Please note: Use statistics are based on the fiscal year, July 1
- June 30. Journal prices are for the calendar year. We realize that this
is confusing, but that's how things work. Please note: Use statistics are based on the fiscal year, July 1
- June 30. Journal prices are for the calendar year. We realize that this
is confusing, but that's how things work.
The following table shows prices paid over the past several years and the number of uses recorded. In some cases, online use is available. In those cases, the number of PDF files accessed is listed. More data on pricing and journal uses is available. If you would like to receive a copy of this Excel spreadsheet, please contact Kerry Kresse. The 2002 list is available here.
The following titles will be cancelled for 2004. Please contact Kerry Kresse with any questions or comments. Thanks.
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| Journal Title | 2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
2000/2001 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Advances in atomic, molecular & optical physics | $ 0 | $ 297 | $ 170 | $ 180 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 7 | no |
| Advances in nuclear physics | $ 144 | $ 119 | $ 128 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | no | |
| Advances in physics | $ 1539 | $ 2788 | $ 3040 | $ 3329 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 1998- |
| American journal of physics | $ 433 | $ 465 | $ 490 | $ 505 | 128 | 134 paper 137 pdfs |
129 paper 296 pdfs |
79 paper 1109 pdfs |
1999- |
| Annual review of astronomy & astrophysics | $ 142 | $ 169 | $166 | $ 185 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1996- |
| Annual review of energy and the environment | $ 167 | $ 174 | $ 190 | $ 190 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1996- |
| Annual review of nuclear and particle science | $ 142 | $ 169 | $18 | $ 185 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1996- |
| Applied physics A & B (paid together) | $ 4693 | $ 4842 | $ 5142 | $ 6568 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Applied physics A | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1995- |
| Applied physics B | - | - | - | - | 0 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 1995- |
| Applied physics letters | $ 2091 | $ 2290 | $ 2555 | $ 3050 | 463 | 311 4993 pdfs |
193 paper 5988 pdfs |
171 paper 8706 pdfs |
1975- |
| APS news § | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995- |
| Astronomy and astrophysics (in Astronomy Library) | $ 2577 | $ 2849 | $3162 | $ 3745 | not available | not available | not available | not available | 1969- |
| Astroparticle physics | $ 575 | $ 613 | $ 704 | $ 750 | 5 | 17 | 10 paper 35 pdfs ** |
12 paper 53 pdfs *** |
1992- |
| Atomic data & nuclear data tables | $ 825 | $ 879 | $ 946 | $ 1007 | 22 | 14 | 18 paper 1 pdf ** |
33 paper 1 pdf |
current 12 months |
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2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
2000/2001 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Bulletin of the APS § | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | 3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1993- |
| Bulletin of the atomic scientists | $ 55 | $ 55 | $ 55 | $ 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988- |
| Canadian journal of physics | $ 480 | $ 511 | $ 529 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 26 | no | |
| Chaos | $ 501 | $ 545 | $ 585 | $ 680 | 3 | 0 paper 35 pdfs |
0 paper 71 pdfs |
3 paper 48 pdfs |
1991- |
| Communications in mathematical physics | $ 4092 | $ 5194 | $ 2805 | $4009 | 45 | 43 | 75 | 53 | 1997- |
| Contemporary physics | $ 630 | $ 687 | $ 750 | $ 821 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1997- | |
| Cryogenics (available online only) | n/a | n/a | $ 1782 | $ 1843 | - | - | - | 51 pdfs *** | 1995- |
| Discover | $ 30 | $ 30 | $ 30 | $ 30 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | no |
| Europhysics letters | $ 1324 | $ 1281 | $1812 | $ 1826 | 36 | 51 | 26 paper | 33 paper | 1996- |
| Industrial physicist | $ 241 | $ 255 | $ 335 | $ 340 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995- |
| INSPEC (Physics abstracts) | $ 29,
712 (we pay $ 8319) |
$
31,420 (we pay $ 8798) |
$
33,891 (we pay $ 9489) |
$
36,278 (we pay $ 10,158) |
- | - | - | 21,710 search sessions | 1969- |
| International journal of bifurcation and chaos | n/a | n/a | $ 2286 | $ 2377 | - | - | - | 1999- | |
| International journal of modern physics D: gravitation, astrophysics, cosmology | $ 395 | $ 395 | $ 663 | $ 710 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1998- |
| International journal of modern physics E: nuclear physics | $ 395 | $ 395 | $ 423 | $ 452 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2000- |
