What COUNTER reports are available?

COUNTER Usage Reports are provided for COUNTER 5 and COUNTER 5.1 compliancy.

Report Types:

TR – Title Report / Title Master Report

COUNTER 5: Focuses on content usage at the title level (journals and books).
COUNTER 5.1: Focuses on content usage at the title level (journals and books), aligned with updated metric definitions.

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TR_B1 – Book Requests (Excluding OA_Gold / Controlled)

COUNTER 5: Pre‑set book view showing full‑text activity for all non‑Gold Open Access content. The way content is used may differ when accessed as a complete book rather than by chapter.
COUNTER 5.1: Reports successful full‑text requests for book and Element content, excluding open/free‑to‑read content, broken down by metric type (total item requests, unique title requests).

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TR_B2 – Book Access Denied

COUNTER 5: Shows where users were denied access because concurrency limits were exceeded or the institution lacked a licence.
COUNTER 5.1: Reports access‑denied activity for book and Element content.

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TR_B3 – Book Usage by Access Type

COUNTER 5: Shows all applicable metric types broken down by Access_Type.
COUNTER 5.1: Reports usage across all metric types (investigations and requests) for book and Element content, broken down by access type (controlled, open, or other free‑to‑read).

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TR_J1 – Journal Requests (Excluding OA_Gold / Controlled)

COUNTER 5: Pre‑set journal view showing full‑text activity for all non‑Gold Open Access content.
COUNTER 5.1: Reports successful full‑text article requests by month and journal, excluding open/free‑to‑read content, broken down by metric type (total item requests, unique item requests).

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TR_J2 – Journal Access Denied

COUNTER 5: Shows where users were denied access because concurrency limits were exceeded or the institution lacked a licence.
COUNTER 5.1: Reports access‑denied activity for journal articles by month and journal.

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TR_J3 – Journal Usage by Access Type

COUNTER 5: Shows all applicable metric types broken down by Access_Type.
COUNTER 5.1: Reports usage of journal content for all metric types, broken down by Access_Type.

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TR_J4 – Journal Requests by YOP (Excluding OA_Gold / Controlled)

COUNTER 5: Breaks down full‑text usage of non‑Gold Open Access content by year of publication (YOP).
COUNTER 5.1: Reports successful full‑text article requests by journal and year of publication, excluding open/free‑to‑read content, broken down by metric type.

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PR – Platform Report / Platform Master Report

COUNTER 5: Platform‑level usage by metric type (total item requests, unique item requests, unique title requests, platform searches) and data type (book, journal, platform).
COUNTER 5.1: Platform‑level usage across the same metric types and data types, aligned with updated COUNTER 5.1 definitions.

 

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