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 2024. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

67%


Total
Publications

3.8K


Total Open
Publications

2.5K


Total
Citations

186K


Open Access
Percentage

67%


Total
Publications

3.8K


Total Open
Publications

2.5K


Total
Citations

186K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

19% 39% 7% 35%

Publisher Open

19%

Both

39%

Other Platform Open

7%

Closed

35%

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

050100150200250300Total Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

47%OA Journal

OA Journal 47%

1K

Hybrid 26%

547

No Guarantees 27%

580

Other Platform Open

Domain 68%

1.2K

Institution 63%

1.1K

Other Internet 13%

228

Public 4%

63

Preprint 1%

11

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
1.2K
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer
Institution
339
Glasgow Caledonian University - ResearchOnline
Institution
257
DOI
Other Internet
178
Europe PMC
Domain
105
Elsevier - Scopus
Institution
104
University of Dundee - Discovery Research Portal
Institution
88
St Andrews Research Repository - St Andrews Research Repository
Institution
80
Figshare
Public
61
ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Institution
60
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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