Each month I receive a brief email summary of the prior month’s download statistics on our online digital repository. The global reach of the web facilitates access to primary sources and generative scholarship on a scale of volume and accessibility that was almost beyond our comprehension just a few ago.
Each month, without fail, I am amazed to see what the most popular items and publication are. Month after month, with few exceptions, our Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD’s) and Stone-Campbell Books take the top spots by a fair margin. Primary sources and generative scholarship, downloaded by the tens of thousands by readers in 179 countries.
Seeing the stats never gets old. Neither does pondering what those usage statistics might mean. What items from our past will someone find next that will mark a turning point in their research project? What article or piece of scholarship will someone download that result in new or better understanding?
This screen shot is not clickable, so here are the direct links:
The most popular papers were:
Church Directory and List of Preachers of Churches of Christ (4940 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books/416
The Effect of Anxiety and Depression on College Students’ Academic Performance: Exploring Social Support as a Moderator (2980 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/51
The Ethical Considerations of Physician-assisted Suicide (590 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/dialogue/vol4/iss1/12
The most popular publications were:
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (11441 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd
Stone-Campbell Books (7657 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books
Dialogue & Nexus (1363 downloads)
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/dialogue
