1. Usage Report University of Illinois Urbana Champaign BPID: 8200833321 September 2016

2. 1 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Contents 1 SpringerLink Usage 1.1 SpringerLink Visitor Behavior 1.2 SpringerLink Journals 1.3 SpringerLink eBooks 2 Nature.com Journal Usage

3. 2 1.0 SpringerLink Usage

4. 3 1.1 SpringerLink Visitor Behavior

5. 4 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Visitors to SpringerLink and their behavior on the website Jan – Jul 2016 Average time on site: 00:03:37 Page Views per Visit: 3.79 Unique Visitors 41,439 Visits 112,166 Page Views 425,061 Source: WebTrekk; unique visitors are recognized by cookies and might be over-reported in cases where users clear their cookies or browse the web in ‘incognito’ modes or in cases where users use multiple devices

6. 5 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Pages visited on the website Jan – Jul 2016 Source: WebTrekk; journal pages include journal home, volume & issue, issue, online first and article abstract pages; book pages include book and book series home and chapter abstract pages Visits to SpringerLink by Page Type

7. 6 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Visits by Top 15 visitor referrer Jan – Jul 2016 Visitor ReferrerVisits direct29,091 www.google.com23,796 scholar.google.com23,458 sfx.carli.illinois.edu9,052 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov5,674 vufind.carli.illinois.edu5,395 www.springer.com2,082 search.grainger.illinois.edu1,529 search.grainger.uiuc.edu1,420 www.ams.org523 apps.webofknowledge.com501 apps.webofknowledge.com.proxy2.library.illinois.edu426 www.ams.org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu407 search.crossref.org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu406 www.bing.com364 Source: WebTrekk; Direct traffic includes every visit for which no referrer information was passed on, such as bookmark traffic, typed URLs, and word-of-mouth initiated traffic such as links in e-mails or instant messaging programs; also included: traffic from ‘https’ websites

8. 7 1.2 SpringerLink Journals

9. 8 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article downloads by year Jan 2007 – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Article Requests (COUNTER Journal Report 1) Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW

10. 9 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article downloads Jan 2014 – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Article Requests Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW

11. 10 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article downloads by content age Jan – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Article Requests Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; Springer Journal Archive = CY 1996 or prior

12. 11 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article downloads by subject collection Jan – Jul 2016 Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; Springer Journal Archive = CY 1996 or prior Subject CollectionContemporarySJA Behavioral Science and Psychology6,0531,176 Biomedical and Life Sciences46,4594,789 Business and Management1,278175 Chemistry and Materials Science15,2273,898 Computer Science3,093375 Earth and Environmental Science8,056937 Economics and Finance1,817237 Education3,975336 Energy33 Engineering8,526872 History15 Literature, Cultural and Media Studies2594 Mathematics and Statistics5,1242,431 Medicine13,8322,343 Physics and Astronomy5,7342,274 Political Science and International Stud17824 Religion and Philosophy11 Social Sciences2,735359 Total122,40520,230

13. 12 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article denials by content age Jan – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Article Denials Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; Springer Journal Archive = CY 1996 or prior

14. 13 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article denials by subject collection Jan – Jul 2016 Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; Springer Journal Archive = CY 1996 or prior Subject CollectionContemporarySJA Architecture and Design3 Behavioral Science and Psychology498 Biomedical and Life Sciences2502 Business and Management3 Chemistry and Materials Science6314 Computer Science16 Earth and Environmental Science3915 Economics and Finance418 Education236 Engineering795 Mathematics and Statistics1741 Medicine101138 Physics and Astronomy910 Political Science and International Stud5 Social Sciences7912 Total740269

15. 14 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Top 15 journals by article denials Jan – Jul 2016 JournalArticle Denials Science Bulletin62 Molecules and Cells37 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology30 Hydrobiologia18 Journal of Materials Science16 Protein & Cell16 Contemporary School Psychology15 MTZ worldwide15 Sports Medicine13 International Journal of Fracture12 Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization12 CNS Drugs11 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A11 Theoretical and Applied Genetics11 Current Sports Medicine Reports10 Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; contemporary content only

16. 15 1.3 SpringerLink eBooks

17. 16 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Chapter downloads by month Jan 2014 – Jul 2016 Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; including Protocols SpringerLink Full-Text Section Requests

18. 17 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Number of book titles used by month Jan 2014 – Jul 2016 SpringerLink: Number of Book Titles Used Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; excluding Protocols

19. 18 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter downloads by content age Jan – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Section Requests Source: COUNTER Reporting; Springer Book Archive = CY 2004 or prior; excluding Protocols

20. 19 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter downloads by book type Jan – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Section Requests Source: COUNTER Reporting; contemporary books only; excluding Protocols

