Fully OA journals output shrank in 2023, but hybrid OA made up the lost ground - OASPA

"Growth in the volume of publications as reported by OASPA members slowed significantly compared with previous years. 

The OASPA dataset shows that members collectively published almost 1.2m articles in 2023. But 2023 output grew by only 4% over 2022, which is one quarter of the previous year’s growth, and one tenth of the long-term average.

Just under 6.4 million articles were published in the period 2000-2023 covered by the dataset. 2023’s output therefore represents a little under one fifth of the total across all years. The total number of articles reported by members has more quadrupled since 2017, and grown over 32x since 2011. 

CC BY in fully OA journals continues to dominate output, accounting for 60% of 2023’s output. However, beneath the headlines lie some interesting nuances. The number of articles in fully OA (‘gold’) journals shrank compared with 2022, while those in hybrid journals continue to grow strongly. 

Output in fully-OA journals shrinks for the first time while hybrid OA grows

In 2023, 75% of the OASPA members’ Open Access articles included in this dataset were published in fully OA journals, down from 79% last year. The chart below compares publications in fully OA journals with those in hybrid ones...."