Creative Commons

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.

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


Open Access Percentage

92%


Total
Publications

25K


Total Open
Publications

23K


Total
Citations

116K


Open Access
Percentage

92%


Total
Publications

25K


Total Open
Publications

23K


Total
Citations

116K

Wikipedia

Website

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Breakdown

31% 57% 4% 8%

Publisher Open

31%

Both

57%

Other Platform Open

4%

Closed

8%

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

01k2k3k4k5k6k7kTotal Publications
2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Open

Closed

Publisher Open

78%OA Journal

OA Journal 78%

17K

Hybrid 14%

3.1K

No Guarantees 8%

1.6K

Other Platform Open

Domain 97%

15K

Institution 5%

717

Other Internet 2%

235

Public 1%

178

Preprint 0%

60

Other Platform Locations

Name

Platform Type

Publications

PubMed Central
Domain
15K
Europe PMC
Domain
5.3K
Semantic Scholar
Public
161
Unknown Repository
Other Internet
58
Universidad de la Rioja - Dialnet
Institution
43
California Digital Library - eScholarship
Other Internet
42
University College London - UCL Discovery
Institution
41
University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology - University of Groningen research database
Institution
35
um.si OAI-PMH Repository
Institution
32
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services - NARCIS - National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System
Institution
32
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Data updated 7 April 2025

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