Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont. It was chartered in Boston in 1869. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

56%


Total
Publications

132K


Total Open
Publications

74K


Total
Citations

6.4M


Open Access
Percentage

56%


Total
Publications

132K


Total Open
Publications

74K


Total
Citations

6.4M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

14% 24% 18% 44%

Publisher Open

14%

Both

24%

Other Platform Open

18%

Closed

44%

Percentage of Open Access over time

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Publisher Open

Both

Other Platform Open

Closed

Volume of Open Access over time

01k2k3k4k5k6k7k8k9kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

36%OA Journal

OA Journal 36%

18K

Hybrid 31%

16K

No Guarantees 33%

17K

Other Platform Open

Domain 73%

41K

Institution 23%

13K

Preprint 20%

11K

Other Internet 14%

7.7K

Public 7%

3.6K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
40K
Europe PMC
Domain
22K
arXiv
Preprint
7K
DOI
Other Internet
2.9K
Semantic Scholar
Public
2.8K
bioRxiv
Preprint
2.2K
California Digital Library - eScholarship
Other Internet
1.5K
University of California - eScholarship University of California
Institution
1.5K
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc
Preprint
1.5K
CiteSeer X
Other Internet
1.4K
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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