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Film Studies Collections Data Guide

Database Usage Statistics

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2021
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 13,488 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 129,335 76,292
Film & Television Literature Index 19,081 –
Humanities Abstracts 18,582 –
JSTOR 87,784 116,256
Kanopy – 2,808
MLA International Bibliography 21,016 –
Nexis Uni 7,703 –
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 13,723 415
Play Index 18,418 –
Project Muse 1,564 6,810

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2020
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 20810 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 124,281 80,008
Film & Television Literature Index 15,228 1,029
Humanities Abstracts 21,584 –
JSTOR 107,242 84,837
Kanopy – 2,086
MLA International Bibliography 19,059 –
Nexis Uni 3,435 6,261
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 11,135 420
Project Muse 2,144 7,672

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2019
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 16,122 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 168,223 77,844
Film & Television Literature Index 22,826 3,032
Humanities Abstracts 21,584 –
JSTOR 219,548 120,492
Kanopy – 432
MLA International Bibliography 22,767 –
Nexis Uni 5,501 162,411
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 13,819 570
Project Muse 2,303 10,039

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2018
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 20,719 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 193,214 102,408
Film & Television Literature Index 21,957 –
Humanities Abstracts 21,563 –
JSTOR 88,795 112,614
Kanopy – 64
MLA International Bibliography 1,980 –
Nexis Uni 5,581 6,433
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 17,685 735
Project Muse 4,147 13,674

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2017
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 23,702 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 181,782 99,095
Film & Television Literature Index 17,187 –
Humanities Abstracts 15,205 –
JSTOR 69,101 110,400
Kanopy – 20
MLA International Bibliography 782 –
Nexis Uni 11,108 14,534
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 16,209 693
Project Muse 4,494 13,390

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2016
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 24,498 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 213,990 114,142
Film & Television Literature Index 13,784 –
Humanities Abstracts 14,881 –
JSTOR 83,447 117,853
MLA International Bibliography 27,920 –
Nexis Uni 7,788 –
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 24,066 723
Project Muse 5,644 12,298

Usage of Film Studies Databases: 2015
Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 24,211 –
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 240,155 109,939
Film & Television Literature Index 19,741 –
Humanities Abstracts 20,057 –
JSTOR 76,605 239,391
MLA International Bibliography 29,966 –
Nexis Uni 13,532 –
Performing Arts Periodicals Database 20,496 779
Project Muse 5,140 10,616

Top 10 Journals

The lists of Top 10 journals by subject were extracted from Journal Citation Reports database. The Libraries own or have access to all titles linked below.
View definitions of Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and Article Influence Score.

Top 10 Journals
Journal Name ISSN Total Citations 2021 Journal Impact Factor Eigenfactor Score Article Influence Score
Media Psychology 1521-3269 2,552 3.824 0.003 1.817
Television & New Media 1527-4764 1,104 3.109 0.003 1.176
Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 1030-4312 1,040 0.965 0.002 0.542
Journal of African Media Studies 2040-199X 130 0.361 0 0.259
Asian Cinema 1059-440X 26 n/a 0 n/a
Black Camera 1536-3155 76 n/a 0 n/a
Etica & Cine 2250-5660 11 n/a 0 n/a
Film Comment 0015-119X 98 n/a 0 n/a
Film History 0892-2160 220 n/a 0 n/a
Film Studies 1469-0314 27 n/a 0 n/a

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