020k40k60k80k100k120k140k160k180k200k220k240k260k280kTotal Publications
200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

31%OA Journal

OA Journal 31%

478K

Hybrid 33%

513K

No Guarantees 36%

547K

Other Platform Open

Institution 70%

1.3M

Domain 39%

706K

Preprint 16%

288K

Other Internet 12%

217K

Public 9%

156K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
682K
Europe PMC
Domain
449K
University College London - UCL Discovery
Institution
200K
arXiv
Preprint
164K
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer
Institution
111K
Semantic Scholar
Public
87K
Figshare
Public
78K
University of Oxford - Oxford University Research Archive (ORA)
Institution
67K
University of Cambridge - Apollo
Institution
66K
University of Bristol - Bristol Research
Institution
59K
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Data updated 14 March 2024

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