Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University is a public university in Macomb, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Western Illinois University, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

25%

Total
Publications

3.7K

Total Open
Publications

925

Total
Citations

73K

Open Access
Percentage

25%

Total
Publications

3.7K

Total Open
Publications

925

Total
Citations

73K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

13%

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

76%

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 45%

329

Hybrid 23%

167

No Guarantees 32%

233

Other Platform Open

Domain 40%

166

Institution 27%

111

Other Internet 23%

Preprint 21%

Public 3%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	165
DOI	Other Internet	96
arXiv	Preprint	80
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	Institution	29
Office of Scientific and Technical Information	Institution	21
Figshare	Public	11
Europe PMC	Domain	11
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot	Institution	7
Erasmus University Rotterdam	Institution	7
Preprints	Preprint	6

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Data updated 18 August 2025