King Faisal University

King Faisal University

King Faisal University is a public university in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1975, it is named after King Faisal bin Abdulalziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until 1975. KFU was initially established with four colleges: two in Dammam and the other two in Al-Ahsa. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

69%


Total
Publications

20K


Total Open
Publications

14K


Total
Citations

332K


Open Access
Percentage

69%


Total
Publications

20K


Total Open
Publications

14K


Total
Citations

332K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

25% 40% 4% 31%

Publisher Open

25%

Both

40%

Other Platform Open

4%

Closed

31%

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

05001k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

52%OA Journal

OA Journal 52%

6.7K

Hybrid 37%

4.8K

No Guarantees 11%

1.4K

Other Platform Open

Institution 66%

5.8K

Domain 54%

4.7K

Other Internet 28%

2.5K

Preprint 3%

299

Public 1%

128

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
5.3K
PubMed Central
Domain
4.7K
DOI
Other Internet
2.3K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
208
Research Square
Preprint
153
Europe PMC
Domain
116
Figshare
Public
105
arXiv
Preprint
68
Preprints
Preprint
52
University of Manchester
Institution
48
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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