Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, also known as BCBS, BCBSA, or The Blues, is a United States–based federation with 33 independent and locally operated BCBSA companies that provide health insurance to more than 115 million people in the U.S. as of 2022. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

43%


Total
Publications

164


Total Open
Publications

71


Total
Citations

12K


Open Access
Percentage

43%


Total
Publications

164


Total Open
Publications

71


Total
Citations

12K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

16% 13% 14% 57%

Publisher Open

16%

Both

13%

Other Platform Open

14%

Closed

57%

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

0246810121416182022Total Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

19%OA Journal

OA Journal 19%

9

Hybrid 37%

18

No Guarantees 44%

21

Other Platform Open

Domain 78%

35

Institution 22%

10

Other Internet 11%

5

Preprint 2%

1

Public 2%

1

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
34
Europe PMC
Domain
22
University of Michigan - Deep Blue
Institution
3
University of Bern - Bern Open Repository and Information System
Institution
3
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Carolina Digital Repository
Institution
2
Radboud University - Radboud Repository
Institution
2
DOI
Other Internet
2
CiteSeer X
Other Internet
2
University of California - eScholarship University of California
Institution
1
Semantic Scholar
Public
1
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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