University of the Witwatersrand

University of the Witwatersrand

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a multi-campus public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg, South Africa. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

56%


Total
Publications

61K


Total Open
Publications

34K


Total
Citations

1.6M


Open Access
Percentage

56%


Total
Publications

61K


Total Open
Publications

34K


Total
Citations

1.6M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

20% 27% 9% 44%

Publisher Open

20%

Both

27%

Other Platform Open

9%

Closed

44%

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

05001k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5k4k4.5k5kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

53%OA Journal

OA Journal 53%

15K

Hybrid 30%

8.5K

No Guarantees 17%

5K

Other Platform Open

Domain 58%

13K

Institution 39%

8.6K

Public 16%

3.5K

Preprint 16%

3.4K

Other Internet 14%

3K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
13K
Europe PMC
Domain
5.5K
Semantic Scholar
Public
3K
arXiv
Preprint
1.8K
University of Pretoria - UpSpace Institutional Repository
Institution
1.4K
University College London - UCL Discovery
Institution
962
DOI
Other Internet
938
Research Square
Preprint
817
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services - NARCIS - National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System
Institution
742
Radboud University - Radboud Repository
Institution
662
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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