Virtus Scholar Platform monthly statistics

We would like to introduce the report on the main indicators our Virtus Scholar Statistics Platform. Recently, we presented this platform for our scholarly network and it is a part of our open access policy. We believe that the researches are to be shared freely in the scholarly sphere. It is an important factor for our authors with regard to the paper’s citation, views and readability it etc.

The editorial team is glad to represent the results of our analysis concerning the views and downloads of the papers published in our journals.

According to the journal views, there is a positive dynamics. The total views of the papers published in our journals became in (since March 2017):

  • the last month - 18 520;
  • the current year - 179,081;
  • all the time - 482 678.

As a result of the calculations, the number of views per 1 paper is:

  • the last month – 5.4;
  • the current year – 52.2;
  • all the time – 140.7.

According to the Platform Statistics, the total downloads of the papers published in our journals became in (since August 2018):

  • the last month - 6786;
  • the total time - 8432.

As a result of the calculations, the number of downloads per 1 paper is:

  • the last month - 1.98;
  • the total time - 2.46.

It is important to note that geographically our journal papers have been downloaded to read by scholars from all continents. In the last month, papers were downloaded from 109 countries and the total time - from 116 countries.

More detailed information about the indicators themselves, the number of views and downloads of papers published in our journals can be accessed by following the link.

All data for our calculations are based on the Platform Statistics and our database.

Currently, the results of the analysis confirm the positive dynamics of the journal views and downloads of the papers published in our journals are steadily increasing.

We are going to keep our international scholarly network updated on the further changes in our Virtus Scholar Statistics Platform.