National Health Service Scotland

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 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

70%


Total
Publications

4.5K


Total Open
Publications

3.2K


Total
Citations

240K


Open Access
Percentage

70%


Total
Publications

4.5K


Total Open
Publications

3.2K


Total
Citations

240K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

16% 42% 12% 30%

Publisher Open

16%

Both

42%

Other Platform Open

12%

Closed

30%

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

050100150200250300Total Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

48%OA Journal

OA Journal 48%

1.3K

Hybrid 26%

696

No Guarantees 26%

683

Other Platform Open

Institution 76%

1.9K

Domain 63%

1.6K

Other Internet 10%

237

Preprint 6%

151

Public 5%

133

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
1.6K
University of Edinburgh
Institution
847
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
513
gla.ac.uk OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
471
ed.ac.uk OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
277
University of Dundee
Institution
204
Glasgow Caledonian University
Institution
174
DOI
Other Internet
151
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
144
University of Strathclyde
Institution
136
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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