Celebrating Emerald's High Usage Awards 2025

The top 20 global academic institutions with the highest number of downloads of Emerald’s eJournal content have been announced.

Now in its 14th year, the annual High Usage Awards celebrate the relationship between Emerald Publishing and the winning institutions. The awards also highlight the global reach and impact of the research published by Emerald.

The top three positions are held by Egyptian Knowledge Bank Data Center, Egypt, with 675,407 downloads, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, with 523,285, and Liberty University, United States, with 488,571.

The top 20 institutions include six from Indonesia, five from the UK, and two from Malaysia. Institutions from Egypt, the USA, Australia and China are also featured.

Charley Beattie, Director of Strategic Marketing, Emerald Publishing said: "In a time when access to rigorous, peer-reviewed research is more critical than ever, these institutions exemplify the vital role of academic communities in sharing and applying knowledge. We’re proud to recognise their commitment to scholarly discovery and open inquiry.

"The awards celebrate institutions that are at the forefront of scholarly engagement, helping to make academic research more visible, discoverable, and impactful across the globe."

The top 20 winning institutions with the highest usage of Emerald eJournal content in descending order are:

1. EKB Data Center, Egypt
2. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
3. Liberty University, USA
4. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
5. Diponegoro University, Indonesia
6. Northumbria University, United Kingdom
7. Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
8. Airlangga University, Indonesia
9. Yayasan Trisakti, Indonesia
10. Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
11. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas Lima, Peru
12. Universitas Trisakti, Indonesia
13. University of Manchester, United Kingdom
14. Monash University, Australia
15. University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
16. University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
17. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
18. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
19. Curtin University, Australia
20. Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

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