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

74%


Total
Publications

87K


Total Open
Publications

65K


Total
Citations

6.3M


Open Access
Percentage

74%


Total
Publications

87K


Total Open
Publications

65K


Total
Citations

6.3M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

17% 47% 8% 28%

Publisher Open

17%

Both

47%

Other Platform Open

8%

Closed

28%

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

41%OA Journal

OA Journal 41%

21K

Hybrid 34%

17K

No Guarantees 25%

13K

Other Platform Open

Domain 73%

34K

Institution 59%

27K

Other Internet 18%

8.6K

Public 6%

2.9K

Preprint 1%

563

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
34K
University of Cambridge - Apollo
Institution
8.6K
DOI
Other Internet
7.1K
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer
Institution
4.3K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
3.3K
Europe PMC
Domain
3.2K
ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Institution
3K
Figshare
Public
2.9K
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
2.5K
Imperial College London - Spiral
Institution
2K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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