Open Access Books – Readership Data

Leuven University Press partners with the following hosting platforms for Open Access books: OAPEN Library, JSTOR, Project Muse and Open Research Library.

Statement on COUNTER compliance

The platforms we work with are COUNTER compliant. COUNTER is a community-led organisation that provides a global standard for measuring and reporting content usage through normalised metrics.

More information on COUNTER can be found here: https://www.countermetrics.org

How we collect our books readership data

The table below presents the data collected from each platform, compiled and displayed in this overview (updated annually).

PlatformMeasureCountry/Territory information provided?How often is this data updated?Counter-Compliant?
JSTORChapter downloadsYesMonthlyYes
OAPENBook downloadsYesMonthlyYes
Project MuseChapter downloadsYesMonthlyYes
Open Research LibraryBook downloadsYesYes