South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

44%


Total
Publications

1.8M


Total Open
Publications

788K


Total
Citations

37M


Open Access
Percentage

44%


Total
Publications

1.8M


Total Open
Publications

788K


Total
Citations

37M

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Breakdown

21% 18% 5% 56%

Publisher Open

21%

Both

18%

Other Platform Open

5%

Closed

56%

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

010k20k30k40k50k60k70k80k90k100k110k120kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

41%OA Journal

OA Journal 41%

285K

Hybrid 28%

194K

No Guarantees 31%

216K

Other Platform Open

Domain 69%

283K

Public 25%

100K

Preprint 17%

69K

Institution 15%

62K

Other Internet 6%

26K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
280K
Europe PMC
Domain
144K
Semantic Scholar
Public
96K
arXiv
Preprint
40K
Research Square
Preprint
16K
DOI
Other Internet
11K
Yonsei University Medical Library - YUHSpace
Institution
10K
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc
Preprint
5.5K
CiteSeer X
Other Internet
5.5K
MDPI
Preprint
4.9K
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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