Scholarly Communications 
Project

Electronic Journals: 1996-1997

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

  1997 1996 increases
1996-1997
% increase
1996-1997
Total successful requests 597,073 362,801 234,272 65%
No. distinct files requested 2,264 1,084 1,180 109%
No. distinct hosts served 167,808 106,747 61,061 57%
 
month no. of accesses
1997
no. of accesses
1996
no. increased
1996-1997
% increased
1996-1997
January 33,125 22,236 10,889 49%
February 42,843 26,568 16,275 61%
March 42,744 28,780 13,964 49%
April 49,292 31,467 17,825 57%
May 49,392 27,211 22,181 82%
June 20,172 26,853 * * *2 weeks in June, 1 in Sept. missing data
July 64,248 31,342 32,906 105%
August 44,889 26,542 18,347 69%
September 37,994 32,550 * *
October 76,759 38,766 37,993 98%
November 66,270 39,175 27,095 69%
December 48,214 28,329 19,885 70%
 
domain no. of accesses
1997
no. of accesses
1996
no. increased
1996-1997
% increased
1996-1997
.edu 113,537 98,023 15,514 16%
.com 144,440 75,416 69,024 92%
.net 91,968 39,932 52,036 130%
.org 5,323 4,284 1,039 24%
.gov 3,502 2,580 922 36%
.mil 1,694 1,147 547 48%
 
13 countries making the most requests for SCP journal files (per 1997)
country no. of accesses
1997
no. of accesses
1996
no. increased
1996-1997
% increased
1996-1997
Canada 15,055 9,640 5,415 56%
Australia 11,548 6,961 4,587 66%
United Kingdom 8,574 4,880 3,694 76%
Germany 4,557 2,454 2,103 86%
Japan 3,886 2,579 1,307 51%
South Korea 2,580 1,993 587 29%
Malaysia 2,525 693 1,832 264%
Sweden 2,371 1,669 702 42%
Italy 2,140 1,380 760 55%
Italy 2,140 1,380 760 55%
Finland 2,126 1,462 664 45%
Finland 2,126 1,462 664 45%
Netherlands 2,105 1,929 176 9%

table prepared Feb. 13, 1998, on the Web Feb. 17, 1998 (GMc)
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/stats/199697ej.html