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 2023. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

55%


Total
Publications

447K


Total Open
Publications

247K


Total
Citations

9.6M


Open Access
Percentage

55%


Total
Publications

447K


Total Open
Publications

247K


Total
Citations

9.6M

Wikipedia

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Breakdown

22% 24% 9% 45%

Publisher Open

22%

Both

24%

Other Platform Open

9%

Closed

45%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

05k10k15k20k25k30k35k40kTotal Publications
200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

52%OA Journal

OA Journal 52%

106K

Hybrid 27%

55K

No Guarantees 21%

44K

Other Platform Open

Institution 47%

71K

Domain 42%

63K

Public 21%

32K

Preprint 15%

22K

Other Internet 13%

19K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
61K
Europe PMC
Domain
32K
Semantic Scholar
Public
28K
University of Pretoria - UpSpace Institutional Repository
Institution
24K
arXiv
Preprint
11K
Research Square
Preprint
4.6K
DOI
Other Internet
4.2K
University College London - UCL Discovery
Institution
3.8K
University of Cape Town - Open University of Cape Town
Other Internet
3.7K
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc
Preprint
3.6K
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Data updated 16 September 2024

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