Average 2006 journal prices for scientific disciplines
Library Journal has come out with their annual report on journal prices (titled "Journals in the time of Google"). Overall, journals increased approximately 8% for North America last year, a slightly lower rate of increase than was predicted.A large part of the article was devoted to a discussion of 'open access' journals. One study published in Oct. '05 by CIBER (Center for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation fo Research) found that 29% of researchers had published in an open access journal compared to 11% the previous year.
And now (a drum roll, please) here are the average 2006 prices for the scientific disciplines:
Chemistry - $3,254
Physics - $2,850
Biology - $1,548
Geology - $1,323
Math & Comp Sci - $1,278
Health Science - $1,098
General Science $1,098
Geography - $984
For the complete article, click on this link. (The article was published in the April 15, 2006 issue, vol. 131, no. 7, pp. 39-44)
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