University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

Open Access statistics for University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2025. Read More.


Open Access Percentage

50%


Total
Publications

124K


Total Open
Publications

62K


Total
Citations

5.1M


Open Access
Percentage

50%


Total
Publications

124K


Total Open
Publications

62K


Total
Citations

5.1M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

14% 25% 11% 50%

Publisher Open

14%

Both

25%

Other Platform Open

11%

Closed

50%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

05001k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5k4k4.5k5k5.5k6k6.5k7kTotal Publications
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

39%OA Journal

OA Journal 39%

19K

Hybrid 36%

17K

No Guarantees 25%

12K

Other Platform Open

Institution 72%

32K

Domain 38%

17K

Other Internet 16%

7.1K

Preprint 12%

5.4K

Public 9%

3.9K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
17K
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
9.2K
White Rose University Consortium
Institution
7.9K
DOI
Other Internet
7.3K
Figshare
Public
3.9K
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Institution
3.7K
arXiv
Preprint
3.4K
University of Manchester
Institution
2.5K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
2.4K
University of Edinburgh
Institution
2K
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Data updated 12 August 2026

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