In this page we provide some data about the state of Open Access at the University of Barcelona. Among these data, there are the number of articles posted in the institutional repository in relation to the total production gathered in the GREC, the number of articles published in Open Access according to Web of Science, and the funds granted to publish in Open Access. All these data are updated periodically.
Green route (2010-2025 dataset to download)
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Registered articles at GREC | 3.279 | 6.225 | 7.265 | 7.878 | 8.831 | 8.831 | 288.034 |
Registered articles at GREC and available at DDUB | 705 | 1.745 | 2.050 | 2.661 | 3.044 | 3.249 | 46.871 |
| Percentage of articles available of total registered | 21,50 | 28,03 | 28,22 | 33,78 | 34,47 | 37,17 | 16,27 |
Self-archiving journal policies available: 12.289
Golden route (2010-2025 dataset to download)
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transformative Agreements | 85 | 109 | 101 | 110 | 117 | 125 | 1.331 |
| Amount (€) | 104,319.92 | 125.627,81 | 116.417,35 | 122.926,10 | 130.118,87 | 135.257,55 | 1,465,177.72 |
| Mean | 1,227.29 | 1,179.09 | 1,152.64 | 1,117.51 | 1,112.13 | 1,082.06 | 1,095.82 |
| Publishers | Total TA | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACS | Unlimited | 42 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 23 | 191 |
| AIP | 48 CSUC shared TA | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
| Cambridge | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 116 |
| The Company of Biologists | Unlimited | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| De Gruyter | Unlimited | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | 32 |
| Emerald | 26 CSUC shared TA | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | 21 |
| Elsevier | Unlimited | 264 | 366 | 302 | 259 | 318 | 1.556 |
| IEEE | 9 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | 20 | 32 | 18 | 19 | - | - | 69 |
| Springer | 122 | 129 | 150 | 123 | 102 | 46 | 550 |
| Wiley | 149 hybrid /9 Gold | 120 | 185 | 150 | 138 | 97 | 690 |
Addional data
Open Alex: Documents by authors from the University of Barcelona with open access publications: 90,270 (representing the 52.4% of total publications)
Open Alex: Documents by corresponding authors from the University of Barcelona with open access publications: 27,200 (representing the 57.3% of total OA publications)
University of Barcelona scientific journals in Open Access: 69
Number of doctoral theses at the institutional repository: 11,172
Updated: 28/11/2025