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IP address protection
For years we’ve been told that browsers were going to build new IP address protection (“obfuscation”) into their technology. That would have put up barriers to IP authentication, one of…
Recording of UKSG webinar on usage metrics with OA and AI
Tasha spoke at a recent UKSG webinar about “Usage metrics for OA, AI, and more: building on solid foundations”. The webinar has already been viewed more than 300 times and…
New guide linking hosts, reports, and data types
You loved our recent guide comparing reports to standard views. Tasha’s put together a similar document for you, on another tricky question. As we say in the Friendly Guide to…
Pathways to compliance: updates from our working group
We spun up two working groups at the first meeting of the new COUNTER Advisory Committee earlier this year. One was on generative and agentic AI, and the other on…
Membership rates 2026
In June the COUNTER membership approved changes to our member benefits list and to our member structure – you can read about it in our post at https://www.countermetrics.org/member-changes/. This post…
COUNTER newsletter, September 2025
It’s been a busy few months, as we said in our newsletter yesterday. Earlier this year, at the AGM, the COUNTER membership approved a new membership structure. If you are…
Interview: Heather Staines, member of the Executive and Education Committees
Continuing our theme of interviewing key volunteers in the COUNTER community, in this latest post we hear from Heather Staines. Heather is a member of both the COUNTER Executive Committee…
Find us at: STM Frankfurt
COUNTER’s going to be at STM for the first time in many years. Tasha’s registered for the STM Frankfurt event on the 14th of October. Drop her a line to…
How to load .tsv files into Excel
Tabular versions of COUNTER reports are typically delivering in .tsv (tab separated value) format. We often get asked how to load .tsv files into Excel. While Microsoft offers plenty of…