The Metrics tab
The tab leads with the asset’s impact score — a single weighted number that rolls up everything below into one at-a-glance signal — beside a breakdown of where that impact comes from (usage, captures, reuse, citations, and social). Under it, a set of stat cards, each showing a total and a unique count:- Views — times the asset’s metadata was opened.
- Downloads — times its content was downloaded or transferred out.
- SDK / compute — programmatic accesses (the SDK pulling the asset for an automated computation), as distinct from people browsing.
- Search impressions — times the asset appeared in a search result.
- Sharing scope — how many distinct people can access the asset, and across how many organizations.
- Reuse & captures — stars, the collections it belongs to, and downstream assets derived from it.
- Citations — scholarly citations of the asset’s linked work, when present.
Total vs. unique
Each usage metric shows both a total and a unique figure. The total is every recorded action; the unique figure de-duplicates repeat activity from the same person within a short window, so it reflects how many distinct people (or machine clients) really used the asset — the more honest measure of reach. Hover the ⓘ on a card to see exactly what it counts.The impact badge
The impact score is also shown as a small donut badge you can drop next to an asset: the number sits in the center and the coloured arcs show the mix of what’s driving it. A grey ring with a dash means the asset has no recorded activity yet — distinct from a genuinely low score.What’s counted
- People vs. machines are tracked separately, so automated SDK/compute usage doesn’t get confused with people browsing.
- Known web crawlers are filtered out; rapid double-clicks are collapsed — the counts follow the COUNTER “Code of Practice for Research Data” used by data repositories, so they’re comparable to views/downloads you’d see elsewhere.
- For publications, people, and grants, public scholarly metrics (citations, field-weighted citation impact, journal impact factor) are blended in.