Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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

Open Access Percentage

46%

Total
Publications

3.7M

Total Open
Publications

1.7M

Total
Citations

73M

Open Access
Percentage

46%

Total
Publications

3.7M

Total Open
Publications

1.7M

Total
Citations

73M

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

27%

Both

13%

Other Platform Open

Closed

54%

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 23%

341K

Hybrid 21%

309K

No Guarantees 56%

818K

Other Platform Open

Domain 55%

386K

Institution 26%

178K

Preprint 23%

160K

Public 13%

89K

Other Internet 10%

70K

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	381K
Europe PMC	Domain	197K
arXiv	Preprint	117K
Semantic Scholar	Public	77K
Research Square	Preprint	26K
DOI	Other Internet	23K
CiteSeer X	Other Internet	21K
Kyoto University - Kyoto University Research Information Repository	Institution	19K
bioRxiv	Preprint	14K
Figshare	Public	13K

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Data updated 13 February 2025