What's in this article:
- What are Books at JSTOR publisher reports?
- Requesting access
- Report types available
- Scheduled reports
- One-time reports
- Inventory Reports
- Do I need to reschedule my book reports?
- Are Books at JSTOR publisher reports COUNTER compliant?
What are Books at JSTOR publisher reports?
Books at JSTOR publisher reports are self-service reports that capture the usage of your books on JSTOR by institution, location, or title. Our reporting system enables you to:
- Schedule reports yourself
- Choose to request a one-time report or a scheduled report
- Customize your report to be cumulative or to only contain data from a certain time period
Requesting access to your reports
In order to see and schedule usage reports, you will need to:
- Create an individual JSTOR account
- Contact support to have administrative privileges added to your account
- You can then access Books at JSTOR publisher reports in your individual account
Note that if you distribute for other presses, you will need to request access to them when you message support. Once you have permissions, you will be able to run and schedule reports for them as well.
Publisher report types available
Report |
Code |
Description |
Book Usage by Title |
PUB_BTU |
Usage of your books on JSTOR by title |
Book Usage by Institution |
PUB_BIU |
Usage of your books on JSTOR by institution |
Book Usage by Country |
PUB_BCU |
Usage of your books on JSTOR by country |
Scheduled reports
Requesting a scheduled report allows you to request data to be delivered automatically to you in monthly or weekly intervals.
To schedule a recurring report:
- Sign in to Publisher Reports page
- Find and click the "Create Report" button on the right side of the page
- Select which report you want to run
- Name your report and choose your publication
- Choose "recurring"
- Select your day and time of delivery
- Select your data range
- Add any additional recipients
- Select "Create Report"
One-time reports
Requesting a one-time report allows you to request data from a certain time period without the report being scheduled for regular delivery.
To request a one time report:
- To schedule a report:
- Sign in to Publisher Reports page
- Find and click the "Create Report" button on the right side of the page
- Select which report you want to run
- Name your report and choose your publication
- Choose "one time"
- Select your data range by start and end date
- Add any additional recipients
- Select "Create Report"
Inventory Reports
Publishers can request an inventory report to see a comprehensive list of every book we have ever received metadata for. This list will include books that were removed from sale, are currently in the pipeline, or were put on hold and require action by the publisher before going live. This request can be sent to content.support@ithaka.org.
Do I need to reschedule my book reports?
Yes. If previous to March 2020, JSTOR scheduled a books report for you, you will need to reschedule it. To do so, see: Scheduled Reports
Are Books at JSTOR publisher reports COUNTER compliant?
While Books at JSTOR publisher reports are built on the same reporting system as our COUNTER 5 reports, they are technically not COUNTER compliant because the report types JSTOR offers are not mandated by the COUNTER code of practice.
Books at JSTOR publisher reports count things a bit differently to better align with the structures of our ebook acquisition models for JSTOR participants. Books at JSTOR publisher reports exclude usage for items in books: table of contents, frontmatter, backmatter, etc., so usage in these reports will be lower than libraries’ COUNTER reports.