COUNTER is an independent cross-publisher code of practice for reporting the usage of online resources. Complete documentation is available on the COUNTER website.
Supported releases
We provide data in release 5.1 format from January 2025. We generate usage data in the release 5.0 format until March 2025. From April 2025 onwards, for COUNTER 5.0, no new reports will be generated. Historical data will be still available in the Librarian Portal UI and via SUSHI API.
Downloading and harvesting
COUNTER data reports can be downloaded from the Usage page (C5.0, C5.1) on the Librarian Portal or harvested via SUSHI (C5.0, C5.1 - SUSHI info below the form). Our COUNTER data should be available three to seven days after the end of each month.
Available views and date ranges
We have usage data in COUNTER 5.0 format available from January 2016 onwards, and for the Release 5.1 from January 2025 onwards. However, the metrics that are available for each platform varies by time period.
COUNTER Audit and compliance status
All reports available on nature.com and Springer Nature Link are independently audited each year to verify compliance with COUNTER Release 5.1. You can check our current compliance status in the COUNTER Registry.
Supported file formats for reports
CSV, TSV and JSON.