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 from June 2023 onwards; 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

41%

Total
Publications

3.4M

Total Open
Publications

1.4M

Total
Citations

48M

Open Access
Percentage

41%

Total
Publications

3.4M

Total Open
Publications

1.4M

Total
Citations

48M

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

25%

Both

11%

Other Platform Open

Closed

59%

Percentage of Open Access over time

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

OA Journal 32%

387K

Hybrid 28%

327K

No Guarantees 40%

479K

Other Platform Open

Domain 57%

312K

Preprint 20%

111K

Public 15%

84K

Institution 15%

80K

Other Internet 10%

57K

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	309K
Europe PMC	Domain	143K
arXiv	Preprint	67K
Semantic Scholar	Public	63K
Research Square	Preprint	27K
DOI	Other Internet	18K
Zenodo	Public	14K
CiteSeer X	Other Internet	12K
bioRxiv	Preprint	9.8K
Figshare	Public	7.8K

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Data updated 7 April 2025