Describe the issue or problem
I have noticed some unusual behavior in our OJS statistics since late December / early January.
Initially, I observed that the front-end site traffic graph was not updating correctly and did not fully match the statistics on the editorial side. I raised this issue on the PKP forum: PKP Forum Post).
Now we are noticing that the statistics on the editorial side also appear to be behaving strangely. Below is a graphs from on of our most read journals (showing “abstract views” over the last 90 days):
and one of our less frequently read journals, showing abstract views over the last 90 days:
It appears that data is only being recorded on specific days, rather than consistently, with the other days recording ‘zero’ abstract views. The same type of graph shows up for file downloads, with the same days on which stats are being recorded. The statistics of our other journals show similar patterns.
We have not performed an update or something like it. Any insights on what might be causing these inconsistencies would be greatly appreciated.
What application are you using?
For example, OJS 3.34.0.5