if JSTOR serves 7000 institutions around the world, having that number effectively jump to 7100 I understand what you're thinking, but that's not what happened

if JSTOR serves 7000 institutions around the world, having that number effectively jump to 7100 I understand what you're thinking, but that's not what happened. He downloaded a hundred times MIT, not a hundred times the average institution. You're assuming that MIT is close to average, but there is no reason to think that. I strongly suspect that MIT is a bigger user than (for example) Rye Neck High School or the Scottish Agricultural College. http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/participants http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/participants