Institutional Reports from COUNTER 4, the latest standard in usage reporting for journals, databases, books, and multimedia content, are now available for all SAGE and CQ Press products.
This update retires COUNTER 3 reports and adds three new reports to those previously available (asterisked):
| Report Title (short id) | Brief Description |
| Journal Report 1 (JR1) | Number of successful full-text article requests, by month and Journal Report 1a |
| Journal Report 1a (JR1a) | Number of successful full-text article requests from an archive, by month and journal |
| Journal Report 1 Gold Open Access (GOA)* | Number of full-text downloads for those articles available at no charge to the user |
| Journal Report 2 (JR2) * | Access denied to full-text articles, by month and journal |
| Journal Report 5 (JR5)* | Number of successful full-text article requests, by year-of-publication (YOP) and journal |
| Consortium Report 1 (CR1) | Number of successful full-text journal article or book chapter requests by month and title |
The COUNTER 4 reports are available for all SAGE and CQ Press products including SAGE Journals, SAGE Knowledge, SAGE Research Methods, CQ Researcher, State Stats, and all products in the CQ Press suite.
“We are pleased to be able to offer a full range of reports compliant with COUNTER 4 requirements. We believe that greater information and transparency about usage is a key part of enabling libraries to make informed assessments of the content they are purchasing,” said Stephen Barr, President, SAGE International. “We will continue to support COUNTER and other tools for enhancing analysis and understanding of how our content is being used.”
For more information about the reports and updates, read our COUNTER FAQ page.