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2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
2000/2001 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Japanese journal of applied physics. Parts I & II | $ 1310 | $ 1332 | $ 1475 | $ 1538 | 134 | 182 | 93 | 57 | 1993- |
| Journal de physique IV (Colloque) | $ 888 | $ 1048 | $ 1224 | $ 1568 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | no |
| Journal of applied physics | $ 3181 | $ 3450 | $ 3710 | $ 4495 | 305 | 246 paper 2435 pdfs |
196 paper 3425 pdfs |
135 paper 3884 pdfs |
1975- |
| Journal of computational physics | $ 3540 | $ 3877 | $4168 | $ 4439 | 69 | 182 | 146 paper 6 pdfs ** |
181 paper 6 pdfs |
current 12 months |
| Journal of geophysical research - space physics | $ 1161 | $ 1162 | $ 1282 | $ 1282 | 34 | 19 | 38 | 31 | no |
| Journal of low temperature physics | $ 1495 | $ 1645 | $ 1810 | $ 2329 | 22 | 49 | 25 | 14 paper 15 pdfs ¤ |
1997- |
| Journal of mathematical physics | $ 2105 | $ 2325 | $ 2455 | $ 2820 | 47 | 52 paper 106 pdfs |
49 paper 144 pdfs |
68 paper 136 pdfs |
1975- |
| Journal of physics A: mathematical & general | $ 5696 | $ 6030 | $ 6350 | $ 6770 | 34 | 48 paper 155 pdfs |
24 paper 163 pdfs |
20 paper 364 pdfs |
1968- |
| Journal of physics B: atomic, molecular & optical physics | $ 3976 | $ 4210 | $ 4435 | $ 4725 | 26 | 16 paper 288 pdfs |
9 paper 411 pdfs |
10 paper 409 pdfs |
1968- |
| Journal of physics condensed matter | $ 7486 | $ 7925 | $ 8345 | $ 8900 | 27 | 45 paper 392 pdfs |
18 paper 690 pdfs |
16 paper 909 pdfs |
1989- |
| Journal of physics D: applied physics | $ 2601 | $ 2760 | $ 2910 | $ 3095 | 62 | 47 paper 292 pdfs |
41 paper 526 pdfs |
31 paper 631 pdfs |
1968- |
| Journal of physics G: nuclear & particle physics | $2531 | $2680 | $ 2825 | $ 3005 | 11 | 19 paper 12 pdfs |
4 paper 51 pdfs |
79 paper 239 pdfs |
1957- |
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2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
2000/2001 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Journal of plasma physics | $ 857 | $ 925 | $ 934 | $ 974 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 23 paper 44 pdfs Þ |
1997- |
| Journal of statistical physics | $ 2150 | $ 2215 | $ 2348 | $ 2995 | 51 | 27 | 66 | 34 paper 11 pdfs ¤ |
1998- |
| Journal of the Physical Society of Japan & Supplement | $ 832 | $ 640 | $640 | $ 743 | 37 | 30 | 47 | 51 | 1992- |
| Journal of vacuum science & technology A | $ 529 | $ 562 | $ 615 | $ 667 | 117 | 110 | 18 | 13 | 1983- |
| Journal of vacuum science & technology B | $ 529 | $ 562 | $ 615 | $ 667 | 89 | 93 | 26 | 17 | 1983- |
| Nature | $ 806 | $ 845 | $ 920 | cancel 2004 | 140 | 145 | 78 | 75 | 1997- |
| New astronomy | n/a | n/a | $ 599 | $ 638 | n/a | n/a | 21 pdfs** | 0 paper 25 pdfs *** |
1996- |
| New scientist | $ 166 | $ 168 | $ 204 | $ 1282 | 61 | 38 | 30 | 30 | no |
| New York times | $ 297 | $ 532 | $33 | - | - | - | - | no | |
| Nuclear instruments and methods A & B (paid together) | $ 15,686 | $ 16,706 | $ 17,959 | $ 19,126 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nuclear instruments & methods A | - | - | - | - | 90 | 111 | 123 paper 221 pdfs ** |
66 paper 229 pdfs *** |
1984- |
| Nuclear instruments & methods B | - | - | - | - | 0 | 39 | 56 paper 130 pdfs ** |
37 paper 62 pdfs *** |
1984- |
| Optics communications | $ 4926 | $ 5246 | $ 5640 | $ 6007 | 63 | 83 | 64 paper 124 pdfs ** |
59 | 1998- |
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2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
2000/2001 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London A | $ 1202 | $ 1469 | $ 1688 | $ 1981 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1678- (really) |
| Physica A: statistical mechanics and its applications (available online only) | - | - | $ 4676 | $ 4837 | not available | not available | not available | 75 pdfs *** | 1995- |
| Physica C: superconductivity (available online only) | $ 6186 | $ 6588 | $ 7082 | $ 6647 | 14 | 61 | 64 paper 617 pdfs ** |
0 paper 301 pdfs *** |
1995- |
| Physica D: nonlinear phenomena | $ 4124 | $ 4392 | $ 4962 | $ 5285 | 64 | 57 | 42 paper 45 pdfs ** |
34 paper 28 pdfs *** |
1998- |
| Physica E: low-dimensional systems & nanostructures | $ 916 | $ 1053 | $ 1211 | $ 1290 | 4 | 1 | 2 paper 91 pdfs ** |
4 paper 40 pdfs *** |
1998- |
| Physica Scripta & Topical issues | $ 1277 | $ 1298 | $ 1298 | $ 1574 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 1998- |
| Physical Review all | $ 17,121 | $ 18,655 | $ 22,385 | $ 24,570 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physical Review A § | - | - | - | - | 66 | 70 paper 938 pdfs |
21 paper 1061 pdfs |
24 paper 997 pdfs §§ |
1970- |
| Physical Review B § | - | - | - | - | 270 | 219 paper 2896 pdfs |
