{"id":44137,"date":"2026-03-04T08:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=44137"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:57:35","slug":"open-access-downloads-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/open-access-downloads-february-2026\/44137\/","title":{"rendered":"Open access downloads: February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-44138 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/OA-Downloads-infographic_Feb-2026-512x1024.png\" alt=\"February 2026 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 1,202,669; Downloads since OA policy began: 34,861,303; Articles in the OA collection: 55,299. Featured country: Serbia: 340 downloads. &quot;I am a doctoral researcher in historical linguistics and have used the findings from this paper to more accurately prepare the groundwork for the article I am currently writing.&quot; Reading: Two notes on Kinande vowel harmony, Michael Kenstowicz\" width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/OA-Downloads-infographic_Feb-2026-512x1024.png 512w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/OA-Downloads-infographic_Feb-2026-150x300.png 150w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/OA-Downloads-infographic_Feb-2026-768x1536.png 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/OA-Downloads-infographic_Feb-2026-624x1248.png 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/OA-Downloads-infographic_Feb-2026.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.mit.edu\/handle\/1721.1\/49433\">Open Access Collection<\/a>\u00a0of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/scholarly\/mit-open-access\/\">open access policies at MIT<\/a>\u00a0or publisher agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Each month we highlight the month\u2019s download numbers and a few of the most-downloaded articles in the collection, and we feature stats and comments from a particular country.<\/p>\n<p>Due to an increase in harvesting from DSpace, including traffic from AI scraper bots used to train large language models, monthly download numbers have been much higher in the last year than they were previously. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/coar-repositories.org\/news-updates\/mitigating-the-impact-of-ai-bots\/\">an issue affecting many OA repositories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See your own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.mit.edu\/oastats\">download statistics<\/a>\u00a0or those of a particular MIT department, lab, or center.<\/p>\n<p>Top downloaded articles for February:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1721.1\/155690\">A Taxonomy of Home Automation: Expert Perspectives on the Future of Smarter Homes<\/a>, Shabnam FakhrHosseini, Chaiwoo\u00a0Lee, Sheng-Hung\u00a0Lee,\u00a0Joseph Coughlin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1721.1\/134167.2\">AI-optimized detector design for the future Electron-Ion Collider: the dual-radiator RICH case<\/a>, Cristiano Fanelli, Michael Williams<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1721.1\/91268\">Numerical solution of gravitational dynamics in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes<\/a>, Paul M. Chesler, Laurence G. Yaffe<\/p>\n<p>Questions or comments? Email us:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:oastats@mit.edu\">oastats@mit.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Open Access Collection\u00a0of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through\u00a0open access policies at MIT\u00a0or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight the month\u2019s download numbers and a few of the most-downloaded articles in the collection, and we feature stats and comments from a particular country. Due to an increase in harvesting from DSpace, including traffic from AI scraper bots used to train large language models, monthly download numbers have been much higher in the last year than they were previously. This is an issue affecting many OA repositories. 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