European Union

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Open Access statistics for European Union, Belgium, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

50%

Total
Publications

48K

Total Open
Publications

24K

Total
Citations

1.9M

Open Access
Percentage

50%

Total
Publications

48K

Total Open
Publications

24K

Total
Citations

1.9M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

17%

Both

22%

Other Platform Open

Closed

53%

Percentage of Open Access over time

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

OA Journal 46%

8.3K

Hybrid 33%

No Guarantees 21%

3.8K

Other Platform Open

Institution 63%

9.2K

Domain 35%

5.1K

Other Internet 21%

3.1K

Preprint 7%

964

Public 4%

575

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	4.3K
DOI	Other Internet	1.7K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot	Institution	1.6K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services	Institution	1K
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	989
Econstor	Domain	824
Econstor - Econstor	Other Internet	569
Elsevier - Scopus	Institution	520
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI	Institution	481
European Commission - Joint Research Centre	Institution	476

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Data updated 18 August 2025