Wellcome Trust

Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome to fund research to improve human and animal health. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

81%


Total
Publications

83K


Total Open
Publications

67K


Total
Citations

6.7M


Open Access
Percentage

81%


Total
Publications

83K


Total Open
Publications

67K


Total
Citations

6.7M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

12% 52% 17% 19%

Publisher Open

12%

Both

52%

Other Platform Open

17%

Closed

19%

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

05001k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5k4k4.5k5k5.5k6kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

56%OA Journal

OA Journal 56%

30K

Hybrid 26%

13K

No Guarantees 18%

9.8K

Other Platform Open

Domain 73%

42K

Institution 65%

37K

Other Internet 17%

9.5K

Preprint 13%

7.5K

Public 7%

3.8K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
42K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
16K
DOI
Other Internet
8.4K
University of Oxford
Institution
6.6K
University of Cambridge
Institution
5.9K
bioRxiv
Preprint
4.4K
University of Edinburgh
Institution
4.1K
Figshare
Public
3.8K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
3.3K
Europe PMC
Domain
2.6K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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