United States

United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

40%


Total
Publications

18M


Total Open
Publications

7.2M


Total
Citations

607M


Open Access
Percentage

40%


Total
Publications

18M


Total Open
Publications

7.2M


Total
Citations

607M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

16% 15% 8% 61%

Publisher Open

16%

Both

15%

Other Platform Open

8%

Closed

61%

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

0100k200k300k400k500k600k700k800k900k1000kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

41%OA Journal

OA Journal 41%

2.2M

Hybrid 27%

1.4M

No Guarantees 32%

1.7M

Other Platform Open

Domain 57%

2.4M

Institution 30%

1.3M

Other Internet 19%

785K

Preprint 11%

461K

Public 3%

122K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
2.3M
DOI
Other Internet
630K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
440K
arXiv
Preprint
427K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
166K
Europe PMC
Domain
119K
Figshare
Public
103K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
87K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
69K
DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
Institution
38K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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