Iran

Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

45%


Total
Publications

1M


Total Open
Publications

467K


Total
Citations

19M


Open Access
Percentage

45%


Total
Publications

1M


Total Open
Publications

467K


Total
Citations

19M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

20% 20% 6% 54%

Publisher Open

20%

Both

20%

Other Platform Open

6%

Closed

54%

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

010k20k30k40k50k60k70k80kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

57%OA Journal

OA Journal 57%

238K

Hybrid 28%

114K

No Guarantees 15%

62K

Other Platform Open

Institution 63%

171K

Domain 43%

118K

Other Internet 14%

37K

Preprint 12%

32K

Public 3%

7.4K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
140K
PubMed Central
Domain
120K
DOI
Other Internet
35K
Research Square
Preprint
17K
arXiv
Preprint
14K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
7.8K
Figshare
Public
5.4K
Europe PMC
Domain
4.8K
LA Referencia
Institution
4.1K
aecid.es OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
2.9K
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Data updated 18 June 2026

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