Gates Foundation

Gates Foundation

The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third-wealthiest charitable foundation in the world, holding $91 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Gates Foundation, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

79%


Total
Publications

3.7K


Total Open
Publications

2.9K


Total
Citations

181K


Open Access
Percentage

79%


Total
Publications

3.7K


Total Open
Publications

2.9K


Total
Citations

181K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

12% 53% 14% 21%

Publisher Open

12%

Both

53%

Other Platform Open

14%

Closed

21%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

050100150200250300350400Total Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

61%OA Journal

OA Journal 61%

1.5K

Hybrid 28%

678

No Guarantees 11%

267

Other Platform Open

Domain 78%

1.9K

Institution 53%

1.3K

Preprint 11%

281

Other Internet 9%

215

Public 5%

116

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
2K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
814
DOI
Other Internet
181
Europe PMC
Domain
152
medRxiv
Preprint
132
Figshare
Public
113
California Digital Library
Institution
89
Research Square
Preprint
87
University of Oxford
Institution
82
Imperial College London
Institution
67
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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