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

54%


Total
Publications

61K


Total Open
Publications

33K


Total
Citations

1.6M


Open Access
Percentage

54%


Total
Publications

61K


Total Open
Publications

33K


Total
Citations

1.6M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

22% 26% 5% 47%

Publisher Open

22%

Both

26%

Other Platform Open

5%

Closed

47%

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

61%OA Journal

OA Journal 61%

18K

Hybrid 24%

6.9K

No Guarantees 15%

4.4K

Other Platform Open

Domain 62%

12K

Institution 44%

8.2K

Other Internet 23%

4.2K

Preprint 7%

1.4K

Public 4%

793

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
12K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
3.2K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
2.6K
DOI
Other Internet
2.5K
arXiv
Preprint
1.3K
University of Pretoria - UpSpace Institutional Repository
Institution
1K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
900
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot
Institution
891
Europe PMC
Domain
890
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
845
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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