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Digital Repository Service: DRS Usage Statistics

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Overall Usage

The DRS has been systematically tracking usage for all files it stores since 2015. As with many similar systems and websites, statistics are recorded when a user interacts with particular portions of the repository. There are three categories of recorded usage:

A page view is counted when a DRS user opens a file’s full metadata page.
A file download is counted when a user opens a DRS file in a browser or saves the file to their computer.
An audio or video stream is counted when any portion of an audio or video file is played in the browser or in a podcast service.

In an effort to only report genuine usage of DRS files, statistics are gathered daily and processed nightly to filter out usage that can be reasonably flagged as artificial. This happens in two ways:

Usage from a single IP address is counted for each page view, file download, or stream only once per hour. This prevents artificial inflation of usage through repeated page refreshing.
Usage statistics recorded today will be processed overnight, filtered to remove known interactions from bots, data harvesters, and other web-scrapers, and displayed to users with management permissions the following day.

This page will be updated quarterly with new reports on general usage.

For more information about usage information gathering and library's commitment to patron privacy, visit: https://library.northeastern.edu/about/visitors/visitor-policies-and-forms/privacy-statement

Most popular titles by quarter

Interactions	Title
7,742	Internet Meme: "Ancient Aliens" meme
3,184	Leadership journeys: a narrative research study exploring...
2,417	The effect of athletic participation on the academic...
1,767	Radical: a learning system of Chinese Mandarin characters
1,428	Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (PONS): Full Test
1,413	Transformative constitutionalism and the common and customary...
1,353	Horror movie aesthetics: how color, time, space and sound elicit...
1,157	Internet Meme: "Everyone loses their minds" meme...
1,146	Student perspectives on joining student organizations
1,053	The birth of globalization: the world and the beginnings of...

Counts are accurate as of January 1, 2023.

Interactions	Title
2,907	Internet Meme: "Ancient Aliens" meme
1,548	Leadership journeys: a narrative research study exploring...
1,318	Radical: a learning system of Chinese Mandarin characters
960	Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (PONS): Full Test
732	Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (PONS): MiniPons
682	Educational outcomes of synchronous and asynchronous high...
679	Internet Meme: "Everyone loses their minds" meme (The Joker; The Dark Knight)
610	The effect of athletic participation on the academic...
559	Horror movie aesthetics: how color, time, space and sound elicit...
512	Design and analysis of new flexible and safe forklifts

Counts are accurate as of October 1, 2022.

Interactions	Title
3,159	Leadership journeys: a narrative research study exploring...
3,003	Educational outcomes of synchronous and asynchronous high...
1,940	Radical: a learning system of Chinese Mandarin characters
1,774	Malignant shame and stereotypes in Irish culture
1,123	Horror movie aesthetics: how color, time, space and sound elicit...
1,080	The effect of athletic participation on the academic...
1,034	Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (PONS): Full Test
945	Gender representation in video games
920	Transformative constitutionalism and the common and customary...
868	Cab Calloway and his daughter Chris Calloway perform at Freedom House's 1973 Showcase of the Stars

Counts are accurate as of July 1, 2022.

Interactions	Title
5,946	Radical: a learning system of Chinese Mandarin characters
3,376	Educational outcomes of synchronous and asynchronous high...
3,083	Leadership journeys: a narrative research study exploring...
1,737	The birth of globalization: the world and the beginnings of...
1,616	Horror movie aesthetics: how color, time, space and sound elicit...
1,400	Gender representation in video games
1,295	Online student engagement: perceptions of the impact on...
1,249	Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (PONS): Full Test
1,139	Cab Calloway and his daughter Chris Calloway perform at Freedom House's 1973 Showcase of the Stars
1,029	Design and analysis of new flexible and safe forklifts

Counts are accurate as of April 1, 2022.

Most popular files since 2015

Impressions	Title
56,908	Radical: a learning system of Chinese Mandarin characters
44,712	Leadership journeys: a narrative research study exploring...
33,695	The effect of athletic participation on the academic...
32,679	Horror movie aesthetics: how color, time, space and sound elicit...
31,755	Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity (PONS): Full Test
24,979	Design and analysis of new flexible and safe forklifts
23,735	Educational outcomes of synchronous and asynchronous high...
18,362	Internet Meme: "Ancient Aliens" meme
18,305	Transformative constitutionalism and the common and customary...
15,632	What's New Episode 8, The Algorithms That Shape Our Lives

Counts are accurate as of January 1, 2023.

Usage Statistics Reports

DRS Summary Statistics
The DRS Summary Statistics report is a quarterly snapshot of DRS statistics, including the number of files in the DRS, interaction counts for the quarter, and a list of the most accessed files in the DRS.

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