Open access downloads: March 2026

March 2026 Open Access Downloads: DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 1,152,870; Downloads since OA policy began: 36,014,531; Articles in the OA collection: 55,498; Featured country: United Kingdom, 32,588 downloads. "As a retired biologist researching material for a scientific book, with no access to academic libraries any longer, having open access articles available to me is critically important. Thank you, MIT Libraries, for your repository and your policy to populate it." Reading: Multifunctionality of chiton biomineralized armor with an integrated visual system, Ling Li et al.The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT 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.

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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Top downloaded articles for March:

Cost and energy needs of RO-ED-crystallizer systems for zero brine discharge seawater desalination, Kishor G. Nayara, Jenifer Fernandesb, Ronan K. McGoverna, Bader S. Al-Anzib, John H. Lienhard V

SLAM Handbook: From Localization and Mapping to Spatial Intelligence, edited by Luca Carlone, Ayoung Kim, Timothy Barfoot, Daniel Cremers, Frank Dellaert

Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Unprotected, Nitrogen-Rich Heterocycles: Substrate Scope and Mechanistic Investigation, M. Alexander Düfert, Kelvin L. Billingsley, Stephen L. Buchwald

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Open access downloads: February 2026

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. "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." Reading: Two notes on Kinande vowel harmony, Michael KenstowiczThe Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT 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.

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.

See your own download statistics or those of a particular MIT department, lab, or center.

Top downloaded articles for February:

A Taxonomy of Home Automation: Expert Perspectives on the Future of Smarter Homes, Shabnam FakhrHosseini, Chaiwoo Lee, Sheng-Hung Lee, Joseph Coughlin

AI-optimized detector design for the future Electron-Ion Collider: the dual-radiator RICH case, Cristiano Fanelli, Michael Williams

Numerical solution of gravitational dynamics in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes, Paul M. Chesler, Laurence G. Yaffe

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Open access downloads: January 2026

January 2026 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 848,592. Downloads since OA policy began: 33,658,992. Articles in the OA collection: 55,118. Featured country: Switzerland; 1,084 downloads. "I'm a master’s student doing research for my thesis and there are so many articles that are not accessible, which makes this process so much more difficult. Therefore, it is so great that your articles are open access. Thank you very very much! I appreciate you!"The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for January:

Advanced Perception, Navigation and Planning for Autonomous In-water Ship Hull Inspection, F.S. Hover et al.

The Moral Machine experiment, E. Awad et al.

On-Body Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters through Innovative Designs and Conformable Structures, Sara V Fernandez et al.

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Open access downloads: December 2025

December 2025: Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 576,076. Downloads since OA policy began: 32,810,400. Articles in the OA collection: 55,010. Featured country: Sri Lanka, 154 downloads. "For researchers in developing countries, limited access to scholarly literature is one of the most significant challenges we face. Institutional subscriptions are often insufficient, and individual access to recently published papers, which are critical for conducting high-quality, up-to-date research, is financially unattainable for many of us. MIT’s commitment to open access has therefore been incredibly valuable to me." -PhD studentThe Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for December:

Digital Health Communication and Global Public Influence: A Study of the Ebola Epidemic, Hal Roberts, Brittany Seymour, Sands Alden Fish II, Emily Robinson, Ethan Zuckerman

Merger of a Bubble and a Soap Film, Daniel M. Harris, Giuseppe Pucci, Victor Prost, Julio Quintela Casal, John W. M. Bush

1/2 (e[superscript 2]/h) Conductance Plateau without 1D Chiral Majorana Fermions, Wenjie Ji, Xiao-Gang Wen

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Open access downloads: November 2025

November 2025 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 657,591; Downloads since OA policy began: 32,234,314; Articles in the OA collection: 54,750. Featured country: India, 10,736 downloads. "It helps me conduct my research without being impeded by a paywall, which helps make my research access a wide range of literature for review. A good literature review is the bedrock of any good paper, so this is a massive benefit to me. Thank you." -researcher. Reading: Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India, LoriBeaman, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, Petia Topalova The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for November:

A sharp square function estimate for the moment curve in ℝ3, Dominique Maldague

The rigid-flexible value for symplectic embeddings of four-dimensional ellipsoids into polydiscs, Alvin Jin, Andrew Lee

On the Theory of Uniform Satellite Constellation Reconfiguration, David Arnas, Richard Linares

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Open access downloads: October 2025

October 2025 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 436,883. Downloads since OA policy began: 31,566,704. Articles in the OA collection: 54,482. Featured country: France, 6,209 downloads. "I'm doing research on gender identity. As a student, I benefit from having institutional access to some publications, but not everything is accessible. Having openly available articles makes it easier to do quality research without using pirating as an option to read paywalled papers. It feels more respectful to people to have science not behind a barrier."The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for October:

1/2 (e[superscript 2]/h) Conductance Plateau without 1D Chiral Majorana Fermions, Wenjie Ji, Xiao-Gang Wen

Parity-Controlled 2π Josephson Effect Mediated by Majorana Kramers Pairs, Constantin Schrade, Liang Fu

Towards a muon collider, Carlotta Accettura et al.

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Open access downloads: September 2025

September 2025 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 552,912; Downloads since OA policy began: 31,129,821; Articles in the OA collection: 54,251. Featured country: United Kingdom: 20,503 downloads; "I find it incredible that MIT shares this research openly, and that someone like me on the other side of the Atlantic and who is not an engineer can have access to the latest MIT design thinking for use in his personal project!" -Business ownerThe Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for September:

Humoral signatures of protective and pathological SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, Yannic C. Bartsch et al.

A sharp square function estimate for the moment curve in ℝ3, Dominique Maldague

Harbingers of failure, Eric Anderson, Song Lin, Duncan Simester, Catherine Tucker

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Open access downloads: August 2025

August 2025 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT. Downloads this month: 461,358; Downloads since OA policy began: 30,576,909; Articles in the OA collection: 54,094. Featured country: United Kingdom, 10,283 downloads. "I'm a PhD student and rely heavily on open-access articles, especially when searching for methodology, since I'm exploring a multitude of options and want to ensure I've excellent sources." Reading: Causal Inference in Conjoint Analysis: Understanding Multidimensional Choices via Stated Preference Experiments, Jens Hainmueller, Daniel J. Hopkins, Teppei YamamotoThe Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for August:

From 1983 to 2022: A Chronology of SIGCHI Conferences, Neha Kumar et al.

Reviews Without a Purchase: Low Ratings, Loyal Customers, and Deception, Eric T. Anderson, Duncan I. Simester

Solo Animation in Japan: Empathy for the Drawn Body, Paul Roquet

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Open access downloads: July 2025

July 2025 Open Access Downloads, DSpace@MIT; Downloads this month: 487,556; Downloads since OA policy began: 30,115,551; Articles in the OA collection: 53,928. Featured country: Ireland, 2,876 downloads; "As a student, I really enjoy this content but would have been unable to due to the price point otherwise. Thank you, these articles have helped me realize how much I love engineering."The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements.

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Top downloaded articles for July:

Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Unprotected, Nitrogen-Rich Heterocycles: Substrate Scope and Mechanistic Investigation, M. Alexander Düfert, Kelvin L. Billingsley, Stephen L. Buchwald

Continuous Flow Multi-step Organic Synthesis, Damien Webb, Timothy F. Jamison

The Assembly and Use of Continuous Flow Systems for Chemical Synthesis, Joshua Britton, Timothy F. Jamison

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