Creative Commons

Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Creative Commons, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

99%

Total
Publications

25K

Total Open
Publications

24K

Total
Citations

122K

Open Access
Percentage

99%

Total
Publications

25K

Total Open
Publications

24K

Total
Citations

122K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

40%

Both

58%

Other Platform Open

Closed

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 73%

17K

Hybrid 23%

5.4K

No Guarantees 4%

844

Other Platform Open

Domain 91%

13K

Other Internet 11%

1.6K

Institution 6%

823

Public 0%

Preprint 0%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	13K
DOI	Other Internet	1.5K
Europe PMC	Domain	570
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	130
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services	Institution	69
DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard	Institution	68
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design - Publications	Institution	43
Elsevier - Scopus	Institution	32
Yonsei University Medical Library - YUHSpace	Institution	31
University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology - University of Groningen research database	Institution	16

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Data updated 18 August 2025