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Publisher Collections Insights

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The Publisher Collections Insights dashboard provides revenue and usage-based metrics for your collection across institutions, communities, and countries. All metrics reflect titles in your collection except where indicated (ex. top disciplines/subjects on JSTOR overall).

To access the dashboard:

  1. Log into JSTOR Admin with a personal account that has administrative permissions.
  2. Select Publisher Collections Insights in the sidebar.

Notes:

  • Usage metrics are based on the number of Item Requests, such as page views and downloads, a COUNTER standard. Visit the COUNTER website to learn more.
  • An individual user may have access to JSTOR through multiple institutions simultaneously. In these cases, item requests by that user are attributed to each institution they’re affiliated with, which is reflected in your institutional usage metrics. For example: An institution that hasn’t purchased your collection may show item requests for your titles due to usage by one or more users affiliated with both it and another institution that has purchased your collection.

Available metrics

Key performance indicators

  • Total institution purchases - The total number of institutions that purchased your collection during the selected date range.
  • Total publisher revenue - The total invoiced Publisher Collections revenue (in USD) for your collection during the selected date range. Please note this number does not reflect revenue payments issued.
  • Prospective institutions - The number of institutions that have been provided a quote for your collection.
    • Quotes may be accepted or under negotiation, and may or may not close by the end of the year.
    • For a list of prospective institutions reflected in this number, see Prospective institutions under the Global reach and opportunity section.
  • Total item requests - The total number of item requests for titles in your collection during the selected date range.

Revenue overview

  • Institutions purchased publisher revenue breakout by classification - The number of institutions and projected net sales (in USD) for your collection within each JSTOR institution classification, which are based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
  • Institutions purchased publisher revenue breakout by country - The number of institutions and projected net sales (in USD) for your collection by country.

Global reach and opportunity

  • Prospective institutions - A list of institutions that have been provided a quote for your collection. Please note quotes may be accepted or under negotiation, and may or may not close by the end of the year.
  • Total countries - The total number of countries with item requests for your collection during the selected date range.
  • Usage by country - The top 10 countries, ranked by total item requests for your collection, during the selected date range.

Institutional landscape

  • Revenue distribution by institutional community - The top institutions, ranked by projected net sales (in USD) for your collection during the selected date range.
  • Total institutions - The total number of institutions with item requests for your collection during the selected date range.
    • This number may be lower than Total institutional purchases if one or more institutions have purchased your collection but don’t have usage data during the selected date range.
    • This number may be higher than Total institutional purchases due to Open Access titles or item requests by users affiliated with multiple institutions. (See notes on item requests and usage metrics.)
  • Usage by institution - The top 10 institutions, ranked by total item requests for your collection, during the selected date range.
  • Top disciplines of overall JSTOR usage - The primary JSTOR subjects for all books on JSTOR, ranked by item requests, during the selected date range.
  • Top BISAC subjects of overall JSTOR usage - The primary Book Industry Standards and Communications (BISAC) subjects for all books on JSTOR, ranked by item requests, during the selected date range.
  • Top disciplines in your collection - The primary JSTOR subjects in your collection, ranked by item requests, during the selected date range.
  • Top BISAC subjects in your collection - The primary Book Industry Standards and Communications (BISAC) subjects in your collection, ranked by item requests, during the selected date range.

Content performance

  • Top titles by usage - The top 10 titles in your collection, ranked by number of item requests, during the selected date range.
  • Usage trends over time - The number of item requests over time during the selected date range. Item requests are broken out by title publication year: titles published in the current year, titles published in previous years, and the overall total (current year + previous years).

Tips:

  • You can zoom in on any table or graph by selecting the desired area. To reset the display to the default view, select Clear zoom.
  • You can also expand any section to fill the entire dashboard area by selecting the three-dot drop-down menu following the section title and selecting View fullscreen. To return to the full dashboard view, select Exit fullscreen.

Filtering the dashboard

There are two ways to filter the metrics displayed on the dashboard. The recommended method is to use the following Dashboard and Usage filters:

  • Date range - Filters all metrics, revenue and usage-based, to the selected date range.
    • Select either the From or To fields to specify a date range using a calendar date picker. Both a start and end date are required.
    • Alternatively, select the calendar icon to choose from a list of preset date ranges including “All”, “Last __ days/months”, “This year”, etc.
    • The default date range, if no range is selected, is Last 90 days.
  • Institution - Filters all metrics, revenue and usage-based, to the selected institution.
  • Country - Filters all metrics, revenue and usage-based, to the selected country.
  • Content access - Filters usage metrics by the following title access types:
    • Controlled - Titles available with a license.
    • Open - Titles freely available through Open Access.
  • Title - Filters usage metrics to a specific title in your collection. Use the typeahead search to filter the list of titles and/or search for specific titles.
  • Discipline - Filters usage metrics to titles in your collection belonging to the selected JSTOR discipline.
  • BISAC subject - Filters usage metrics to titles in your collection belonging to the selected Book Industry Standards and Communications (BISAC) subject.

You can also filter some parts of the dashboard by selecting specific categories or data points displayed in a table or graph. For example, selecting a country name displayed in one graph will filter usage data, such as item requests and institutions, to the selected country where applicable.

Selected filters and Reset all to default link on dashboard

With either filtering method, your applied filters will appear along the top of the dashboard. You can clear individual filters by selecting the X following the filter name or choose Reset all to default to clear all applied filters.

Downloading dashboard data

The data reflected in each section of the dashboard can be exported to a CSV, TSV, or Excel (XLSX) file or as an image file (PNG).

Download menu options in section drop-down menu

To download dashboard data:

  1. Open the three-dot drop-down menu following the section title.
  2. Select Download.
  3. Select Data to export the raw data in the selected section to a CSV, TSV, or Excel (XLSX)  file.
  4. Select Download PNG to export the visible portion of the table or graph as an image file (PNG).
    • For longer tables/graphs, you may need to scroll and download multiple images to capture the entire area.
Note: CSV, TSV, and Excel exports are limited to 100k rows or 100MB of data, whichever is reached first.

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