Medical Research Council

Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council is responsible for co-coordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is part of United Kingdom Research and Innovation, which came into operation 1 April 2018, and brings together the UK's seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

77%


Total
Publications

87K


Total Open
Publications

67K


Total
Citations

6.1M


Open Access
Percentage

77%


Total
Publications

87K


Total Open
Publications

67K


Total
Citations

6.1M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

12% 48% 17% 23%

Publisher Open

12%

Both

48%

Other Platform Open

17%

Closed

23%

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

05001k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5k4k4.5k5k5.5k6k6.5kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

34%OA Journal

OA Journal 34%

18K

Hybrid 43%

22K

No Guarantees 23%

12K

Other Platform Open

Domain 74%

42K

Institution 59%

33K

Other Internet 14%

7.9K

Preprint 14%

7.9K

Public 9%

5.2K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
41K
Europe PMC
Domain
24K
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer
Institution
12K
University College London - UCL Discovery
Institution
11K
University of Cambridge - Apollo
Institution
11K
DOI
Other Internet
5.6K
bioRxiv
Preprint
4.8K
University of Bristol - Bristol Research
Institution
3.9K
University of Oxford - Oxford University Research Archive (ORA)
Institution
3.8K
Semantic Scholar
Public
3.7K
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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