Umm al-Qura University

Umm al-Qura University

Umm al-Qura University is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia in 1949 during the reign of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm al-Qura through a royal decree in 1981. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Umm al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

67%


Total
Publications

24K


Total Open
Publications

16K


Total
Citations

402K


Open Access
Percentage

67%


Total
Publications

24K


Total Open
Publications

16K


Total
Citations

402K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

23% 39% 5% 33%

Publisher Open

23%

Both

39%

Other Platform Open

5%

Closed

33%

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

53%OA Journal

OA Journal 53%

8.1K

Hybrid 35%

5.3K

No Guarantees 12%

1.8K

Other Platform Open

Institution 66%

7K

Domain 54%

5.8K

Other Internet 23%

2.5K

Preprint 4%

439

Public 2%

264

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
6.3K
PubMed Central
Domain
5.9K
DOI
Other Internet
2.2K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
360
Research Square
Preprint
212
Figshare
Public
209
Europe PMC
Domain
136
thesai.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
92
arXiv
Preprint
89
University of Birmingham
Institution
81
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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