National Museum of Natural History

National Museum of Natural History

The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. It received 3.3 million visits in 2025. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for National Museum of Natural History, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

54%


Total
Publications

11K


Total Open
Publications

6.1K


Total
Citations

485K


Open Access
Percentage

54%


Total
Publications

11K


Total Open
Publications

6.1K


Total
Citations

485K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

15% 28% 11% 46%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

28%

Other Platform Open

11%

Closed

46%

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

0100200300400500600700Total Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

48%OA Journal

OA Journal 48%

2.3K

Hybrid 20%

953

No Guarantees 32%

1.5K

Other Platform Open

Institution 67%

2.9K

Domain 49%

2.1K

Public 18%

794

Other Internet 18%

774

Preprint 6%

258

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
2K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
1.3K
Zenodo
Public
534
DOI
Other Internet
512
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Domain
508
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
441
Figshare
Public
271
bioRxiv
Preprint
221
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Institution
199
LA Referencia
Institution
196
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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