The DART-Europe E-theses Portal: Update
Martin Moyle, UCL
DART-Europe Board, 22 July 2014
Facts and figures
1. Content
2. Usage
http://www.dart-europe.eu
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
Netherlands 63,121 Hungary
France
53,279 Norway
UK
43,876 Ireland
Spain
37,047 Estonia
Sweden
26,306 Belgium
Italy
24,510 Poland
Greece
21,642 Denmark
Portugal
18,043 Lithuania
Finland
9,003 Cyprus
6,129
5,453
4,722
4,490
4,090
3,846
3,788
2,984
2,277
1,593
Slovenia
1,060
Serbia
1,055
Czech Republic 534
Latvia
286
Croatia
205
Austria
159
Bulgaria
68
Ukraine
1
Theses by date, 14 July 2014
Period
1500-1599
1600-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899
1900-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
2010-
Theses
2
50
18
1,488
7,103
7,199
13,237
35,931
246,435
205,407
• Earliest year: 1597
• Most theses: 2012 (52,241)
Facts and figures
1. Content
2. Usage
http://www.dart-europe.eu
Usage
Aug 13 - Jul 14 Aug 12 - Jul 13 Aug 11 - Jul 12
Events
Page views
Visits
New
Returning
Pages/visit
Downloads
1,698,844
411,697
79.9%
20.1%
4.13
131,916
Traffic sources
Search engine
Direct
Referrals
Social
50%
27%
22%
1%
Devices
Desktop
Mobile
Tablet
92.63%
4.35%
3.02%
To 14 July 2014
1,799,585
331,009
76.8%
23.2%
5.44
22,295
1,067,534
132,339
72.5%
27.5%
6.57
55,224
34%
33%
32%
22%
45%
33%
96.19%
1.95%
1.86%
98.56%
0.89%
0.55%
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
2 Germany
3 France
4 United States
5 Spain
6 UK
7 Italy
8 Greece
9 Poland
10 India
•
•
58,814
48,086
35,293
23,269
21,406
15,687
14,359
12,797
9,950
9,265
5.81
2.72
3.43
2.9
5.1
5.87
3.54
2.23
3.67
4.33
11 Netherlands
12 Algeria
13 Serbia
14 Portugal
15 Tunisia
16 Hungary
17 Lithuania
18 Mexico
19 Morocco
20 Turkey
9,154
8,202
6,764
6,179
5,404
5,334
5,133
4,870
4,744
4,672
4.01
2.87
6.94
5.44
2.75
3.27
2.88
2.86
3.42
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
1 Onomastica osorenca. Toponimia preterita i present dels
termes municipal i parroquial d'Osor (La Selva)
2 Fra sted til sted : Om boligkvarterets betydning for unges
uddannelsespositioneringer
3 Experimental and theoretical studies on the formation of
highly luminescent II-VI, III-V and core shell semiconductor
nanocrystals
4 The Relationship between Corporate Philanthropy and
Corporate Reputation: Examining the Consumer-CompanyCause Triad
5 Utilizacao de solucoes de armazenamento distribuido para
maximinacao de integracao de producao renovavel
Year Source
2006 TDX
Hits
190
2013 DDF
139
2002 DNB
119
2013 U.Vienna
94
2013 U.Porto
90
Notes
• ‘Downloads’ = clicks on dc:identifier, dc:relation
• Statistics are ‘lost’ if repositories are reloaded, eg HEDI
Questions?