ScholarsArchive saw incredible growth in 2019 as many new works, journals, and collections were added to BYU’s Institutional Repository.
Readership Statistics for all of ScholarsArchive,
January 1-December 31, 2019
- 6,604 new works posted
- 1,562,451 total downloads
- 175 streams
- 33,282 downloads from educational, commercial, organizational, and government institutions in 232 countries
- 58,388 referrals from search engines
- Most popular collections:
- Journals (opens in a new tab), 657,009 downloads
- Theses and Dissertations (opens in a new tab), 603,267 downloads
- Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology (opens in a new tab), 164,992 downloads
- Top downloads:
- “Social Media Use and Its Impact on Relationships and Emotions (opens in a new tab),” thesis by Spencer Palmer Christensen, 17,240 downloads
- “Parameter Estimation for the Lognormal Distribution (opens in a new tab),” selected project by Brenda Faith Ginos, 7,857 downloads
- “A Quantitative Study of the Effectiveness of Positive Behavior Support in Secondary Schools (opens in a new tab),” thesis by Rebecca Lynn Raftery , 7,092 downloads
New Journals and Collections Added in 2019
- Journals
- Collections
Top Journal Statistics, January 1-December 31, 2018
- Top three journals for new content added
- Inscape (opens in a new tab)
- 782 new works posted
- Children’s Book and Media Review (opens in a new tab)
- 711 new works posted
- Swiss American Historical Society Review (opens in a new tab)
- 164 new works posted
- Inscape (opens in a new tab)
- Top three journals for number of works downloaded
- BYU Studies Quarterly (opens in a new tab)
- 108,844 downloads
- Children’s Book and Media Review (opens in a new tab)
- 105,224 downloads
- Comparative Civilizations Review (opens in a new tab)
- 63,978 downloads
- BYU Studies Quarterly (opens in a new tab)
- Top three journals for individual articles with the most downloads
- Marriott Student Review (opens in a new tab)
- “Leadership Development: A Study of Elon Musk (opens in a new tab),” by Ryan H. Yauney, 5,662 downloads
- BYU Studies Quarterly (opens in a new tab)
- “Historical Headnotes and the Index Contents in the Book of Commandments and Revelations (opens in a new tab),” by Steven C. Harper, 5,645 downloads
- Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal in Psychology (opens in a new tab)
- Marriott Student Review (opens in a new tab)
For more information on how to utilize ScholarsArchive for researching, publishing, and collecting digital content, please contact Ellen Amatangelo, Scholarly Communications Coordinator, at ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu (opens in a new tab).