As of 31st March there are approximately 76,800 records in our Current Research Information System (PURE), of which 16,795 have open access documents available to the general public (22% open access). In addition there are 170 records with documents waiting for validation.
Looking specifically at just journal articles and conference proceedings:
| All time OA docs | Open access % | 2008 onwards OA docs | Open access % | |
| Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | 6513 | 33 | 4476 | 41 |
| Humanities & Social Science | 3002 | 22 | 2509 | 36 |
| Science & Engineering | 5687 | 22 | 3826 | 30 |
Monthly application figures to the Gold Open Access funds:
| Month | Applications to RCUK | Applications to Wellcome |
| January 2014 | 32 | 13 |
| February 2014 | 24 | 13 |
| March 2014 | 23 | 14 |
Status of the RCUK fund – currently there is £367,400 left in the fund*, with an additional £74,400 committed on articles submitted for publication. Altogether the fund has 35% left in the account.
(*this figure was slightly wrong last month – apologies!)
Status of the Wellcome fund – since the start of the new reporting period (November 2013) the cumulative open access spend has been £137,078