The DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Update

Martin Moyle, UCL

DART-Europe Board, 22 July 2014

http://www.dart-europe.eu

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Facts and figures

Content - overview

At 14 July 2014:

•517,559 theses [430,553 at last Board, 04 Sep 2013]•562 universities [541]•28 countries [27]•47 languages [41]•98 daily harvesting sources [87]•Average 279 new records/day [144]

Theses per country, 14 July 2014

Germany 177,997 Switzerland 6,129 Slovenia 1,060Netherlands 63,121 Hungary 5,453 Serbia 1,055France 53,279 Norway 4,722 Czech Republic 534UK 43,876 Ireland 4,490 Latvia 286Spain 37,047 Estonia 4,090 Croatia 205Sweden 26,306 Belgium 3,846 Austria 159Italy 24,510 Poland 3,788 Bulgaria 68Greece 21,642 Denmark 2,984 Ukraine 1Portugal 18,043 Lithuania 2,277Finland 9,003 Cyprus 1,593

Theses by date, 14 July 2014

• Earliest year: 1597• Most theses: 2012 (52,241)

Period Theses1500-1599 21600-1699 501700-1799 181800-1899 1,4881900-1969 7,1031970-1979 7,1991980-1989 13,2371990-1999 35,9312000-2009 246,4352010- 205,407

http://www.dart-europe.eu

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Usage

To 14 July 2014

Aug 13 - Jul 14 Aug 12 - Jul 13 Aug 11 - Jul 12

Page views 1,698,844 1,799,585 1,067,534Visits 411,697 331,009 132,339

New 79.9% 76.8% 72.5%Returning 20.1% 23.2% 27.5%

Pages/visit 4.13 5.44 6.57Downloads 131,916 22,295 55,224

Events

Search engine 50% 34% 22%Direct 27% 33% 45%

Referrals 22% 32% 33%Social 1%

Traffic sources

Desktop 92.63% 96.19% 98.56%Mobile 4.35% 1.95% 0.89%Tablet 3.02% 1.86% 0.55%

Devices

Visits by country, Aug 13 – Jul 14

• Countries ranked by number of visits.

• Chart also shows average number of pages viewed per visit.

1 Iran 58,814 5.81 11 Netherlands 9,154 4.012 Germany 48,086 2.72 12 Algeria 8,202 2.873 France 35,293 3.43 13 Serbia 6,764 6.944 United States 23,269 2.9 14 Portugal 6,179 5.445 Spain 21,406 5.1 15 Tunisia 5,404 2.756 UK 15,687 5.87 16 Hungary 5,334 3.277 Italy 14,359 3.54 17 Lithuania 5,133 2.888 Greece 12,797 2.23 18 Mexico 4,870 2.869 Poland 9,950 3.67 19 Morocco 4,744 3.42

10 India 9,265 4.33 20 Turkey 4,672 5.71

• No major change since 2012-13. Turkey new to Top 20, replacing Canada

• China ranked # 25

Most downloaded, Aug 13 – Jul 14

Rank Title Year Source Hits1 Onomastica osorenca. Toponimia preterita i present dels

termes municipal i parroquial d'Osor (La Selva)2006 TDX 190

2 Fra sted til sted : Om boligkvarterets betydning for unges uddannelsespositioneringer

2013 DDF 139

3 Experimental and theoretical studies on the formation of highly luminescent II-VI, III-V and core shell semiconductor nanocrystals

2002 DNB 119

4 The Relationship between Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Reputation: Examining the Consumer-Company-Cause Triad

2013 U.Vienna 94

5 Utilizacao de solucoes de armazenamento distribuido para maximinacao de integracao de producao renovavel

2013 U.Porto 90

Notes•‘Downloads’ = clicks on dc:identifier, dc:relation•Statistics are ‘lost’ if repositories are reloaded, eg HEDI

Questions?