Measure.Track Open Access repositories usage

UsageCounts is an OpenAIRE service for content providers, research funders and policy makers, that collects and visualises usage activity of Open Access Repositories by using automated and standardised scientific methods.

  • For
    Provider Managers | Research Managers | Resource Managers | Providers | Research Infrastructure Managers
  • TRL
    9 - actual system proven in operational environment
  • Access Type
    Virtual | Remote
  • Access Mode
    Free
  • Owned by
    OpenAIRE
  • Provided by
    OpenAIRE
  • Funded by
    The framework programme for research and innovation (H2020)
  • Terms of use

UsageCounts service collects usage data from Open Science content providers repositories, journals, and other scientific data sources. Then, it aggregates them, delivering standardized activity reports about research usage and uptake. It complements existing citation mechanisms and assists institutional repository managers, research communities, research organizations, funders, and policy makers to track and evaluate research from an early stage.


Benefits

Enables the discovery of information
Provides metrics, activity, views, downloads of data sources and research products.
Evidence based metrics
Produces evidence based analytical metrics of views and downloads, trends, aggregated from all over the world, and helps spot retention of data.
Trustable & Accurate all in one place
Produces accurate and objective performance measures monitoring of repository content.
Objective science driven insights
Enables the view of research uptake, identify science trends, examine the engagement and evolution of research popularity.
Dynamic projection of information
Information is automatically updated with real time data.
Country based
Metrics for Open Access repositories are combined per country.

Features

Automations & Global Openness

Service is connected with the OpenAIRE Research Graph, therefore, global sources can be accessed via a REST API.

User friendly visualisations

Is available through an easy to navigate website with analytics and user guides.

Seamless Integrations

Service is integrated on OpenAIRE PROVIDE minimising any extra effort and supports CRIS, DRIS, DSpace-CRIS.

Generates reports

Creation of downloadable reports available only for content providers.

Based on standards

Compatibility with COUNTER Code of Practice that provides standards based usage statistics and enables comparability with statistics from other data sources.

GDPR compliant

Performs anonymization of IP-addresses.

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OpenAIRE Service Catalogue receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under OpenAIRE-Advance (No. 777541) and OpenAIRE Nexus (No. 101017452)