112paper 3093 pdfs |
79 paper 4416 pdfs §§ |
1970- |
| Physical Review C § | - | - | - | - | 36 | 11 paper 40 pdfs |
14 paper 71 pdfs |
20 paper 98 pdfs §§ |
1970- |
| Physical Review D § | - | - | - | - | 138 | 91 paper 395 pdfs |
50 paper 323 pdfs |
53 paper 263 pdfs §§ |
1970- |
| Physical Review E § | - | - | - | - | 118 | 50 paper 760 pdfs |
22 paper 972 pdfs |
19 paper 1245 pdfs §§ |
1998- |
| Physical Review Letters § | - | - | - | - | 536 | 350 paper 4430 pdfs |
141 paper 4701 pdfs |
118 paper 5342 pdfs §§ |
1958- |
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2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
2000/2001 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Physics letters A, B & Physics reports | $ 14,775 | $15,735 | $ 16,915 | $ 18,014 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physics letters A | - | - | - | - | 78 | 76 paper 142 pdfs |
100 paper 43 pdfs ** |
79 paper 114 pdfs *** |
1995- |
| Physics letters B | - | - | - | - | 106 | 47 paper 57 pdfs |
81 paper 79 pdfs ** |
80 paper 301 pdfs *** |
1967- |
| Physics of fluids & Physics of plasmas | $ 1975 | $ 3285 | $ 3530 | $ 4095 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physics of fluids | see above | see above | see above | see above | 27 | 14 paper 346 pdfs |
17 paper 1427 pdfs |
4 paper 660 pdfs |
1975- |
| Physics of plasmas | see above | see above | see above | see above | 54 | 31 paper 1345 pdfs |
13 paper 1515 pdfs |
5 paper 1439 pdfs |
1989- |
| Physics reports | see Physics Letters A, B | see Physics Letters A, B | see Physics Letters A, B | see Physics Letters A, B | 78 | 66 | 69 paper 83 pdfs ** |
58 paper 31 pdfs *** |
1995- |
| Physics teacher | $ 241 | $ 260 | $ 300 | $ 299 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 42 paper 36 pdfs |
1998- |
| Physics today (included with Industrial Physicist) | see Industrial Physicist | see Industrial Physicist | see Industrial Physicist | see Industrial Physicist | 166 | 96 | 126 | 59 | no |
| Physics world | $ 321 | $ 325 | $ 325 | $ 350 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | no |
| Plasma physics & controlled fusion | $ 2366 | $ 2506 | $ 2642 | $ 2715 | 33 | 44 paper 529 pdfs |
19 paper 511 pdfs |
16 paper 1002 pdfs |
1991- |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A | $ 964 | $ 1060 | $ 1222 | $ 1437 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1800- |
| Progress of theoretical physics & supplement | $ 702 | $ 621 | $621 | $ 739 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 1984- |
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2001 Price | 2002 Price | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 1999/2000 Uses (paper uses only) |
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2001/2002 Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
Online availability |
| Quantum information and computation | $ 150 | $ 270 | $ 295 | $ 345 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 2001- |
| Reports on progress in physics | $ 1995 | $ 2120 | $ 2235 | $ 2375 | 21 | 19 paper 137 pdfs |
36 paper 476 pdfs |
13 paper 274 pdfs |
1934- |
| Review of scientific instruments | $ 1486 | $1610 | $ 1765 | cancel 2004 | 157 | 123 paper 1027 pdfs |
34 paper 1791 pdfs |
23 paper 1705 pdfs |
1975- |
| Reviews of modern physics § | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | 102 | 91 paper 143 pdfs |
43 paper 222 pdfs |
45 paper 289 pdfs §§ |
1958- |
| Reviews of plasma physics | $ 199 | $ 0 | $ 0 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 55 | no | |
| Science | $ 370 | $ 390 | $ 425 | cancel 2004 | 0 | 110 | 57 | 47 | 1880- |
| Science news | $ 55 | $55 | $55 | cancel 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | no |
| Scientific American | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | 0 | 61 | 30 | 38 | no |
| Solid state communications | $ 3534 | $ 3764 | $ 4046 | $ 4309 | 55 | 79 | 60 paper 55 pdfs ** |
52 paper 61 pdfs *** |
1995- |
Notes
§ This title is included in the Physical Review All package and is not priced separately.
§§ Usage for articles from individual Physical Review titles available in PROLA are not differentiated. 10,266 articles from all sections of Physical Review and Reviews of Modern Physics were downloaded from PROLA during the 2002/03 academic year.
** 2001/02 Use statistics for Elsevier journals online are for the 2002 calendar year.
*** 2002/03 Use statistics for Elsevier journals online are from January 1, 2003 - August 27, 2003.
¤ 2002/2003 Use statistics for Kluwer journals online are from January 1, 2003 - July 31, 2003.
Þ 2003/2003 Use statistics for Journal of Plasma Physics are from October 1, 2002 - October 1, 2003.
Last updated December 22, 2004.
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