SPARC Data and Usage Statistics

SPARC has grown as a data repository and a community. Check out some statistics on the SPARC Program:

Scientific Impact

SPARC Data

The SPARC Data Repository has grown from 6.86 TB when we started to 24.64 TB across 235 datasets, submitted by 69 Research teams composed of 519 users.

SPARC Datasets - Overview (February 2023)

Dataset TypeAll DatasetsPublic DatasetsNumber of DownloadsEmbargoed Datasets
Total23523215413
Datasets1731718832
Maps36364260
Computational26252321

SPARC Dataset Downloads by Quarter

SPARC QuarterNumber of Dataset Downloads
Jun - Aug 2021 (Y4Q4)86
Sep - Nov 2021 (Y5Q1)83
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 (Y5Q2)231
Mar - May 2022 (Y5Q3)286
Jun to Aug 2022 (Y5Q4)385
Sep - Nov 2022 (Y6Q1)355
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 (Y6Q2)289

Anatomical Structures with Associated Datasets

The SPARC datasets cover 36 anatomical structures under the following main categories:

Category*Number of Datasets AssociatedNumber of Anatomical Models AssociatedNumber of Computational Models Associated
Stomach30111
Colon4193
Heart28911
Urinary System12111
Nerves and Ganglia95512
Lung311NA
Pancreas3NANA
Intestines1NANA
Other60NANA

*Please note that one dataset may be tagged under multiple anatomical structures

Dataset TypeNumber of Anatomical Structures Associated
Dataset36
Anatomical Models14
Computational Models12

Registered o²S²PARC Users

SPARC QuarterCumulative Count of o²S²PARC Users
Sep - Nov 2021 (Y5Q1)177
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 (Y5Q2)190
Mar - May 2022 (Y5Q3)207
Jun to Aug 2022 (Y5Q4)223
Sep - Nov 2022 (Y6Q1)230
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 (Y6Q2)302

SPARC Dataset Citations and Publications

Total number of times that the DOI of any SPARC dataset is cited in publication (provided by DataCite)

  • December 2020: 8
  • March 2021: 11

Total number of times that the Portal URL is cited (provided by Google Scholar)

  • December 2020: 8
  • March 2021: 3

Total number of times that the DOI of a dataset is cited in publication (provided by DataCite):

SPARC Portal User Behavior Characteristics

SPARC Portal Visitors

The below metrics are provided by Google Analytics of the SPARC Portal

SPARC Portal Visitors

SPARC QuarterOverall Number of VisitorsNew VisitorsReturning Visitors
Sep - Nov 2021 (Y5Q1)29252759530
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 (Y5Q2)46994527562
Mar - May 2022 (Y5Q3)54505265894
Jun to Aug 2022 (Y5Q4)40653579995
Sep - Nov 2022 (Y6Q1)31322948699
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 (Y6Q2)35023302563

SPARC Portal Page Views

The Overall Page Views are reported in raw counts and the percent of overall page views are listed for the subsections of the SPARC portal:

SPARC QuarterOverall Page Views (100%)Home PageFind DataTools & ResourcesNews & EventsAboutOther
Sep - Nov 2021 (Y5Q1)37,19911.64%44.69%5.23%5.41%8.67%22.28%
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022 (Y5Q2)34,86315.89%47.79%5.69%5.25%5.42%17.80%
Mar - May 2022 (Y5Q3)51,22017.91%44.06%5.32%3.70%5.00%24.64%
Jun to Aug 2022 (Y5Q4)36,32915.36%43.73%4.65%4.91%3.97%24.83%
Sep - Nov 2022 (Y6Q1)34,07812.54%40.84%7.41%7.63%4.17%24.84%
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 (Y6Q2)31,59313.11%49.97%8.31%8.95%5.74%14.08%