OPEN ACCESS
Open Access Usage Metrics
COUNTER is valuable in assessing OA usage! There is a real need to understand how the transition to OA is working, what makes it work and what is the impact of OA – all these require measurement and reporting, and COUNTER offers a consistent, credible, comparable method for doing so.
Translated Guides
Translations of the Friendly Guide to COUNTER for Open Access are also available, thanks to the generosity of members of the COUNTER community who provided funds and time to help us produce them.
- Chinese translations were sponsored by SpringerNature
- French translations were produced by the Couperin Consortium and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network
- German translations were sponsored by Thieme
- Japanese translations were produced by Yuimi Hlasten at Denison College
- Spanish translations were sponsored by Gale
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