Scholarly Communications Project

Electronic Journals: 1996-1998

data from log files at scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/


ejs from SCP %
increase
1997-1998
1998
no. of
accesses
1997
no. of
accesses
1996
no. of
accesses
%
increase
1996-1997
%
increase
1996-1998
Total successful requests 93.0% 1,152,332 597,073 362,801 64.6% 217.6%
No. distinct files requested 165.5% 6,011 2,264 1,084 108.9% 454.5%
No. distinct hosts served 33.6% 224,182 167,808 106,747 57.2% 110.0%


  %
increase
1997-1998
no. of
accesses
no. of
accesses
no. of
accesses
%
increase
1996-1997
%
increase
1996-1998
January 58.3% 52,431 33,125 22,236 49.0% 135.8%
February 91.4% 81,983 42,843 26,568 61.3% 208.6%
March 270.1% 158,193 42,744 28,780 48.5% 449.7%
April 93.3% 95,261 49,292 31,467 56.6% 202.7%
May 74.3% 86,077 49,392 27,211 81.5% 216.3%
June * 113,010 20,172 26,853 * 320.8%
July 27.1% 81,657 64,248 31,342 105.0% 160.5%
August 81.0% 81,232 44,889 26,542 69.1% 206.1%
September * 64,200 37,994 32,550 * 97.2%
October 23.8% 95,008 76,759 38,766 98.0% 145.1%
November 53.4% 101,639 66,270 39,175 69.2% 159.4%
December 21.8% 58,709 48,214 28,329 70.2% 107.2%
totals   1,069,400   359,819   197.2%
*2 weeks in June, 1 week in Sept. are missing data (1997)


US domains % increase
1997-1998
1998
no. of
accesses
1997
no. of
accesses
1996
no. of
accesses
% increase
1996-1997
% increase
1996-1998
.edu 66.2% 188,713 113,537 98,023 15.8% 92.5%
.com 56.4% 225,879 144,440 75,416 91.5% 199.5%
.net 55.9% 143,372 91,968 39,932 130.3% 259.0%
.org 20.6% 6,419 5,323 4,284 24.3% 49.8%
.gov 16.9% 4,094 3,502 2,580 35.7% 58.7%
.mil 77.8% 3,012 1,694 1,147 47.7% 162.6%


15 countries making the most requests for SCP journal files (per 1998)
  % increase
1997-1998
1998
no. of
accesses
1997
no. of
accesses
1996
no. of
accesses
% increase
1996-1997
% increase
1996-1998
Canada 49.6% 22,529 15,055 9,640 56.2% 133.7%
Australia 71.6% 19,811 11,548 6,961 65.9% 184.6%
United Kingdom 65.2% 14,168 8,574 4,880 75.7% 190.3%
Germany 51.0% 6,879 4,557 2,454 85.7% 180.3%
Japan 132.0% 9,015 3,886 2,579 50.7% 249.6%
South Korea 31.9% 3,402 2,580 1,993 29.5% 70.7%
Malaysia 179.2% 7,050 2,525 693 264.4% 917.3%
Sweden 51.3% 3,588 2,371 1,669 42.1% 115.0%
Italy 42.6% 3,052 2,140 1,380 55.1% 121.2%
Finland 49.5% 3,179 2,126 1,462 45.4% 117.4%
Netherlands 72.7% 3,636 2,105 1,929 9.1% 88.5%
Spain 106.0% 3,443 1,671 1,014 64.8% 239.5%
New Zeland 92.3% 3,319 1,726 1,286 34.2% 158.1%
Singapore 43.1% 2,725 1,904 772 146.6% 253.0%
France 102.1% 4,107 2,032 1,843 10.3% 122.8%

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