21. 20 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter downloads by eBook package Jan – Jul 2016 Copyright Years 2015 and prior Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; Springer Book Archive = CY 2004 or prior; excluding Protocols eBook PackageContemporarySBA Behavioral Sciences 4,1792,708 Biomedicine & Life Sciences 31,25416,462 Business & Economics 13,738396 Chemistry & Materials Science 23,48714,617 Computer Science 63,92511,985 Earth & Environmental Sciences 16,4545,575 Energy 2,208 Engineering 45,09412,892 Humanities, Social Sciences & Law 20,870946 Mathematics & Statistics 71,95296,237 Medicine 11,0915,126 Physics & Astronomy 24,32322,564 Professional & Applied Computing 7,573 Total 336,148189,508

22. 21 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter downloads by eBook package Jan – Jul 2016 Copyright Year 2016 Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; including Palgrave eBooks; excluding Protocols eBook Package Section Requests Biomedical and Life Sciences3,472 Chemistry and Materials Science5,945 Computer Science4,207 Earth and Environmental Science2,523 Energy1,141 Engineering11,707 Mathematics and Statistics3,571 Medicine2,602 Physics and Astronomy4,773 Professional and Applied Computing1,151 Total41,092 eBook Package Section Requests Behavioral Science and Psychology1,118 Business and Management2,222 Economics and Finance1,113 Education1,642 History166 Law and Criminology475 Literature, Media and Culture653 Political Science and Int Studies237 Religion and Philosophy718 Social Sciences1,375 Total9,719 Science, Technology, and Medicine Packages Humanities and Social Sciences Packages

23. 22 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter denials by content age Jan – Jul 2016 SpringerLink Full-Text Section Denials Source: COUNTER Reporting; Springer Book Archive = CY 2004 or prior; excluding Protocols

24. 23 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter denials by eBook package Jan – Jul 2016 Copyright Years 2015 and prior Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; Springer Book Archive = CY 2004 or prior; excluding Protocols eBook PackageContemporarySBA Behavioral Sciences184 Biomedicine & Life Sciences5 Business & Economics5627 Chemistry & Materials Science1 Computer Science21 Earth & Environmental Sciences66 Energy7 Engineering3490 Humanities, Social Sciences & Law11,232 Mathematics & Statistics1311 Medicine1 Physics & Astronomy18 Professional & Applied Computing20 Total632,255

25. 24 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 English-language packages: chapter denials by eBook package Jan – Jul 2016 Copyright Year 2016 Source: COUNTER Reporting / BW; including Palgrave eBooks; excluding Protocols Science, Technology, and Medicine Packages Humanities and Social Sciences Packages eBook Package Section Denials Biomedical and Life Sciences60 Chemistry and Materials Science94 Computer Science18 Earth and Environmental Science9 Energy Engineering131 Mathematics and Statistics6 Medicine36 Physics and Astronomy14 Professional and Applied Computing Total368 eBook Package Section Denials Behavioral Science and Psychology3 Business and Management Economics and Finance Education History Law and Criminology Literature, Media and Culture1 Political Science and Int Studies Religion and Philosophy8 Social Sciences5 Total17

26. 25 2.0 Nature.com Journal Usage

27. 26 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article downloads by year Jan 2013 – Jul 2016 Nature Journals Full-Text Article Requests (COUNTER Journal Report 1) Source: MPSInsight; includes Nature Branded Journals, Academic Journals, and Palgrave Macmillan Journals

28. 27 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Top 10 journals by article downloads Jan – Jul 2016 JournalArticle Requests Nature56,910 Nature Communications29,818 Scientific Reports22,990 Nature Materials15,148 Nature archive: 1997-200612,424 Nature Nanotechnology10,107 Nature Biotechnology10,018 Nature Methods9,201 Nature Chemistry8,619 Nature Chemical Biology6,977 Source: MPSInsight; includes Nature Branded Journals, Academic Journals, and Palgrave Macmillan Journals. Includes Protocols Journals ‘Nature Methods’ and ‘Nature Protocols’. ’Nature Reviews …’ journals and predecessor journals ‘Nature Clinical Practice …’ shown separately.

29. 28 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Article denials by year Jan 2013 – Jul 2016 Nature Journals Full-Text Article Denials (COUNTER Journal Report 2) Source: MPSInsight; includes Nature Branded Journals, Academic Journals, and Palgrave Macmillan Journals

30. 29 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign / September 2016 Top 10 journals by article denials Jan – Jul 2016 Publication Year Journal Denials Total YOP 2016 YOP 2015 YOP 2014 YOP 2013 YOP 2012 YOP 2011 YOP 2010 YOP 2009 YOP 2008 YOP 2007 Other Years Nature Reviews Disease Primers 23317260000000001 Pediatric Research1076536000000006 Genetics in Medicine6020130000000027 Nature40203520211321 Nature Digest29713801000000 BoneKEy Reports28226000000000 Nature Nanotechnology1562500200000 Nature Physics1502000170320 Nature Biotechnology1311041000411 Nature Chemistry1225320000000 Source: MPSInsight; includes Nature Branded Journals, Academic Journals, and Palgrave Macmillan Journals. Includes Protocols Journals ‘Nature Methods’ and ‘Nature Protocols’. ’Nature Reviews …’ journals and predecessor journals ‘Nature Clinical Practice …’ shown separately.