In December 2025, USD RED had 28578 full-text downloads and 7 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 9058. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 1892 institutions across 183 countries.
The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (588 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
The Parentification of Eldest Daughters (416 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/244
The Inclusion of Rape and Other Non-Consensual Sexual Acts in Self-Insert FanFiction (395 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/312
The most popular publications were:
South Dakota Law Review (8861 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/sdlrev
Honors Thesis (6196 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
Medical School Class Composites (5021 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/composites
