South African Weather Service

The South African Weather Service is the meteorological service under the South African government's Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. SAWS is a member of the World Meteorological Organization. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for South African Weather Service, South Africa, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

75%

Total
Publications

551

Total Open
Publications

413

Total
Citations

27K

Open Access
Percentage

75%

Total
Publications

551

Total Open
Publications

413

Total
Citations

27K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

36%

Both

35%

Other Platform Open

Closed

27%

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 55%

197

Hybrid 20%

No Guarantees 25%

Other Platform Open

Institution 83%

161

Other Internet 35%

Domain 12%

Public 2%

Preprint 2%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
University of Pretoria - UpSpace Institutional Repository	Institution	73
DOI	Other Internet	57
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot	Institution	49
PubMed Central	Domain	24
USMAI Consortium - Maryland Shared Open Access Repository	Institution	13
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	13
State Meteorological Agency - Arcimis	Institution	9
Ifremer - Archimer	Institution	7
NOAA Institutional Repository	Institution	6
University of Bristol - Bristol Research	Institution	5

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Data updated 18 August 2025