Open access articles in UKPMC are indicated by blue, while read-only articles are shown in green.
The comparison provides insights into the growing accessibility of scholarly articles through open access models.
The analysis emphasizes the need to improve the ratio of open access articles relative to published abstracts.
Increases in open access publications could enhance the availability of research for public and academic use.
Abstract
The graphic above shows articles available in UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) – read-only articles: green; Open Access articles: blue – compared to the number of abstracts in PubMed.