sciencedirect.com
DR 94by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

sciencedirect is the world's leading source for scientific, technical, and medical research. explore journals, books and articles.

Categoryreference_materials/dictionaries_and_encyclopedias
Top 336
Global Rank
United States 21%
Top Market
-7%
Monthly Trend
32% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

91,001,324

7.0% vs last month

Bounce Rate

32.2%

Pages / Visit

6.5

Avg. Session

7m 58s

Domain Age

29.3 years

Traffic

#336Global Rank
#338Country Rank (840)
#4Category Rank · Dictionaries_and_Encyclopedias
Traffic Trend
7.0%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
45.1%
Direct
28.2%
Social
3.2%
Referral
21.4%
Paid
0.8%
Email
1.3%
Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
21.2%
🇮🇳IndiaIN
6.2%
🇨🇳ChinaCN
6.2%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
5.2%
🇦🇺AustraliaAU
4.7%
Top 3 countries account for 33.6% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords
Keyword
hantavirus14.2M$0.31$139.1K
scopus633.4K$0.46$34.2K
sciencedirect173.0K$0.43$234.0K
elsevier166.4K$0.80$35.0K
science direct60.5K$0.44$78.2K

Growth Readout

Bounce rate only 32%, avg session 478s — exceptionally high engagement

Global rank top 336 — established player in the space

5 tracked competitors in this category — competitive landscape is well-defined

How does sciencedirect.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

nih.gov

nih.gov

🔗 2 keyword overlap

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178.1M/mo-9%Oct 1997

Shares 2 keywords including "hantavirus"

elsevier.com

elsevier.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

How we collect, use and share your personal information - while maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to your privacy

44.3M/mo-5%Jul 1993

Shares 2 keywords including "scopus"

harvard.edu

harvard.edu

🔗 2 keyword overlap

We have just filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars. We have just filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars.

31.1M/mo-9%

Shares 2 keywords including "hantavirus"

theconversation.com

theconversation.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

The Conversation Weekly and other podcasts bring you fascinating knowledge and discovery, straight from the expert researchers and editors who write about their work in The Conversation.sector.

16.9M/mo-24%May 2003

Shares 2 keywords including "hantavirus"

france24.com

france24.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America

9.8M/mo-26%Dec 2005

Shares 2 keywords including "chatgpt"

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