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

53%


Total
Publications

132K


Total Open
Publications

70K


Total
Citations

6.5M


Open Access
Percentage

53%


Total
Publications

132K


Total Open
Publications

70K


Total
Citations

6.5M

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

15% 24% 12% 49%

Publisher Open

15%

Both

24%

Other Platform Open

12%

Closed

49%

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

45%OA Journal

OA Journal 45%

23K

Hybrid 25%

12K

No Guarantees 30%

15K

Other Platform Open

Domain 64%

31K

Institution 31%

15K

Other Internet 20%

9.9K

Preprint 11%

5.5K

Public 3%

1.3K

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
31K
DOI
Other Internet
7.1K
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI OAI
Institution
6K
arXiv
Preprint
5.1K
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
3.6K
DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
Institution
2K
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services
Institution
1.8K
Europe PMC
Domain
1.4K
Boston University - OpenBU/Boston University Institutional Repository
Institution
1.3K
Figshare
Public
1.2K
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Data updated 18 August 2025

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