Celebrating Emerald’s High Usage Awards 2026

Emerald Publishing has announced the recipients of its High Usage Awards 2026, recognising the global academic institutions with the highest usage of Emerald eJournal content over the past year.

Now in its fifteenth year, the annual High Usage Awards celebrate the strong and enduring relationships between Emerald and institutions around the world, while highlighting the reach and impact of the research published across Emerald’s portfolio.

The awards are based on total eJournal downloads during 2025, excluding EPS but including secondary content usage. Together, the results demonstrate the breadth of Emerald’s global engagement and the vital role institutions play in supporting access to peer reviewed research.

Global leaders in Emerald usage

The top 20 organisations worldwide for Emerald eJournal usage span multiple regions, reflecting the truly international nature of scholarly research and discovery.

The top three institutions for 2026 are:

• Zhejiang University, China, with 590,418 downloads
• Ministry of Education and Technical Education, Egypt, with 526,330 downloads
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, with 464,280 downloads

Institutions from Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, South Africa, Peru, Hong Kong, the United States, Egypt and China are represented across the top 20, underlining Emerald’s strong partnerships with universities and research bodies worldwide.

Top 20 institutions by Emerald eJournal usage (2026)

1. Zhejiang University, China
2. Ministry of Education and Technical Education, Egypt
3. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
4. Yayasan Trisakti, Indonesia
5. Liberty University, USA
6. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
7. Airlangga University, Indonesia
8. Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
9. Diponegoro University, Indonesia
10. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas Lima, Peru
11. Northumbria University, United Kingdom
12. University of Manchester, United Kingdom
13. Monash University, Australia
14. Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
15. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
16. University of Pretoria, South Africa
17. Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
18. University of New South Wales, Australia
19. University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
20. University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Supporting global research communities

The High Usage Awards recognise institutions that are deeply engaged with scholarly content, helping to ensure research is widely accessed, applied and built upon by academic communities around the world.

By celebrating usage, Emerald acknowledges the role of libraries, researchers and educators in making research more visible, discoverable and impactful — supporting evidence based decision making and real world change.

Emerald congratulates all the institutions recognised in the High Usage Awards 2026 and thanks them for their continued partnership and commitment to advancing research and knowledge worldwide.

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