BioMed Central (United Kingdom)

BioMed Central (United Kingdom)

BioMed Central is a United Kingdom-based, for-profit scientific open access publisher that produces over 250 scientific journals. All its journals are published online only. BioMed Central describes itself as the first and largest open access science publisher. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for BioMed Central (United Kingdom), United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

91%


Total
Publications

553


Total Open
Publications

503


Total
Citations

9.1K


Open Access
Percentage

91%


Total
Publications

553


Total Open
Publications

503


Total
Citations

9.1K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

10% 79% 2% 9%

Publisher Open

10%

Both

79%

Other Platform Open

2%

Closed

9%

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

0102030405060708090Total Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

80%OA Journal

OA Journal 80%

393

Hybrid 17%

83

No Guarantees 3%

17

Other Platform Open

Domain 94%

419

Institution 25%

111

Other Internet 2%

8

Public 1%

5

Preprint 0%

1

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
421
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
70
Europe PMC
Domain
51
University of Edinburgh
Institution
7
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
6
DOI
Other Internet
6
University of Oxford
Institution
5
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institution
5
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Institution
4
University of Copenhagen
Institution
4
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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