Content Usage and the Most Frequently Read Articles of 2014
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* Phillip Lupo, Jr.
* Anne Victoria Neale
* Marjorie A. Bowman

During our 27th year of print and 12th year of electronic publication of the *Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine* (*JABFM*), we are pleased to provide our annual report of articles published in 2014 that were of the greatest interest to our readers. Table 1 shows the 3 most frequently read articles by issue in 2014. Original research proves to be the most-read type of article in the 2014 list.

View this table:
[Table 1.](http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/3/303/T1)

Table 1. The Three Most Frequently Read Articles in the *Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine* by Issue in 2014

In addition, we provide an update on the usage statistics of our content over the past 8 years. Figure 1 illustrates the number of total access events for *JABFM* content from 2007 to 2014. 2014 was the busiest year for online usage activity in *JABFM*'s history, with an average of 536,659 content usage requests a month, and a total of 6.43 million annually—an average of over 1 million hits per issue! Content activity was up 19% in 2014 compared with content usage requests during 2013 and, when compared with 2007, a 128% increase is noted. Full-text articles were the most accessed during 2014, with an average of 214,010 monthly requests; followed by abstracts, with 190,354 average monthly requests; then PDF articles, with 79,370 average monthly requests.

![Figure 1.](http://www.jabfm.org/https://www.jabfm.org/content/jabfp/28/3/303/F1.medium.gif)

[Figure 1.](http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/3/303/F1)

Figure 1. 
The number of total access events for *Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine* content from 2007 to 2014. An access event occurs each time a user opens a new screen on the website.

As always, we welcome reader feedback about published articles. Comments about specific articles can be posted to the *JABFM* website by clicking on “Responses” in the middle column of the article.

## Notes

*   *Conflict of interest:* The authors are editors and staff of the *JABFM*.

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10. 10. Singh G, Bonham AJ. A Predictive equation to guide vitamin D replacement dose in patients. J Am Board Fam Med 2014;27:495–509.
    
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18. 18. Werner JJ, Stange KC. Praxis-based research networks: an emerging paradigm for research that is rigorous, relevant, and inclusive. J Am Board Fam Med 2014;27:730–5.
    
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