Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is a country in West Asia. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Saudi Arabia, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

58%


Total
Publications

635K


Total Open
Publications

368K


Total
Citations

14M


Open Access
Percentage

58%


Total
Publications

635K


Total Open
Publications

368K


Total
Citations

14M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

21% 32% 5% 42%

Publisher Open

21%

Both

32%

Other Platform Open

5%

Closed

42%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

010k20k30k40k50k60k70k80k90kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

53%OA Journal

OA Journal 53%

176K

Hybrid 32%

109K

No Guarantees 15%

50K

Other Platform Open

Institution 68%

164K

Domain 49%

118K

Other Internet 22%

52K

Preprint 5%

13K

Public 3%

6.3K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
133K
PubMed Central
Domain
120K
DOI
Other Internet
46K
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Institution
8.4K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
7.3K
Research Square
Preprint
5.4K
Figshare
Public
5.2K
arXiv
Preprint
4.4K
Europe PMC
Domain
3.8K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
2.8K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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