The following is a breakdown of total usage of all ejournals from 1996 until 2005.
A breakdown of the usage for individual ejournals is available here.
Electronic Journals: 1996-2005
Data from log files at http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/
Request Type |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Total successful requests |
4,926,084 |
5,205,298 |
5,370,395 |
5,726,122 |
7,131,251 |
Distinct files requested |
17,659 |
52,699 |
29,488 |
20,224 |
20,920 |
Distinct hosts served |
546,571 |
879,612 |
717,898 |
712,559 |
983,243 |
Request Type |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Total successful requests |
362,801 |
597,073 |
1,152,332 |
2,019,401 |
3,453,073 |
Distinct files requested |
1,084 |
2,264 |
6,011 |
14,372 |
9,442 |
Distinct hosts served |
106,747 |
167,808 |
224,182 |
313,711 |
458,885 |
US Domains Access Data
Domain |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
.edu |
798,374 |
680,670 |
532895 |
482560 |
531385 |
.com |
1,243,728 |
1,390,935 |
1124682 |
1088477 |
1469213 |
.net |
838,888 |
1,005,528 |
1112601 |
1473215 |
1952610 |
.us |
94,240 |
95,633 |
96845 |
91964 |
112806 |
.org |
36,685 |
42,775 |
61281 |
50173 |
76539 |
.gov |
7,857 |
7,992 |
61281 |
12474 |
14892 |
.mil |
13,970 |
13,440 |
16054 |
23515 |
18561 |
Domain |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
.edu |
98,023 |
113,537 |
188,713 |
319,412 |
993,203 |
.com |
75,416 |
144,440 |
225,879 |
420,326 |
828,442 |
.net |
39,932 |
91,968 |
143,372 |
194,577 |
485,793 |
.us |
6,163 |
11,604 |
19,778 |
24,698 |
65,444 |
.org |
4,284 |
5,323 |
6,419 |
9,305 |
22,187 |
.gov |
2,580 |
3,502 |
4,094 |
3,398 |
5,182 |
.mil |
1,147 |
1,694 |
3,012 |
4,316 |
9,318 |
Select International Domain Requests
Country |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Canada |
89,073 |
110,871 |
110141 |
164100 |
117560 |
Australia |
75,244 |
89,241 |
97463 |
83725 |
117923 |
United Kingdom |
65,413 |
78,077 |
86460 |
99623 |
107237 |
Germany |
348,937 |
150,292 |
41693 |
39670 |
70099 |
Japan |
41,728 |
30,559 |
30117 |
25971 |
41231 |
South Korea |
994 |
1,080 |
980 |
2166 |
6605 |
Malaysia |
26,683 |
17,579 |
19359 |
18396 |
35457 |
Sweden |
9,705 |
8,917 |
9730 |
10796 |
11735 |
Italy |
15,151 |
16,048 |
22458 |
20167 |
29431 |
Finland |
8,402 |
9,814 |
12296 |
13261 |
12457 |
Netherlands |
16,473 |
18,208 |
39155 |
53105 |
55310 |
Spain |
15,073 |
15,635 |
11770 |
9677 |
9674 |
New Zealand |
14,515 |
14,434 |
18807 |
15817 |
19740 |
Singapore |
10,814 |
15,121 |
13623 |
12693 |
19059 |
France |
20,448 |
16,076 |
21565 |
16004 |
23223 |
Taiwan |
16,490 |
11,222 |
23760 |
12022 |
19183 |
Costa Rica |
822 |
488 |
374 |
346 |
537 |
Country |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Canada |
9,640 |
15,055 |
22,529 |
22,496 |
49,135 |
Australia |
6,961 |
11,548 |
19,811 |
26,671 |
45,535 |
United Kingdom |
4,880 |
8,574 |
14,168 |
14,749 |
30,657 |
Germany |
2,454 |
4,557 |
6,879 |
14,890 |
105,524 |
Japan |
2,579 |
3,886 |
9,015 |
11,302 |
20,349 |
South Korea |
1,993 |
2,580 |
3,402 |
2,514 |
1,216 |
Malaysia |
693 |
2,525 |
7,050 |
14,505 |
20,388 |
Sweden |
1,669 |
2,371 |
3,588 |
2,646 |
7,554 |
Italy |
1,380 |
2,140 |
3,052 |
6,123 |
8,859 |
Finland |
1,462 |
2,126 |
3,179 |
3,208 |
5,461 |
Netherlands |
1,929 |
2,105 |
3,636 |
7,032 |
10,272 |
Spain |
1,014 |
1,671 |
3,443 |
4,183 |
9,163 |
New Zealand |
1,286 |
1,726 |
3,319 |
4,648 |
10,999 |
Singapore |
772 |
1,904 |
2,725 |
3,458 |
7,076 |
France |
1,843 |
2,032 |
4,107 |
4,452 |
11,263 |
Taiwan |
1,007 |
1,689 |
2,711 |
5,390 |
7,874 |
Costa Rica |
85 |
91 |
90 |
5,303 |
unavailable |
by Daniel E. Culpepper