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

38M


Open Access
Percentage

44%


Total
Publications

1.8M


Total Open
Publications

788K


Total
Citations

38M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

23% 17% 3% 57%

Publisher Open

23%

Both

17%

Other Platform Open

3%

Closed

57%

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

48%OA Journal

OA Journal 48%

344K

Hybrid 27%

193K

No Guarantees 25%

180K

Other Platform Open

Domain 62%

235K

Other Internet 28%

107K

Institution 24%

92K

Preprint 8%

30K

Public 2%

7.2K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
234K
DOI
Other Internet
102K
Yonsei University Medical Library - YUHSpace
Institution
40K
arXiv
Preprint
29K
Europe PMC
Domain
17K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
15K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
6.4K
Figshare
Public
6.1K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
4.5K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
3.2K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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