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Scholarly Commons celebrates its 500,000th download!

by Steven Moore on 2023-04-28T08:00:00-04:00 in Hospital History, Images / Multimedia, Information Technology, Library Science, Open Access, Publication, Research, Sladen Services | 0 Comments
 

 

This week, the Henry Ford Health institutional repository known as Scholarly Commons hit a milestone: our readers all across the globe have downloaded more than 500,000 scholarly works by Henry Ford Health authors. Sladen Library is grateful to its readers, patrons, authors, and the rest of the Henry Ford Health community for their participation in preserving and promoting our institutional knowledge, research, and scholarly activity. Below are a few statistics that highlight the impact Scholarly Commons and its contents have had on its readers since its debut in winter 2018.

 

Total Number of Works: 14,625

Total Number of Readers: 741,684

Total Number of Downloads: 501,995

Average number of daily readers: 317

 

While a significant portion of our readers are domestic, our works are being accessed in 216 countries and territories, including Greenland, Antarctica, and many smaller islands. The readership activity map above gives a bigger picture of where our works are being read.

Country

Downloads

Percentage of Total Downloads

United States

222,780

44.3%

India

34,510

6.8%

China

26,625

5.3%

United Kingdom

17,446

3.5%

Canada

14,728

2.9%

Russian Federation

12,204

2.4%

Australia

9,426

1.9%

Philippines

9,325

1.8%

Netherlands

9,194

1.8%

Japan

6,724

1.3%

 

All citations in Scholarly Commons are accompanied with a link to access a full-text version of an article or conference abstract whenever possible. Open access journals allow us to host full-text PDFs of articles and conference abstracts. Below are some of the most downloaded journal articles in Scholarly Commons since 2018.

Journal Article

Henry Ford Health Authors & Department

Downloads

Multifaceted highly targeted sequential multidrug treatment of early ambulatory high-risk SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)

Dr. John E. McKinnon, Infectious Diseases

18,857

COVID-19-associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: Imaging Features

Dr. Neo Poyiadji, Dr. Gassan Shahin, Dr. Daniel Noujaim, Dr. Michael Stone, Dr. Suresh C. Patel, and Dr. Brent Griffith, Diagnostic Radiology

1,640

A View from the Edge - Creating a Culture of Caring

Dr. Rana Awdish, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

777

A bioinformatics approach to microRNA-sequencing analysis

Dr. Shabana Ali, Orthopedics

641

Perioperative care of heart transplant recipients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

Dr. Raj K. Modak, Anesthesiology

462

 

The Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal has attracted the most attention from our readers, with more than 186,000 downloads from its 40-year run. Below are the top downloaded articles from the Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal Article

Henry Ford Health Authors & Department

Downloads

The First-Bite Syndrome

Dr. William S. Haubrich, Gastroenterology

7,918

The Role Of Ions In Muscle Excitation And Contraction

Dr. Raymond E. Fuller and Dr. William L. Morgan, Jr., Cardiology

6,309

The Regional Acceleratory Phenomenon: A Review

Dr. Harold M. Frost, Orthopedics

4,265

A History Of Anesthesia

Dr. H. R. Mattern, Anesthesiology

3,858

The Role of Splenectomy in Endocarditis

Dr. Donald J. Magilligan Jr. and Dr. Edward L. Quinn, Surgery and Infectious Diseases

3,543

 

Scholarly Commons is proud to showcase the research presented at Henry Ford Health scholarly events. Since these posters and presentations are not otherwise published in scholarly journals, Scholarly Commons is often the sole location to access such works. Below are the top downloaded posters and presentations from Henry Ford Health residents, fellows, interns, and researchers. Sladen Library is always looking to add posters and presentations from our authors, so please contact Sladen Library to have your poster or presentation included in Scholarly Commons.

Henry Ford Health Posters and Presentations

Henry Ford Health Authors & Department

Downloads

When Street Drugs Stop at Hospital Doors: A Closer Look at Kratom and Phenibut Withdrawal

Dr. Monique Mun, Dr. Vanessa Patel, and Dr. Catherine Frank, Behavioral Health Services/Psychiatry

3,867

Stimulant-Induced Chorea

Dr. Carrie Schmitt, Dr. Imran Tarrar, and Dr. Alicja Wasilewski, Behavioral Health Services/Psychiatry

3,762

Chronic Peri-Oral Dermatitis as the First Manifestations of Crohn's Disease

Dr. Mahmoud Isseh, Dr. Mouhanna Abu Ghanimeh, Dr. Sandra Naffouj, Dr. Nicholas Horton, and Dr. Nirmal Kaur, Internal Medicine

1,468

A Retrospective Review of 93 Cases of Cellular Dermatofibromas

Dr. Rasnik Singh, Dr. Samantha L. Schneider, Dr. Dana Siegel, Dr. Marsha Chaffins, and Dr. Pranita V. Rambhatla, Dermatology

1,142

Gluteus Maximus Transfer for Trendelenburg Gait Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

Dr. Karen Nelson, Dr. Melissa Martinez, and Dr. Fremont Scott, Orthopedics/Bone and Joint Center

1,118

 

Scholarly Commons readers come from a variety of international commercial entities, educational institutions, organizations, and governments. Below is a summary of what industries and organizations are accessing content in Scholarly Commons.

Industry

Percentage of Downloads

Top Downloaders

Commercial

45%

Conductor, Inc., Celestica International Inc., Hospital Corporation of America

Education

33%

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, University of Michigan Medical Center, New York University

Organization

15%

Henry Ford Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Kaiser Foundation

Government

5%

Department of Veterans Affairs, Alberta Health Services, National Institutes of Health

 

 

To view similar metrics on your own works, simply log in to Scholarly Commons to access your own author dashboard. If you have a work in the repository or receive a monthly readership report, you will have access to metrics collected on your works, such as geographic location, type of institution, social media activity, and more.

Contact Steven Moore at Sladen Library for any questions related to Scholarly Commons.


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