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Usage reports

Usage metrics can be used alongside other indicators to understand the value of digital resources. Elsevier supplies customers with usage reports for most of their products. Several of Elsevier’s products supply customers with COUNTER-compliant usage reports.

COUNTER-compliant usage reports for ScienceDirect, Scopus, Engineering Village, Embase and ClinicalKey can be accessed via Elsevier Product Insights for Customers (E-PIC) opens in new tab/window and SUSHI opens in new tab/window.

  • Your COUNTER COP5 reports are available in E-PIC To simplify the access to our customer reporting we have selected E-PIC to become the central location for downloading usage reports and SUSHI for automated API delivery. Beyond COUNTER reports, E-PIC provides an extensive set of insights for your institution. Reporting is no longer available through AdminTool, but AdminTool will stay the application for account administration.

Elsevier Product Insights for Customers (E-PIC) - Institutional insights dashboard

Elsevier Product Insights for Customers (E-PIC) opens in new tab/window offers you a free and unique view on your institution's engagement with research content and tools and is the central location for downloading usage reports. The dashboard can also help you explore gaps in your portfolio, gain information to promote the adoption of tools and find out where your institution is trending.

You can use E-PIC to download COP5 usage reports and get usage insights on your products.

The E-PIC dashboard can be accessed by administrative account holders using their normal Admin Tool login details. Watch this video tutorial opens in new tab/window on how to sign up.

If you have questions or need technical support for E-PIC, please visit the support hub opens in new tab/window.

COUNTER reports

COUNTER opens in new tab/window is an international initiative serving librarians, publishers and intermediaries by setting standards that facilitate the recording and reporting of online usage statistics in a consistent, credible and comparable way. Elsevier is an active participant in COUNTER.

COUNTER offers reports in different categories; Elsevier offers a subset of COUNTER reports which are listed below. Different products offer different reports; for details, please refer to the "Products" section of this page.

COUNTER Code of Practice, Release 5

COUNTER Code of Practice, Release 5 (COP5) is an initiative that Elsevier has partnered on with COUNTER, alongside other publishers, librarians and vendors, to improve the clarity, consistency and comparability of usage reporting.

You can access detailed information and helpful guides on the COUNTER COP5 metrics by visiting the COUNTER website opens in new tab/window. COUNTER has also published some friendly user guides opens in new tab/window.

COUNTER 5 widget is available in E-PIC for customers

COUNTER 5 reporting is available in Elsevier Product Insights for Customers (E-PIC) opens in new tab/window for all customers that have access to E-PIC.  You can find the widget in the Manage Research Tools tab and in the “All widgets” views.

Please contact support hub opens in new tab/window if you need/want access to E-PIC or if you have any questions regarding this subject.

Title reports

  • TR – Title Master Report

  • TR_J1 – Journal Requests (Excluding OA_Gold)

  • TR_J2 – Journal Access Denied

  • TR_J3 – Journal Usage by Access Type

  • TR_J4 – Journal Requests by YOP (Excluding OA_Gold)

  • TR_B1 – Book Requests (Excluding OA_Gold)

  • TR_B2 – Book Access Denied

  • TR_B3 – Book Usage by Access Type

Platform reports

  • PR – Platform Master Report

  • PR_P1 – Platform Usage

Database report

  • DR – Database Master Report

  • DR_D1 – Database Search and Item Usage

Frequently Asked Questions about COUNTER Code of Practice, Release 5 and Supplementary Reports

SUSHI

SUSHI opens in new tab/window (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) is an automated data exchange protocol and has been established as ANSI/NISO Z39.93-2014 standard opens in new tab/window for API support of COUNTER-compliant usage statistics. Elsevier supports reports for ScienceDirect, Scopus, Embase, ClincalKey and Engineering Village.

SUSHI COP5 API provides restful API support in JSON format for COUNTER COP5 usage statistics and reports. For COUNTER-specific information, please refer to the section about COP5 SUSHI opens in new tab/window on the COUNTER website. Interactive examples of the SUSHI COP5 API and supported methods can be found on the COUNTER_SUSHI5_0 API swagger  opens in new tab/windowweb page.

The SUSHI section opens in new tab/window on the Elsevier Developers page opens in new tab/window provides more specific information about Elsevier SUSHI COP5 and how to activate it and then obtain Elsevier SUSHI COP5 support.

Note: From 2nd April 2022 COP4 reports have been retired from SUSHI.

Products

COUNTER-compliant usage reports for ScienceDirect, Scopus, Engineering Village, Embase and ClinicalKey can be accessed via Elsevier Product Insights for Customers (E-PIC) opens in new tab/window, and SUSHI opens in new tab/window.

ScienceDirect reports

ScienceDirect offers COUNTER-compliant reports on content use. These reports include all available title reports: TR, TR_J1-TR_J4, TR_B1 and TR_B3. In addition, the platform reports PR and PR_P1 are supplied. With a license to ScienceDirect, users are also able to access the full text of their entitled journals via journal branded websites (e.g. www.Cell.com opens in new tab/windowwww.TheLancet.com opens in new tab/window) and through APIs. Usage via these routes is included in the reports as the platform ScienceDirect licensed content.

In addition to the COUNTER-compliant reports, ScienceDirect offers supplementary reports providing additional insights.

ScienceDirect COUNTER and supplementary report descriptions and information opens in new tab/window (PDF, 0.4 MB)

Scopus reports

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus offers the COUNTER-compliant usage reports PR, PR_P1, DR and DR_D1 as well as additional usage reports that show insights on the usage of specific product features.

Scopus COUNTER and non-COUNTER report descriptions and information opens in new tab/window (PDF, 0.3 MB)

Engineering Village reports

Engineering Village takes engineering research to the next level with a comprehensive database that includes the most authoritative engineering resources available to answer today’s most timely questions - from theoretical to applied, and basic to complex.

Engineering Village offers the COUNTER-complaint usage reports PR, PR_P1, DR and DR_D1 as well as additional usage reports that show insights on the usage of specific product features.

Engineering Village COUNTER and supplementary report descriptions and information opens in new tab/window (PDF, 0.3 MB)

ClinicalKey reports

ClinicalKey provides standardized medical knowledge to support healthcare professionals and students with the latest evidence across specialties in a variety of formats.

Clinical Key offers COUNTER-compliant reports on content use. These reports include the following title reports: TR, TR_J1, TR_J3, TR_J4, TR_B1 and TR_B3. In addition, the platform reports PR and PR_P1 are supplied.

ClinicalKey COUNTER report descriptions and information opens in new tab/window (PDF, 0.3 MB)

Embase reports

Embase is the most comprehensive medical research database for high-quality, comprehensive evidence. Embase is recognized as a source of medical literature. Life science experts rely on Embase to find relevant and current results based on Emtree indexing of full-text content and dedicated search terms.

Embase offers the COUNTER-compliant usage reports PR, PR_P1, DR and DR_D1 as well as additional usage reports that show insights on the usage of specific product features.

Embase COUNTER report descriptions and information opens in new tab/window (PDF, 0.3 MB)

Admin Tool

The admin tool is the application for account administration. To request administrator rights or to identify your administrator(s) please follow the directions on the Admin Tool page opens in new tab/window.