Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois. Northwestern was initially affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church but later became non-sectarian. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Northwestern University, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

49%


Total
Publications

189K


Total Open
Publications

93K


Total
Citations

9.9M


Open Access
Percentage

49%


Total
Publications

189K


Total Open
Publications

93K


Total
Citations

9.9M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

12% 22% 15% 51%

Publisher Open

12%

Both

22%

Other Platform Open

15%

Closed

51%

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

01k2k3k4k5k6k7k8k9k10k11kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

43%OA Journal

OA Journal 43%

27K

Hybrid 18%

12K

No Guarantees 39%

25K

Other Platform Open

Domain 68%

47K

Institution 43%

30K

Preprint 13%

9K

Other Internet 11%

7.6K

Public 2%

1.7K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
48K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
13K
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Institution
9.8K
DOI
Other Internet
9.4K
arXiv
Preprint
6.1K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
2.6K
California Digital Library
Institution
2K
bioRxiv
Preprint
1.9K
Figshare
Public
1.7K
LA Referencia
Institution
1.4K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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