Book Publisher Usage Reports

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

Report types available

Requesting a one-time report

Creating a one-time report allows you to request data from a specified time period without the report being scheduled for regular delivery.

To request a one-time report:

1. Log into the JSTOR Publisher Usage Reports page.
   • If you haven't accessed publisher usage reports before, you will need to create a personal JSTOR account and contact Support to have administrative privileges added to your account.
2. Click the Create Reports button.
3. Under Report, select the report you want to run.
4. Under Type, select "One-time".
5. Configure your report options including:
   • File format (XLSX or TSV)
   • Start and End Date
   • Report name
   • Email address to notify when the report is ready
6. Once you've made your selections, click the Continue button.
7. Confirm your report configuration and submit your request by clicking the Submit button or click the Back button to make additional changes.

If there are no errors, you'll receive a success message noting that you'll be emailed when the report is available for download.

Scheduling reports

Scheduling a report allows you to request data to be delivered automatically to you at regular intervals.

To schedule reports for automatic delivery:

1. Log into the JSTOR Publisher Usage Reports page.
   1. If you haven't accessed publisher usage reports before, you will need to create a personal JSTOR account and contact Support to have administrative privileges added to your account.
2. Click the Create Reports button.
3. Under Report, select the report you want to run.
4. Under Type, select "Scheduled".
5. Configure your report options including:
   • File format (XLSX or TSV)
   • Frequency
   • Reporting period
   • Report name
   • Email address to notify when the report is ready
6. Once you've made your selections, click the Continue button.
7. Confirm your report configuration and submit your request by clicking the Submit button or click the Back button to make additional changes.

Scheduled reports will be delivered on the first or second day following the completed period of reporting. For example, a report for the month of April will be delivered at the beginning of May. Scheduled reports don't expire but can be deleted.

You'll find your scheduled reports on the Scheduled Reports tab.

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 [email protected].

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 instructions for scheduling 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.