COUNTER R5 Reports from Emerald

Emerald COUNTER reports are R5.1 compliant. 

What reports are available?

COUNTER 5.0

• Please use the COUNTER 5.0 report option for usage prior to Jan 2025.
• We will continue to 5.0.3 until March 30, 2025, as required by COUNTER.
• COUNTER R5.0.3 data is available from January 2023 onwards (new R5 reports are added each month, retrospectively, so November data is available from the first week in December, and so on and so forth.).

For further information, please see COUNTER's "Friendly Guides to..." via their own platform at: https://www.countermetrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/friendly-guide-for-librarians-release-5.pdf

COUNTER 5.1

• Please use the COUNTER 5.1 report option for usage from Jan 2025 onwards.

Reports that comply with the 5.1 release differ from those of the previous iteration of COUNTER5, as follows:

• Chapters are the primary metric for book usage. Consequently, the Section Type attribute has been removed from reports as part of this enhancement.
  
• A new Global Item report is available that combines attributed usage from every institution with non-attributed usage linked to the world.
• A new Free to Read access type is available for materials that are temporarily accessible to everyone.
• The Usage Data section of the Account Management Portal will include a COUNTER5.1 section.

Please visit our COUNTER 5.1 FAQ page or, for more detailed information, please see COUNTER's Friendly Guides to COUNTER 5.1

 For step-by-step instructions on accessing these usage reports, take a look at our simple guide created for library administrators.