South Africa

South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

56%


Total
Publications

498K


Total Open
Publications

277K


Total
Citations

11M


Open Access
Percentage

56%


Total
Publications

498K


Total Open
Publications

277K


Total
Citations

11M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

24% 23% 9% 44%

Publisher Open

24%

Both

23%

Other Platform Open

9%

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

05k10k15k20k25k30k35k40kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

51%OA Journal

OA Journal 51%

118K

Hybrid 30%

69K

No Guarantees 19%

45K

Other Platform Open

Institution 44%

70K

Domain 44%

70K

Public 20%

32K

Preprint 15%

25K

Other Internet 12%

19K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
69K
Europe PMC
Domain
30K
Semantic Scholar
Public
28K
University of Pretoria - UpSpace Institutional Repository
Institution
25K
arXiv
Preprint
12K
DOI
Other Internet
5.5K
Research Square
Preprint
5.1K
University College London - UCL Discovery
Institution
4K
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc
Preprint
3.8K
Figshare
Public
3.3K
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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