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The Economics of Journal Publishing
Introduction
Case study: Ecology
Prices and publishers
Who publishes the top tier?
Cumulative plots
Estimating circulation
Journal numbers over time
Comparing other fields
Prices and publishers across disciplines
Cumulative plots across disciplines
Top science journals
Papers
Economics of ecology journals
Will open access be able to compete?
Costs and benefits of site licenses
Electronic subscriptions: A boon for whom?
Value and price by journal
www.eigenfactor.org
www.JournalPrices.com
Contact Information
Carl T. Bergstrom
Department of Biology
University of Washington
Box 351800
Seattle, WA 98195-1800
cbergst@u.washington.edu
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Journal pricing across disciplines
| Price/Page | | Price/Cite
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| Field |
For-profit |
Non-profit |
For-profit |
Non-profit |
| Ecology |
$1.19 |
$0.19 |
$0.73 |
$0.05 |
| Economics |
$0.81 |
$0.16 |
$2.33 |
$0.15 |
| Atmos. Sci. |
$0.95 |
$0.15 |
$0.88 |
$0.07 |
| Mathematics |
$0.70 |
$0.27 |
$1.32 |
$0.28 |
| Neuroscience |
$0.89 |
$0.10 |
$0.23 |
$0.04 |
| Physics |
$0.63 |
$0.19 |
$0.38 |
$0.05 |
Citation data are from the Institute for Scientific Information's Journal Citation Reports. Journal listings,
prices, and page data are taken from the following sources: Carl Bergstrom's
study of the year 2000 ecology journals, Ted Bergstrom's study of
year 2000 economics
journals, the American Mathematical Association's survey of
year 2000
mathematics journals,
Carey and Gould's survey
of
year 1999 atmospheric sciences journals, and Soete and Salaba's analyses
of the year
1998 neuroscience journals and physics journals.
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Last modified September 4, 2002
Copyright © 2002 Carl T. Bergstrom
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