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 2025. Read More.
Open Access Percentage
48%
Total
Publications
2M
Total Open
Publications
951K
Total
Citations
45M
Open Access
Percentage
48%
Total
Publications
2M
Total Open
Publications
951K
Total
Citations
45M
Breakdown
Publisher Open
21%
Both
21%
Other Platform Open
6%
Closed
52%
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 49%
410K
Hybrid 26%
220K
No Guarantees 25%
215K
Other Platform Open
Institution 59%
318K
Domain 54%
290K
Other Internet 22%
117K
Preprint 9%
50K
Public 2%
11K
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
|---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 293K |
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository | Institution | 227K |
DOI | Other Internet | 113K |
Yonsei University | Institution | 40K |
arXiv | Preprint | 30K |
Office of Scientific and Technical Information | Institution | 15K |
Europe PMC | Domain | 13K |
Research Square | Preprint | 13K |
Unknown Repository | Other Internet | 10K |
Figshare | Public | 9.7K |