[Eril-l] Counter JR1 and JR5

[Sarah Glasser]

Hello,

This is very interesting, thank you.  I have a related follow-up question, if I may.

I noticed with one publisher that a JR5 report for Jan-Dec 2014 included uses for 2015, 2016, and "Article in press."  What do I make of these numbers for a 2014 report?  I was thinking that the 2015 numbers could be content that was "in press" back in 2014, but there are close to 500 of them, so I would like to be sure.  And what about the 2016 and "Article in press" numbers?  Could the 2016 numbers be articles that were "in press" back in 2014 and took over year to be published in an issue?  There was also a column for 2017 in the report, but it had zero uses.  I have asked the publisher this question but have not yet received a response.

Thanks for any insight anyone here can provide!
Best regards,
Sally
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Sarah (Sally) Glasser
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123 Hofstra University
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Dominic Benson
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:44 AM
To: 'Donna Bennett' <donna.bennett at gcsu.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Counter JR1 and JR5

Good morning, Donna !

Good question. It has not cropped up on USUS so far: http://www.usus.org.uk/usage-report-issues/.

The only thing I could think of was perhaps some "Articles In Press" (or "online first" or "advance online publication") items were not being assigned to the current year (or any year) and so were not counted. However, I checked JR1 and JR5 for one publisher on JUSP and a mismatch occurred against every month bar one, but the monthly JR1 totals were slightly lower than the JR5 totals in almost all cases.

A quick check of two other publishers showed that the monthly figures for JR1 and JR5 did match. I think the problem with the first publisher was due to a recent report that the JR1 figures were being restated - it looks like the JR5 figures on JUSP also need restatement (I shall report my observation to the JUSP team).

Kind regards,

Dom Benson
E-resources Librarian, Library, Information Services
Brunel University London | T +44(0)1895 266143

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Donna Bennett
Sent: 19 December 2016 23:29
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: [Eril-l] Counter JR1 and JR5




Good afternoon!  I have a quick question about JR1 and JR5 reports.  I am looking at JR1 and JR5 reports for the same time period (say Jan.-June 2016).  If title X on the JR1 report has 25 total uses, then it seems that title X should have 25 total uses on the JR5 report too.



The JR1 report tells me which month articles were accessed (5 uses in Jan, 5 uses in Feb., etc) and the JR5 tells me that the articles come from which year of publication (5 uses from YOP 2016, 5 uses from YOP 2015, etc.)  They two reports are measuring different things, but they should agree on the the same number of uses.  RIght?



I am comparing two reports and seeing 16 uses in the JR5 report but 30 uses in the JR1 report, and it's not making sense to me.  Can someone help me understand?

Thanks,

Donna


Donna Bennett
Associate Director, Collection & Resource Services
Georgia College
Ina Dillard Russell Library
320 N. Wayne St., CBX 043
Milledgeville, GA 31061
478.445.0983

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