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 | 1.147 | 6.045 | 7.073 | 7.756 | 8.740 | 8.668 | 284.538 |
Registered articles at GREC and available at DDUB | 201 | 1.252 | 1.899 | 2.571 | 2.982 | 3.226 | 45.236 |
| Percentage of articles available of total registered | 17,52 | 20,71 | 26,85 | 33,15 | 34,12 | 37,22 | 15,90 |
Self-archiving journal policies available: 11.991
Golden route (2010-2025 dataset to download)
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transformative Agreements | 17 | 109 | 101 | 110 | 117 | 125 | 1.263 |
| Amount (€) | 20.709,49 | 125.627,81 | 116.417,35 | 122.926,10 | 130.118,87 | 135.257,55 | 1.360.857,80 |
| Mean | 1.218,21 | 1.174,09 | 1.152,64 | 1.117,51 | 1.112,13 | 1.082,06 | 991,85 |
| Publishers | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACS | 0 | 48 | 40 | 38 | 23 | 149 |
| AIP | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 11 |
| Cambridge | 9 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 105 |
| The Company of Biologists | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| De Gruyter | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | 24 |
| Emerald | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | 14 |
| Elsevier | 40 | 360 | 335 | 285 | 312 | 1.332 |
| IEEE | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | 11 | 18 | 19 | - | - | 48 |
| Springer | 53 | 145 | 123 | 102 | 46 | 469 |
| Wiley | 8 | 185 | 150 | 138 | 97 | 578 |
Addional data
Web of Science: University of Barcelona author's documents in Open Access publications: 82.398
University of Barcelona scientific journals in Open Access: 66
Number of doctoral theses at the institutional repository: 11.828
Updated: 30/4/2025