Current OA rate

62%*

Universities NZ 2025 Target

70%

Last Updated

Jul 2025

Total OA rate over time
Access type over time
OA rate by institution (2024)
Lincoln University 74%
Massey University 72%
University of Otago 67%
University of Canterbury 67%
University of Waikato 66%
Auckland University of Technology 64%
University of Auckland 62%
Victoria University of Wellington 59%

Current OA rate

62%*

OA target

—

Last Updated

Jul 2025

Total OA rate over time
Access type over time
OA rate by institution (2024)
Australian National University 67%
The University of Queensland 66%
The University of Melbourne 66%
Monash University 65%
The University of Western Australia 65%
The University of Sydney 64%
UNSW Sydney 62%
The University of Adelaide 61%
NZ vs AU OA rate over time
Institutional Trend (NZ)
Institutional Trend (AU)
OA Rate By Field (NZ)
OA Rate By Field (AU)

Publications

168,734

Citations

3,239,941

OA Citation Advantage

29%

Last Updated

Jul 2025

Open vs Closed
Open Access Status
Citation Summary
Year Works Citations Min Max Median Average
2015 14,608 441,302 0 5,461 11 30.2
2016 15,622 417,962 0 3,639 11 26.8
2017 17,227 452,207 0 5,836 10 26.2
2018 16,729 434,751 0 16,839 10 26.0
2019 17,667 468,461 0 11,224 9 26.5
2020 18,778 408,387 0 5,955 9 21.7
2021 19,266 283,147 0 5,235 7 14.7
2022 17,842 185,205 0 2,542 4 10.4
2023 17,121 109,937 0 2,373 2 6.4
2024 13,874 38,582 0 1,595 1 2.8
Citation Spread

Publications

691,018

Citations

17,172,615

OA Citation Advantage

44%

Last Updated

Jul 2025

Open vs Closed
Open Access Status
Citation Summary
Year Works Citations Min Max Median Average
2015 60,135 2,422,310 0 33,434 15 40.3
2016 62,454 2,388,655 0 22,002 14 38.2
2017 65,561 2,378,037 0 8,360 13 36.3
2018 67,864 2,303,813 0 27,388 13 33.9
2019 72,711 2,117,768 0 8,620 11 29.1
2020 76,996 2,185,706 0 12,358 11 28.4
2021 78,853 1,623,529 0 54,403 8 20.6
2022 72,828 985,514 0 5,928 6 13.5
2023 71,263 562,396 0 2,373 3 7.9
2024 62,353 204,887 0 910 1 3.3
Citation Spread
Top 5 Share Over Time
Top 5 By Field
Top 20 by Article Share
Rank Publisher Articles Article Share Percent OA Median Citations
1 Elsevier 31,855 21% 40% 11
2 Wiley 15,356 10% 54% 9
3 Taylor & Francis 13,365 9% 36% 6
4 Springer 11,559 8% 53% 10
5 MDPI 6,232 4% 100% 8
6 SAGE Publishing 5,480 4% 44% 7
7 Oxford University Press 4,036 3% 75% 9
8 Frontiers Media 2,560 2% 100% 10
9 Emerald Publishing Limited 2,378 2% 25% 12
10 Cambridge University Press 2,201 1% 61% 5
11 IEEE 2,037 1% 42% 13
12 American Chemical Society 2,024 1% 27% 16
13 BioMed Central 1,877 1% 100% 13
14 American Physical Society 1,877 1% 87% 13
15 Wolters Kluwer 1,684 1% 40% 6
16 BMJ 1,631 1% 73% 8
17 Public Library of Science 1,436 1% 100% 16
18 Royal Society of Chemistry 1,255 1% 39% 13
19 IOP Publishing 1,217 1% 84% 10
20 National Institutes of Health 1,120 1% 0% 5
Top 5 Share Over Time
Top 5 By Field
Top 20 by Article Share
Rank Publisher Articles Article Share Percent OA Median Citations
1 Elsevier 154,393 24% 44% 11
2 Wiley 78,320 12% 64% 9
3 Springer 49,729 8% 59% 13
4 Taylor & Francis 34,255 5% 35% 6
5 Oxford University Press 28,098 4% 83% 11
6 MDPI 18,474 3% 100% 8
7 SAGE Publishing 18,381 3% 46% 7
8 Wolters Kluwer 12,770 2% 42% 5
9 IEEE 12,324 2% 42% 17
10 BioMed Central 11,827 2% 100% 14
11 American Chemical Society 11,024 2% 31% 20
12 BMJ 9,837 2% 78% 8
13 Frontiers Media 9,647 2% 100% 11
14 Cambridge University Press 9,378 1% 62% 6
15 Public Library of Science 8,350 1% 100% 18
16 Royal Society of Chemistry 6,797 1% 38% 18
17 IOP Publishing 6,471 1% 88% 13
18 American Physical Society 5,273 1% 87% 16
19 CSIRO Publishing 5,127 1% 41% 6
20 Emerald Publishing Limited 2,649 0% 21% 12