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 consisting 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 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

43%


Total
Publications

20M


Total Open
Publications

8.8M


Total
Citations

681M


Open Access
Percentage

43%


Total
Publications

20M


Total Open
Publications

8.8M


Total
Citations

681M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

14% 17% 11% 58%

Publisher Open

14%

Both

17%

Other Platform Open

11%

Closed

58%

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

0100k200k300k400k500k600k700k800k900k1000k1100k1200kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

43%OA Journal

OA Journal 43%

2.7M

Hybrid 21%

1.3M

No Guarantees 36%

2.3M

Other Platform Open

Domain 53%

3.1M

Institution 48%

2.8M

Other Internet 15%

877K

Preprint 13%

729K

Public 3%

168K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
3.1M
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
1.3M
DOI
Other Internet
773K
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Institution
448K
arXiv
Preprint
447K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
171K
bioRxiv
Preprint
147K
Figshare
Public
146K
California Digital Library
Institution
133K
Europe PMC
Domain
94K
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Data updated 13 July 2026

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