The Open Access Directory has released "OA by the Numbers."
Here's an excerpt:
OA journals (Gold OA)
- 7,311. November 28, 2011. The number of peer-reviewed OA journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
- 1,728. November 28, 2011. The number of CC-licensed journals in the DOAJ.
- 830. November 28, 2011. The number of SPARC Europe seal journals in the DOAJ. (The SPARC Europe seal requires a CC-BY license.)
- 4.4. November 28, 2011. Average number of new journals added each day in 2010 to the DOAJ. . . .
OA repositories (Green OA)
- 2,145. November 28, 2011. Number of OA, OAI-compliant repositories listed by OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories).
- 2,584. November 28, 2011. Number of OA, OAI-compliant repositories listed by ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repositories).
- 3,946. November 28, 2011. Number of OA, OAI-compliant repositories listed by OpenArchive.edu
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