Medical Research Council

Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council is a council of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, responsible for co-coordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. 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

73%


Total
Publications

87K


Total Open
Publications

64K


Total
Citations

6.5M


Open Access
Percentage

73%


Total
Publications

87K


Total Open
Publications

64K


Total
Citations

6.5M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

15% 43% 14% 28%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

43%

Other Platform Open

14%

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

44%OA Journal

OA Journal 44%

22K

Hybrid 30%

15K

No Guarantees 26%

13K

Other Platform Open

Domain 64%

33K

Institution 47%

24K

Other Internet 23%

12K

Preprint 12%

6.2K

Public 4%

1.9K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
32K
DOI
Other Internet
11K
University of Cambridge
Institution
7.1K
University of Edinburgh
Institution
4.4K
bioRxiv
Preprint
3.9K
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institution
3.7K
Europe PMC
Domain
3.5K
Imperial College London
Institution
2K
King's College London
Institution
1.8K
Figshare
Public
1.8K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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