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

413K


Open Access
Percentage

87%


Total
Publications

5.9K


Total Open
Publications

5.1K


Total
Citations

413K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

8% 72% 7% 13%

Publisher Open

8%

Both

72%

Other Platform Open

7%

Closed

13%

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

70%OA Journal

OA Journal 70%

3.3K

Hybrid 7%

349

No Guarantees 23%

1.1K

Other Platform Open

Preprint 84%

3.9K

Institution 59%

2.7K

Other Internet 18%

859

Public 3%

158

Domain 1%

34

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

arXiv
Preprint
4K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
1K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
875
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
874
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
624
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer
Institution
284
University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology - University of Groningen research database
Institution
268
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
224
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC - DIGITAL.CSIC)
Institution
193
Figshare
Public
158
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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