A search of Medline & PubMed this morning for all articles published since 2009 revealed the following results. The scores for Medline are as follows Number of publications = 3,268,240 Number of free articles = 909,297 This means that approximately 28% of articles indexed on Medline since 2009 are available via green & gold open access, or are free anyhow, or are post embargo. The scores for PubMed are as follows Number of publications = 4,292,452 Number of free articles = 1,240,434 This means that approximately 29% of articles indexed on PubMed since 2009 are available via green & gold open access, or are free anyhow, or are post embargo. Cheers Steve Glover MSc Education Business Manager School of Oncology The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester M20 4BX Direct line: 0161 446 3449 PA: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Direct line: 0161 446 3403 To download our 20:20 Vision strategy, please visit http://www.christie.nhs.uk/2020 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error you should not disseminate, distribute or copy it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system.