West Coast University

West Coast University

West Coast University is a private, for-profit university focused on healthcare degrees with campus locations in Los Angeles, Anaheim, and Ontario, California; Richardson, Texas; and Miami, Florida. David Pyle founded American Career College in 1979 under the name of American College of Optics. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for West Coast University, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

55%


Total
Publications

549


Total Open
Publications

302


Total
Citations

9.1K


Open Access
Percentage

55%


Total
Publications

549


Total Open
Publications

302


Total
Citations

9.1K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

21% 25% 8% 46%

Publisher Open

21%

Both

25%

Other Platform Open

8%

Closed

46%

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

01020304050607080Total Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

39%OA Journal

OA Journal 39%

97

Hybrid 23%

57

No Guarantees 38%

93

Other Platform Open

Domain 67%

122

Institution 52%

94

Other Internet 19%

34

Preprint 6%

10

Public 2%

4

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
125
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
57
DOI
Other Internet
28
California Digital Library
Institution
15
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
6
University of Malta
Institution
6
bioRxiv
Preprint
6
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Institution
4
Europe PMC
Domain
4
Figshare
Public
3
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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