{"id":4809,"date":"2024-08-21T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?post_type=oa-dashboard&#038;p=4809"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:16:39","slug":"open-access-uptake-by-discipline","status":"publish","type":"oa-dashboard","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/oa-dashboard\/oa-dashboard-2\/open-access-uptake-by-discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Access uptake by discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"margin-bottom: -10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: -10px;\"><strong>Open Access Uptake by Discipline<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44487\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10001047\/STM-Divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The trend in Open Access (OA) uptake for Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) disciplines shows little variation from the overall picture because most scholarly content published is within an STM discipline. As of 2024, STM disciplines apply to 90% of global articles, reviews and conference papers, while Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) represent 10%. The relative share of each has been consistent over the past ten years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Both SSH and STM have seen the share of subscription-only articles fall; by 27% for SSH and 15% for STM over the ten-year period.\u202f\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The share of gold Open Access has increased at a higher rate than subscription has declined; by 26% for STM and 32% for SSH. <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":4799,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4809","oa-dashboard","type-oa-dashboard","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Open Access uptake by discipline - STM Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/oa-dashboard\/oa-dashboard-2\/open-access-uptake-by-discipline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open Access uptake by discipline - STM Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Open Access Uptake by Discipline The trend in Open Access (OA) uptake for Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) disciplines shows little variation from the overall picture because most scholarly content published is within an STM discipline. 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