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

189K

Open Access
Percentage

67%

Total
Publications

3.8K

Total Open
Publications

2.5K

Total
Citations

189K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

20%

Both

38%

Other Platform Open

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 48%

Hybrid 24%

505

No Guarantees 28%

589

Other Platform Open

Domain 68%

1.2K

Institution 59%

Other Internet 13%

216

Public 3%

Preprint 2%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	1.2K
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer	Institution	345
Glasgow Caledonian University - ResearchOnline	Institution	240
DOI	Other Internet	197
Europe PMC	Domain	105
University of Dundee - Discovery Research Portal	Institution	88
Elsevier - Scopus	Institution	85
St Andrews Research Repository - St Andrews Research Repository	Institution	80
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services	Institution	67
University of Stirling - Stirling Online Research Repository	Institution	47

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Data updated 18 August 2025