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Advancing open access to knowledge

We’re supporting the continuous sharing and discovery of research to help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

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Our vision for open access

Open access is vital to a collaborative, inclusive and transparent world of research where quality knowledge can be shared and built upon to advance human progress. Every day, we work to bring more insight into closer reach for the research community and the public.

For progress to be meaningful, it must be inclusive and sustainable, with solutions tailored to your goals. That’s why we offer a wide choice and flexibility for every researcher and institution around the world that wants to publish open access, without ever compromising on research quality, integrity and value.

Learn more about our approach to open access.

Strengthening confidence through trusted quality

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We receive around 3.5 million research papers from authors, annually. Whether published open access or via subscription model, they are rigorously reviewed by our in-house editorial teams in collaboration with 36,000 editors and 1.7 million expert reviewers globally.  

The result is over 720,000 articles in 2024 enhanced, indexed, certified, and promoted following peer review. With the assistance provided to authors, this ensures the integrity of research and the scientific record. Articles in our journals account for over 17% of global research output and 29% of global citations, reinforcing our focus on quality and ensuring you can advance your field of science with confidence.

Enabling a transition to open access

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To support every researcher in sharing their work in the way that best suits them, nearly all of Elsevier's over 3,000 journals enable open access publishing. More than 890 of these being fully open access. In 2024, Elsevier published over 250,000 open access articles.  

Our world-leading research platforms make available 3.7 million validated open access articles, and we support more than 3,600 institutions with open access agreements.

Supporting every researcher and institution

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Every researcher has distinct needs, and we are committed to helping every researcher and institution to publish and access high-quality research with a wide range of options. Keeping article publishing charges below market average for comparable quality, we also reduce financial barriers for researchers in low- and middle-income countries through initiatives like Geographical Pricing for Open Access. By considering local economic conditions, we ensure more researchers can publish open access and share their work globally.

Free Access initiatives

From researchers and students using content published in our books and journals on a daily basis to a patient who needs critical information about their treatment, Elsevier has a range of access options to ensure that everyone can access the important information they need.

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