The Loughborough Research Repository currently contains over 56,791 items.

Staff processed 336 new research deposits during November 2024. The 5 most downloaded articles from the repository are below. These figures come from IRUS UK, a JISC funded service that provides standardised statistical tools for measuring institutional repositories.

• Banerjee, D.K. (1986). Water pollution and human health. Loughborough University. Conference contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/29242 Downloads 216
• Furlan-Tassara, Marco (2024). Scaling of tyre model parameters as a function of road surface roughness. Loughborough University. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.26174/thesis.lboro.27801915.v1 Downloads 183
• Pitcher, Jane; Wijers, Marjan (2014). The impact of different regulatory models on the labour conditions, safety and welfare of indoor-based sex workers. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/14539 Downloads 172
• Abdulwahed, Mahmoud; Nagy, Zoltan (2009). Applying Kolb’s experiential learning cycle for laboratory education. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/5412 Downloads 170
• Hignett, Sue; McDermott, Hilary (2015). Qualitative methodology for ergonomics. Loughborough University. Chapter. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/23558 Downloads 167

We have three new papers appearing in the top 5 and a real mix of item types.

Over half of the collection are articles or conference contributions and they make up 76% of the November downloads. However, if you divide the downloads by the number of items to assess the performance of each item type, Reports and Book Chapters are highest (2.1 downloads per item in the collection), with journal articles (1.9 downloads), books (1.8 downloads), theses (1.6 downloads), datasets (1.4 downloads) and conference items (1 download).

So while the majority of the repository is made up of journal and conference papers, other item types are equally valuable and might actually have greater value to repository users.