British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for British Library, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

58%

Total
Publications

1.8K

Total Open
Publications

Total
Citations

49K

Open Access
Percentage

58%

Total
Publications

1.8K

Total Open
Publications

Total
Citations

49K

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

16%

Both

29%

Other Platform Open

11%

Closed

44%

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 42%

332

Hybrid 34%

268

No Guarantees 24%

190

Other Platform Open

Institution 76%

552

Domain 33%

240

Preprint 27%

193

Other Internet 22%

160

Public 3%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	243
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository	Institution	189
arXiv	Preprint	141
DOI	Other Internet	126
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	74
Queen Mary University of London	Institution	50
University of Cambridge	Institution	48
ed.ac.uk OAI-PMH Repository	Institution	35
University of Birmingham	Institution	34
bioRxiv	Preprint	32

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Data updated 18 June 2026