Open Access statistics for South Africa, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2023. Read More.
Open Access Percentage
53%
Total
Publications
417K
Total Open
Publications
220K
Total
Citations
7.6M
Open Access
Percentage
53%
Total
Publications
417K
Total Open
Publications
220K
Total
Citations
7.6M
Breakdown
Publisher Open
20%
Both
23%
Other Platform Open
10%
Closed
47%
Percentage of Open Access over time
Publisher Open
Both
Other Platform Open
Closed
Volume of Open Access over time
Open
Closed
Publisher Open
OA Journal 56%
99K
Hybrid 24%
43K
No Guarantees 20%
36K
Other Platform Open
Institution 51%
71K
Domain 43%
60K
Public 19%
26K
Preprint 15%
21K
Other Internet 12%
17K
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 58K |
Europe PMC | Domain | 33K |
University of Pretoria - UpSpace Institutional Repository | Institution | 24K |
Semantic Scholar | Public | 23K |
arXiv | Preprint | 10K |
Research Square | Preprint | 4.9K |
University of Cape Town - Open University of Cape Town | Other Internet | 4.2K |
University of the Western Cape - UWC Research Repository | Institution | 4.1K |
University College London - UCL Discovery | Institution | 4K |
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc | Preprint | 3.3K |