National Health Service Scotland

NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for National Health Service Scotland, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

67%

Total
Publications

3.8K

Total Open
Publications

2.5K

Total
Citations

190K

Open Access
Percentage

67%

Total
Publications

3.8K

Total Open
Publications

2.5K

Total
Citations

190K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

19%

Both

37%

Other Platform Open

10%

Closed

34%

Percentage of Open Access over time

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

OA Journal 49%

Hybrid 24%

502

No Guarantees 27%

570

Other Platform Open

Domain 63%

1.2K

Institution 53%

964

Other Internet 19%

342

Preprint 7%

124

Public 3%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	1.1K
University of Edinburgh	Institution	346
DOI	Other Internet	317
Glasgow Caledonian University	Institution	174
Europe PMC	Domain	111
University of Dundee	Institution	88
medRxiv	Preprint	87
University of St Andrews	Institution	80
King's College London	Institution	75
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	Institution	69

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Data updated 18 August 2025