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13.1 Trends and Intensity
Regular Searches trend level has shown it has remained relatively high over the course of 18 months. Literature Discovery trend shows three (3) distinct peaks occurred, ie. March, October 2020, and June 2021. Meanwhile, the trends fluctuated around the averages for the rest of the period, except for a slight drop in August 2020 (Figure 13.1.a).
The trends for Sessions and Infometric Use have shown both remained relatively steady and fluctuated around the averages throughout the period, except for a single period, whereby Infometric Use suddenly rose and peaked in April 2021 (Figure 13.1.a).
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