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Exception codes for when R5 reports are no longer available
In recent weeks the Code Team has been talking about which error code is the best one to use when publishers stop offering Release 5 reports. Some publishers have already…
COUNTER membership from 2026
COUNTER’s membership structure has stayed broadly the same since we were founded back in 2003. Over that time the knowledge community has undergone huge structural changes. As part of our…
Annual General Meeting 2025
The Directors’ Reports, including financial accounts, and the draft minutes from our Annual General Meeting on 5 June 2025 as part of the COUNTER Conference can be downloaded from the…
Harvesting multiple reports
We know that some report consumers (libraries) want to collect or harvest lots of reports at one time. That can cause some difficulties where report providers (publishers, aggregators) have rate…
At the beach!
The COUNTER office will be closed from the 16th to the 20th of June as our team takes a well-deserved holiday. Please be patient: we’ll be replying to messages when…
Thank you to our Academy sponsors
Thank you to Clarivate, Thieme and Scholarly IQ for being sponsors of the first COUNTER Academy in 2025. Their sponsorship means that we can offer free spaces to most of…
Allocating spaces on the first COUNTER Academy
We announced the launch of COUNTER Academy in April, and have had an overwhelming response to this new educational offering. Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest. In this…
Thank you for joining our 2025 conference
Thank you to everyone who joined our 2025 COUNTER conference. We particularly want to thank our speakers for an excellent set of presentations. Speakers spoke about using COUNTER metrics in…
Beta test the new Validator
Since COUNTER’s validation tool was first built, we’ve relied on volunteer efforts – and particularly Bernd Oberknapp – to keep it running. Over the years the tool has become increasingly…