India

India

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

40%


Total
Publications

3.4M


Total Open
Publications

1.4M


Total
Citations

50M


Open Access
Percentage

40%


Total
Publications

3.4M


Total Open
Publications

1.4M


Total
Citations

50M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

27% 10% 2% 61%

Publisher Open

27%

Both

10%

Other Platform Open

2%

Closed

61%

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

050k100k150k200k250k300k350kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

38%OA Journal

OA Journal 38%

477K

Hybrid 28%

344K

No Guarantees 34%

417K

Other Platform Open

Domain 60%

258K

Institution 18%

78K

Other Internet 17%

74K

Preprint 13%

55K

Public 4%

17K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
258K
DOI
Other Internet
63K
arXiv
Preprint
53K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
12K
Europe PMC
Domain
11K
Figshare
Public
9.6K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
9.4K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
8.4K
Zenodo
Public
6.6K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
4.5K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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