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Volume 51, Issue 10
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Why so secret?
Online download statistics by month:
Online download statistics by month: September 2013 to March 2024
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Sep 2013
2
2
0
Oct 2013
750
71
84
Nov 2013
325
29
20
Dec 2013
98
1
4
Jan 2014
49
1
4
Feb 2014
41
4
3
Mar 2014
41
1
2
Apr 2014
33
0
1
May 2014
27
1
2
Jun 2014
20
0
4
Jul 2014
20
0
2
Aug 2014
43
0
0
Sep 2014
31
7
3
Oct 2014
12
4
2
Nov 2014
31
1
0
Dec 2014
30
0
2
Jan 2015
23
0
0
Feb 2015
12
1
1
Mar 2015
33
1
2
Apr 2015
9
0
0
May 2015
23
1
2
Jun 2015
7
0
1
Jul 2015
26
0
0
Aug 2015
22
0
0
Sep 2015
31
0
0
Oct 2015
2
0
0
Nov 2015
8
0
0
Dec 2015
16
0
0
Jan 2016
2
0
0
Feb 2016
4
0
0
Mar 2016
2
0
0
Apr 2016
3
0
0
May 2016
5
0
0
Jun 2016
3
0
0
Jul 2016
1
0
0
Aug 2016
2
0
0
Sep 2016
1
0
0
Oct 2016
3
0
0
Nov 2016
1
0
0
Jan 2017
5
0
0
Feb 2017
6
0
0
Mar 2017
3
0
0
Apr 2017
7
1
0
May 2017
8
0
0
Jun 2017
5
0
0
Jul 2017
10
0
0
Aug 2017
13
0
0
Sep 2017
14
0
0
Oct 2017
30
2
0
Nov 2017
20
0
0
Dec 2017
12
0
0
Jan 2018
43
0
0
Feb 2018
10
0
0
Mar 2018
28
0
0
Apr 2018
4
0
0
May 2018
6
0
0
Jun 2018
10
0
0
Jul 2018
10
0
0
Aug 2018
6
0
0
Sep 2018
26
1
1
Oct 2018
12
1
0
Nov 2018
29
1
0
Dec 2018
27
0
0
Jan 2019
26
0
0
Feb 2019
51
1
2
Mar 2019
37
0
0
Apr 2019
18
0
0
May 2019
8
0
0
Jun 2019
4
0
0
Jul 2019
17
1
0
Aug 2019
10
0
0
Sep 2019
11
0
0
Oct 2019
22
0
0
Nov 2019
15
0
0
Dec 2019
6
0
0
Jan 2020
12
0
0
Feb 2020
16
0
0
Mar 2020
5
0
0
Apr 2020
4
0
0
May 2020
18
0
0
Jun 2020
9
0
0
Jul 2020
9
0
0
Aug 2020
6
0
0
Sep 2020
25
0
0
Oct 2020
15
0
0
Nov 2020
2
0
0
Dec 2020
9
0
0
Jan 2021
8
0
0
Feb 2021
10
0
0
Mar 2021
28
1
1
Apr 2021
15
0
0
May 2021
6
0
0
Sep 2021
3
1
0
Oct 2021
40
0
0
Nov 2021
29
0
0
Dec 2021
22
0
0
Jan 2022
28
2
0
Feb 2022
32
0
0
Mar 2022
34
0
0
Apr 2022
20
0
0
May 2022
56
0
0
Jun 2022
37
1
0
Jul 2022
28
2
0
Aug 2022
59
1
0
Sep 2022
52
1
0
Oct 2022
214
2
1
Nov 2022
32
1
0
Dec 2022
6
0
0
Jan 2023
10
0
0
Feb 2023
43
0
0
Mar 2023
8
0
0
Apr 2023
2
0
0
May 2023
20
0
0
Jun 2023
21
1
1
Jul 2023
37
1
2
Aug 2023
29
1
0
Sep 2023
16
0
0
Oct 2023
20
0
0
Nov 2023
49
0
0
Dec 2023
21
1
0
Jan 2024
8
0
0
Feb 2024
33
0
0
Mar 2024
21
1
0
Total
3588
150
147
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