SPARC Data and Usage Statistics

Quarterly reported metrics detailing the progress of the SPARC program

Datasets Publicly Available

  • The number of public datasets displayed on the SPARC Portal:
    • December 2020: 58
    • March 2021: 70
  • The number of public computational studies and services on the SPARC Portal:
    • December 2020: 10
    • March 2021: 10

Embargoed Datasets

  • Total number of datasets that entered embargo over the last quarter
    • December 2020: 8
    • March 2021: 1
  • Total number of datasets that exited embargo over the last quarter
    • December 2020: 0
    • March 2021: 23
  • Total number of datasets in Blackfynn data management in embargo state:
    • December 2020: 62
    • March 2021: 40

Dataset Downloads

  • Total number of datasets downloaded directly from the SPARC Portal (< 5 GB by definition)
    • December 2020: 35
    • March 2021: 141
  • Total number of datasets downloaded directly from Blackfynn Discover (< 5 GB by definition)
    • December 2020: 6
    • March 2021: 12
  • Total number of datasets downloaded directly from S3 (excludes the datasets from the first two metrics above)
    • December 2020: 87
    • March 2021: 58
  • Total number of datasets accessed on S3 but not downloaded
    • December 2020: 0
    • March 2021: 0

Bytes of Data Available

  • Total number of bytes available on the SPARC Portal:
    • December 2020: 6.86 TB
    • March 2021: 7.18 TB
  • Average number of bytes in each dataset:
    • December 2020: 117.2 GB
    • March 2021: 105.1 GB

Publications and Citations

Organs Covered, by Modality

  • Total number of organs with data associated with them
    • December 2020: 10
    • March 2021: 8
  • Total number of organs with simulations associated with them
    • December 2020: 2
    • March 2021: 2
  • Organs are defined as the organ categories available on the SPARC Portal
    • December 2020: 12
    • March 2021: 8

Unique Visitors of Portal

  • Average number of unique visitors per month over the quarter (provided by Google Analytics)
    • December 2020: 462
    • March 2021: 597

SPARC Portal Click through Rate

  • Average time on site per visitor over the quarter (provided by Google Analytics)
    • December 2020: 4m 22s
    • March 2021: 5m 0s
  • Average number of pages per site visit over the quarter (provided by Google Analytics)
    • December 2020: 4.31
    • March 2021: 5.02

Registered o²S²PARC Users

  • Total number of registered users at the date of reporting
    • December 2020: 94
    • March 2021: 97
    • June 2021: 125
    • September 2021: 136