Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

58%


Total
Publications

427K


Total Open
Publications

246K


Total
Citations

7.5M


Open Access
Percentage

58%


Total
Publications

427K


Total Open
Publications

246K


Total
Citations

7.5M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

36% 18% 2% 44%

Publisher Open

36%

Both

18%

Other Platform Open

2%

Closed

44%

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

05k10k15k20k25k30k35k40k45k50k55kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

47%OA Journal

OA Journal 47%

105K

Hybrid 35%

79K

No Guarantees 18%

41K

Other Platform Open

Domain 60%

51K

Other Internet 29%

25K

Institution 27%

23K

Preprint 4%

3.8K

Public 4%

3.3K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
51K
DOI
Other Internet
22K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
3.6K
arXiv
Preprint
3.5K
Europe PMC
Domain
3.3K
Aga Khan University - eCommons - AKU
Institution
3.2K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
2.5K
Figshare
Public
2.1K
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
1.6K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
1.3K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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