British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is the largest library 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 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

58%

Total
Publications

1.6K

Total Open
Publications

924

Total
Citations

29K

Open Access
Percentage

58%

Total
Publications

1.6K

Total Open
Publications

924

Total
Citations

29K

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

18%

Both

27%

Other Platform Open

Closed

49%

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 43%

259

Hybrid 35%

214

No Guarantees 22%

137

Other Platform Open

Institution 63%

310

Domain 40%

198

Preprint 25%

124

Other Internet 11%

Public 4%

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	200
arXiv	Preprint	116
Queen Mary University of London - Queen Mary Research Online	Institution	41
University of Cambridge - Apollo	Institution	38
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot	Institution	36
Elsevier - Scopus	Institution	33
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	27
DOI	Other Internet	23
ORA - Oxford University Research Archive	Institution	19
University of Bristol - Bristol Research	Institution	17

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Data updated 18 August 2025