Royal Observatory

Royal Observatory

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. The site is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Royal Observatory, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

87%


Total
Publications

5.9K


Total Open
Publications

5.1K


Total
Citations

422K


Open Access
Percentage

87%


Total
Publications

5.9K


Total Open
Publications

5.1K


Total
Citations

422K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

9% 71% 6% 14%

Publisher Open

9%

Both

71%

Other Platform Open

6%

Closed

14%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

050100150200250300350400Total Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

72%OA Journal

OA Journal 72%

3.3K

Hybrid 6%

283

No Guarantees 22%

974

Other Platform Open

Preprint 84%

3.9K

Institution 58%

2.7K

Other Internet 6%

263

Public 2%

80

Domain 1%

34

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

arXiv
Preprint
4K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
1.1K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
865
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
736
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer
Institution
302
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
262
University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology - University of Groningen research database
Institution
251
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC - DIGITAL.CSIC)
Institution
197
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Infoscience
Institution
186
University of Nottingham - Repository@Nottingham
Institution
146
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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