Emerald celebrates winners of its annual High Usage Award 2022

Emerald Publishing has announced the top 20 global academic institutions with the highest number of downloads of its eJournal content throughout 2021, as part of its annual high usage award.

The award, now in its 12th year, celebrates the relationship between Emerald and the winning institutions whilst also highlighting the global reach of our research.

This year, the institutions in the top three positions are Egyptian Knowledge Bank Data Center which has held on to the top spot for two years in a row with 702,650 downloads, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA in second place again with 692,245 downloads. In third place for the third year running, is Liberty University in Texas with 427,158 downloads.

In the top 20 institutions there were 7 institutions from the UK, 3 from the Netherlands, 3 from Australia and 3 from Indonesia. Institutions from Egypt, the USA, Hong Kong and Malaysia were also included.

Harriet Bell, Marketing Director at Emerald, commented: "We have great relationships with institutions and academics all over the world and it is really important to us to celebrate the loyalty of our customers through this annual award.

"It is brilliant to see institutions feature in this top 20 list year on year, and we would like to thank these institutions in particular for their loyalty. As a founding signatory of DORA, Emerald is committed to establishing new pathways to impact, making research more accessible and helping communities make decisions that change their world for the better."

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Notes for Editors

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

1. Egyptian Knowledge Bank Data Center, Egypt
2. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
3. Liberty University, USA
4. RMIT University, Australia
5. Universitas Trisakti, Indonesia
6. Northumbria University, UK
7. Tilburg University, Netherlands
8. Griffith University, Australia
9. Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
10. University of Liverpool, UK
11. University of Manchester, UK
12. University of Glasgow, UK
13. Monash University, Australia
14. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
15. University of Birmingham, UK
16. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
17. University of Portsmouth, UK
18. University of Southampton, UK
19. Diponegoro University, Indonesia
20. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong