KU Leuven

KU Leuven is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for KU Leuven, Belgium, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

45%

Total
Publications

195K

Total Open
Publications

88K

Total
Citations

7.8M

Open Access
Percentage

45%

Total
Publications

195K

Total Open
Publications

88K

Total
Citations

7.8M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

15%

Both

22%

Other Platform Open

Closed

56%

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 41%

28K

Hybrid 26%

18K

No Guarantees 33%

23K

Other Platform Open

Institution 70%

40K

Domain 42%

24K

Other Internet 15%

8.5K

Preprint 11%

6.1K

Public 4%

2.4K

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	24K
KU Leuven - Lirias	Institution	14K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services	Institution	9.3K
DOI	Other Internet	6.7K
arXiv	Preprint	5.5K
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot	Institution	3.5K
Ghent University - Ghent University Academic Bibliography	Institution	2.5K
Digital Access to Libraries	Institution	2.2K
Elsevier - Scopus	Institution	2K
Unknown Repository	Other Internet	2K

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Data updated 18 August 2025