The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy or publisher agreements.

Each month we highlight the month’s download numbers and a few of the most-downloaded articles in the collection. And we feature stats and comments from a particular country.

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Top downloaded articles for August:

Algorithms for Solving Rubik’s Cubes, Erik D. Demaine,Martin L. Demaine, Sarah Eisenstat, Anna Lubiw, Andrew Winslow

An Analysis of the Role of the Indigenous Microbiota in Cholesterol Gallstone Pathogenesis, Jacqueline J. Fremont-Rahl Zhongming Ge, Carlos Umana, Mark T. Whary, Nancy S. Taylor, Sureshkumar Muthupalani, Martin C. Carey, James G. Fox, Kirk J. Maurer

Thermophysical Properties of Seawater: A Review of Existing Correlations and Data, Mostafa H. Sharqawy, John H. Lienhard V & Syed M. Zubair