Usage reports

Taylor & Francis Online provides COUNTER-compliant usage reports for registered library account administrators. When COUNTER usage data for the current month has been processed and is ready for reporting, you will be notified by email.

Benefits of usage reports:

• Track usage at your institution over a monthly or annual basis
• Find out how well new journals are being used in your institution
• Identify key trends in user behavior

About COUNTER

COUNTER is a non-profit organization supported by a global community of library, publisher and vendor members. Jointly, they develop the Code of Practice, meaning publishers and vendors report usage of their electronic resources in a consistent way. This enables libraries to compare data received from different publishers and vendors.

Publishers and vendors undergo an independent audit to comply with the COUNTER Code of Practice. Compliance is granted at the platform level, not the product level.

Which COUNTER Release 5 reports can I use?

Release 5 introduced a significant change in reporting. As well as static predefined reports by COUNTER, there is a new concept of Master reports, allowing you to filter and configure (or 'slice and dice') to create customized views of usage data. For more information please consult our COUNTER 5 guide.

Standard Views

• PR_P1 Platform Usage shows 'Searches_Platform', 'Total_Item_Requests' and 'Unique_Item_Requests' summarized at the platform level. This report is most comparable to the Release 4 Platform Report 1.
• TR_J1 Journal Requests (excluding OA_Gold) shows 'Total_Item_Requests' and 'Unique_Item_Requests' summarized at the journal level and excludes Gold Open Access content. This report is most comparable to the Release 4 Journal Report 1.
• TR_J2 Journal Access Denied shows 'Limit_Exceeded' and 'No_License' summarized at the journal level. This report is most comparable to the Release 4 Journal Report 2.
• TR_J3 Journal Usage by Access Type report shows total and unique investigations and requests by access type summarized at the journal level.
• TR_J4 Journal Requests by YOP (Excluding OA_Gold) shows 'Total_Item_Requests' and 'Unique_Item_Requests' by year of publication summarized at the journal level and excludes Gold Open Access content. This report is most comparable to the Release 4 Journal Report 5.
• DR_D1 Database Search and Item Usage shows 'Searches_Automated', 'Searches_Federated', 'Searches_Regular', 'Total_Item_Investigations' and 'Total_Item_Requests' summarized at the database level. This report is most comparable to the Release 4 Database Report 1.
• DR_D2 Database Access Denied shows 'Limit_Exceeded' and 'No_License' summarized at the database level. This report is most comparable to the Release 4 Database Report 2.
• IR_A1 Journal Article Requests shows 'Total_Item_Requests' and 'Unique_Item_Requests' summarized at the article level.

Master Reports

• PR Platform Master Report create and pull customizable reports summarized at the platform level.
• TR Title Master Report create and pull customizable reports summarized at the journal level.
• IR Item Master Report create and pull customizable reports summarized at the article level.

DR Database Master Report create and pull customizable reports summarized at the database level.

How do I run usage reports on my institution's account?

Sign in with your username and password and go to Your Account.

If you have been allocated administrative rights for your institution you will now see Institutional Account options as well as Account Settings. If you do not see this option please contact us.

Click on Usage Reports where you will find all the options for downloading usage data for your institution.

I am using Sushi Harvesting for downloading usage reports, will COUNTER Release 5 have an impact on this?

There are some very minor changes to the functionality of Sushi Harvesting with COUNTER Release 5. These include changes to the Request URL. A brief guide and walk through of these changes can be found here.

If you have any problems please visit our FAQs.