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6.2.4. Usage Statistics

Usage of theses hosted in Shodhganga repository by academic community across the world is

monitored by the Centre with an aim to measure usage of this resource. General statistical summary for
Shodhganga including page views, theses views, department views, university views and website views
are shown below in Figure 22. The usage has considerably increased with hosting of repository on more
robust infrastructure. Detailed usage statistics for last nine months (i.e. July 2016 to March 2017) is given
in Table 9.

Views July '16 Aug '16 Sep'16 Oct '16 Nov '16 Dec '16 Jan '17 Feb '17 Mar '17 Total

Page Views

(Bitstream ) 325,16,468 254,37,642 215,57,419 156,66,219 189,91,075 184,43,872 192,94,686 247,97,633 216,46,389 1983,51,403
Theses
Views

(Item ) 33,61,716 32,44,782 31,74,055 27,77,998 38,88,299 28,40,883 30,11,470 38,66,627 22,38,349 284,04,179
Department

/Colleges/
Centre
Views
(Collection) 6,01,942 6,99,889 7,71,553 5,83,674 7,33,556 7,32,491 7,41,373 7,58,125 4,03,020 60,25,623

University
Views
(Communit
y) 2,71,303 2,86,409 3,10,666 2,25,508 2,91,018 2,84,159 3,03,197 3,05,082 1,95,219 24,72,561
Searches
Performed 16,49,263 29,16,021 14,42,415 15,89,000 17,02,224 10,04,637 9,74,197 1,055,93 9,53,196 122,30,953
Table 9: Month-wise Usage Statistics

University Views
Department/Colleg (Community), [CATEGORY NAME],
es/Centre Views 24,72,561 [VALUE]
(Collection),
60,25,623

Theses Views
(Item ), 2,84,04,179

Page Views
(Bitstream ),

19,83,51,403

July '16-March'17

VIEWS AND SEARCHES IN SHODHGANGA

Fig. 22: Shodhganga General Statistical Summary

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