Choosing which R4 report to run
| I would like to ... | Suggested report or visualisation |
|---|---|
| Evaluate usage of journal subscriptions to inform renewal decisions | Journals: JR1, JR1a and JR1 GOA reports
Journals: JR1 reports excluding backfile and GOA Journals: JR5 reports |
| Evaluate usage of a database subscription | Books & Other: Database Report 1 (DB1) |
| Monitor usage of ebooks | Books & Other: Book Report 1 (BR1)
Books & Other: Book Report 2 (BR2) |
| Identify potential resources for purchase using attempted and denied accesses | Journals: JR2 reports
Books & Other: Book Report 3 (BR3) Books & Other: Database Report 2 (DB2) |
| Assess usage of a backfile | Journals: JR5
Journals: JR1a |
| Investigate gold open access usage | Journals: JR1 GOA |
| Report a high-level summary of usage or access denials | Journals: Annual summary of publisher usage
Journals: Summary of publisher usage by date range Journal visualisations: Top publisher usage as bubble/tree chart Books & Other: Annual Summary (from BR2) |
| View trends over time | Journals: Trends over time
Journal visualisations: Individual publisher usage trends Books & Other: Trends over time – tables and graphs (from BR2) Books & Other visualisations: Individual supplier usage trends |
Evaluate usage of journal subscriptions to inform renewal decisions
JR1 is the main usage report for journals and contains all usage. There are two sub-reports: the JR1a and JR1 GOA which each contain a subset of usage. It is common practice to subtract the JR1a and JR1 GOA from JR1 totals to get a figure for the 'frontfile' and there is a JUSP report that carries out this calculation.
Considerations:
- Not all publishers supply JR1a and JR1 GOA reports
- Publishers have different definitions of archive
- Articles could be both in the archive and gold open access
The JR5 may also be used to limit to specific years of publication, but it is not possible to exclude gold open access usage.
Evaluate usage of a database subscription
The DB1 report is used to assess usage of a database using metrics: Searches, Result Clicks and Record Views.
Monitor usage of ebooks
The BR2 is the main report for monitoring usage of ebooks and shows the number of section requests per title. Due to ambiguities in the meaning of section (e.g. chapter, entries, page), cross-supplier comparison is challenging in Release 4.
The BR1 is also used when the BR2 is not available and shows the number of whole book requests. The BR1 is only supplied when the book can be downloaded as a whole.
Identify potential resources for purchase using attempted and denied accesses
The JR2, BR3 and DB2 each provide details of access denied per journal title, book title and database, respectively.
Access denials could be due to No license or turnaway (concurrent users limit).
Assess usage of a backfile
The JR1a is a subset of the JR1 that only includes usage of articles defined as being in an archive.
The JR5 breaks down usage by year of publication (YOP) and allows you to limit to specific years and year ranges as well as profile usage of an archive.
Investigate gold open access usage
The JR1 GOA shows full-text requests for gold open access articles only at a title level.
There is no equivalent book report in R4.
Report a high-level summary of usage or access denials
For journals there are five summary reports in JUSP which aggregate the JR1, JR1a and JR1 GOA across publishers in different ways.
The book summary reports are based on the BR2 and available for the calendar year and academic (SCONUL year).
View trends over time
For Release 4 journals and books there are Trends over time reports that summarise use by calendar year for a publisher.
Visualisations are also available.