Aston University

Aston University is a public university situated in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Aston began as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School in 1895, evolving into the UK's first college of advanced technology in 1956. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for Aston University, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.

Open Access Percentage

44%

Total
Publications

22K

Total Open
Publications

9.6K

Total
Citations

712K

Open Access
Percentage

44%

Total
Publications

22K

Total Open
Publications

9.6K

Total
Citations

712K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

Publisher Open

17%

Both

17%

Other Platform Open

Closed

57%

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%

Hybrid 31%

2.3K

No Guarantees 27%

Other Platform Open

Institution 58%

3.4K

Domain 36%

2.1K

Other Internet 23%

1.3K

Preprint 9%

553

Public 4%

225

Other Platform Locations

Name	Platform Type	Publications
PubMed Central	Domain	2.1K
DOI	Other Internet	1.3K
Aston University	Institution	892
King's College London	Institution	691
arXiv	Preprint	347
Europe PMC	Domain	208
Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Diderot	Institution	178
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	Institution	164
University of Nottingham	Institution	158
Figshare	Public	145

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Data updated 18 August 2025