Book Analytics Service
The Book Analytics Service is operated by OAPEN, and forms part of our open access books community infrastructure.
The Book Analytics Service aggregates standardised usage data from a range of sources including OAPEN, Google Books, Crossref Event Data, and JSTOR, and provides publishers with a dashboard overview. View the demo dashboard.
How the dashboard can help you
The dashboard is easy to share with colleagues and authors. Use it to help you:
- understand usage, and how this varies by platform, subject, country, and titles
- easily synthesise and consolidate data across a wide range of platforms, and save time on manual data collection
- inform publishing decisions
- explain the value of open access publishing to authors and funders.
Service levels
| Service levels | Standard | Standard Plus | Extra add-ons |
|---|---|---|---|
| OA book dashboard and telescope development | X | X | X |
| Hosting and compute | X | X | X |
| Maintenance | X | X | X |
| Upgrades | X | X | X |
| Help desk (5 hours per year) | X | X | X |
| Onboarding and introductory training | X | X | X |
| Personalised branding (colours, fonts, logos) | X | X | |
| Metadata format conversion | X | ||
| Addition of new prospective data sources/new telescopes (including retrospective data where applicable; depending on staff capacity) | X | ||
| Additional dashboards | X | ||
| Quarterly/semi-annual report | X |
Pricing
Pricing tiers are based on publishers’ total publishing revenue or expenses. The table shows annual costs per dashboard (in $ USD) excluding VAT:
| $ USD million | Standard, Y1 | Standard, Y2+ | Standard Plus | Extra add-ons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 1 | $ 8,000 | $ 5,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 1-5 | $ 8,000 | $ 5,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 5-10 | $ 10,000 | $ 6,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 10-25 | $ 11,000 | $ 6,500 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 25-50 | $ 11,500 | $ 7,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 50-100 | $ 13,000 | $ 8,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 100-200 | $ 15,000 | $ 9,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| 200-500 | $ 16,500 | $ 10,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
| > 500 | $ 40,000 | $ 25,000 | As Standard plus a nonrecurring $ 1,100 (10h) for branding | Upon request |
Philanthropic funders for a publishers’ collective: Upon request.
Which publishers are already involved?
- Australian National University Press
- Big Ten Open Books
- Central European University Press
- Longleaf Services/Sustainable History Monograph Pilot
- OAPEN
- Open Book Publishers
- UCL Press
- University of Michigan Press
- University of North Carolina Press
How can I participate?
Get started by contacting us for an initial conversation.
You can also explore our documentation, and learn more about OAPEN’s Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) self-audit and independence (we can’t be sold).
Background to the Book Analytics Dashboard project
Funded by the Mellon Foundation, the Book Analytics Dashboard project (2022-2025) is focused on creating a sustainable OA book focused analytics service.
