Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, is a council of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It is the largest UK public funder of non-medical bioscience. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

65%


Total
Publications

43K


Total Open
Publications

28K


Total
Citations

2.7M


Open Access
Percentage

65%


Total
Publications

43K


Total Open
Publications

28K


Total
Citations

2.7M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

12% 39% 14% 35%

Publisher Open

12%

Both

39%

Other Platform Open

14%

Closed

35%

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

05001k1.5k2k2.5k3kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

53%OA Journal

OA Journal 53%

12K

Hybrid 26%

5.8K

No Guarantees 21%

4.6K

Other Platform Open

Institution 71%

16K

Domain 60%

14K

Other Internet 14%

3.1K

Preprint 12%

2.7K

Public 7%

1.6K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
14K
University of Edinburgh
Institution
7.9K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
5.9K
DOI
Other Internet
3K
ed.ac.uk OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
2.4K
bioRxiv
Preprint
2.1K
Figshare
Public
1.5K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
1.1K
Aberystwyth University
Institution
1K
University of Cambridge
Institution
927
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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