Physics Library Journal Prices and Use Statistics 2006

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The table below 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 full-text files (usually PDF) 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. Previous years' data is available for 2002, 2003 and 2004 and 2005 .

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Title Cancelled 2006 Subscription Price
Journal of Low Temperature Physics $ 2819
Journal of Statistical Physics $ 3611

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Journal Prices and Use Statistics
Journal Title 2003 Price 2004 Price 2005 Price 2006 Price 2001/2002 Uses
(paper uses unless specified otherwise)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses unless specified otherwise)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Advances in atomic, molecular & optical physics $ 170 $ 180 $ 0 $ 328 20 7 7 5 no
American journal of physics $ 490 $ 505 $ 515 $ 530 129 paper
381 pdfs**
79 paper
1529 pdfs**
85 paper
1053 pdfs**
35 paper
847 pdfs **
1975-
Annual review of astronomy & astrophysics $166 $ 185 $ 175 $ 199 9 7 paper
243 pdfs **
6 paper
345 pdfs **
2 paper
176 pdfs**
1963-
Annual review of environment and resources (was Annual review of energy and the environment) $ 190 $ 190 $ 190 $ 190 10 2 paper
238 pdfs **
1 paper
308 pdfs **
2 paper
237 pdfs**
1976-
Annual review of nuclear and particle science $18 $ 185 $175 $ 175 2 8 paper
73 pdfs **
2 paper
83 pdfs **
4 paper
94 pdfs**
1978-
Applied physics letters $ 2555 $ 3050 $ 3410 $ 3845 193 paper
6695 pdfs**
171 paper
10,147 pdfs **
120 paper
10,945 pdfs**
80 paper
6714 pdfs**
1962-
APS news § see Physical review see Physical review see Physical review see Physical review 0 0 1 0 1995-
Astronomy and astrophysics (in Astronomy Library) $3162 $ 3745 $ 4,107 $ 4608 not available not available not available not available 1969-
Astroparticle physics $ 704 $ 750 $789 $ 760 10 paper
35 pdfs **
12 paper
135 pdfs **
1 paper
57 pdfs**
2 paper
220 pdfs**
1992-
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(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Bulletin of the APS § see Physical review see Physical review see Physical review see Physical review 6§§ 7§§ 5§§ 5§§ 1993-
Bulletin of the atomic scientists $ 55 $ 55 $ 85 $ 85 0 0 6 4 1988-
Canadian journal of physics $ 529 $ 579 $ 622 $ 641 22 26 23 20 no
Chaos $ 585 $ 680 $ 760 $ 860 0 paper
63 pdfs**
3 paper
128 pdfs**
2 paper
98 pdfs**
2 paper
103 pdfs**
1991-
Communications in mathematical physics $ 2805 $ 4009 $ 4047 $ 4357 75 53 paper
72 pdfs **
87 paper
45 pdfs **
0 paper
44 pdfs**
1996-
available 1965-1996 through Project Euclid, no statistics available
Cryogenics (Available online only 2003-) $ 1782 $ 1843 $ 2283 $ 2414 n/a 0 paper
113 pdfs **
0 paper
83 pdfs**
0 paper
248 pdfs**
1995-
Discover $ 30 $ 30 $ 30 $ 30 10 4 8 5 no
Europhysics letters $1812 $ 1826 $ 2498 $ 2489 26 33 22 18 1996-
INSPEC (Physics abstracts) $ 33,891
(we pay
$ 9489)
$ 36,278
(we pay
$ 10,158)
$ 38,502
(we pay
$10,781)
$ 41,193
(we pay
$11,534)
- 21,710 search sessions 22,978 searches 14,889 searches 1969-
International journal of bifurcation and chaos $ 2286 $ 2377 $ 2638 $ 2983 n/a 0 0 paper
530 abstracts + articles pdfs
1 paper
549 abstracts + articles pdfs
2001-
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(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Japanese journal of applied physics. Parts I & II $ 1475 $ 1538 $ 1990 $ 1990 93 57 67 37 1962-
Journal of applied physics $ 3710 $ 4495 $ 5020 $ 6217 196 paper
3942 pdfs**
135 paper
4253 pdfs**
110 paper
5955 pdfs**
57 paper
3753 pdfs**
1931-
Journal of computational physics $4168 $ 4439 $ 4505 $ 4923 146 paper
6 pdfs **
181 paper
6 pdfs**
99 paper
144 pdfs**
66 paper
591 pdfs**
1995-
Journal of geophysical research - space physics $ 1282 $ 1282 $ 1383 $ 1542 38 31 24 36 no
Journal of mathematical physics $ 2455 $ 2905 $ 3240 $ 4425 49 paper
131 pdfs**
68 paper
148 pdfs**
22 paper
276 pdfs**
19 paper
153 pdfs**
1960-
Journal of physics A: mathematical & general $ 6350 $ 6770 $ 7115 $ 7515 24 paper
163 pdfs
20 paper
364 pdfs
17 paper
886 pdfs
6 paper
1039 pdfs
1968-
Journal of physics B: atomic, molecular & optical physics $ 4435 $ 4725 $ 4965 $ 5370 9 paper
411 pdfs
10 paper
409 pdfs
0 paper
656 pdfs
2 paper
769 pdfs
1968-
Journal of physics condensed matter $ 8345 $ 8900 $9355 $ 9880 18 paper
690 pdfs
16 paper
909 pdfs
10 paper
1831 pdfs
14 paper
2279 pdfs
1989-
Journal of physics D: applied physics $ 2910 $ 3095 $ 3255 $ 3445 41 paper
526 pdfs
31 paper
631 pdfs
21 paper
1243 pdfs
26 paper
2007 pdfs
1968-
Journal of physics G: nuclear & particle physics $ 2825 $ 3005 $ 3160 $ 3445 4 paper
51 pdfs
79 paper
239 pdfs
29 paper
130 pdfs
30 paper
202 pdfs
1975-
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(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Journal of plasma physics $ 934 $ 974 $ 1024 $ 1239 16 23 paper
44 pdfs
10 paper
45 pdfs
13 paper
43 pdfs
1997-
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan & Supplement $640 $ 743 $ 790 $ 790 47 51 40 13 1958-
Journal of vacuum science & technology A $ 615 $ 667 $ 731 $ 805 18 paper
1003 pdfs§§**
13 paper
689 pdfs§§**
10 paper
1085 pdfs§§**
16 paper
603 pdfs§§**
1983-
Journal of vacuum science & technology B $ 615 $ 667 $ 731 $ 805 26 paper
2079 pdfs§§**
17 paper
1631 pdfs§§**
16 paper
2346 pdfs§§**
17 paper
1609 pdfs§§**
1983-
New astronomy $ 599 $ 638 $ 671 $ 709 21 pdfs** 0 paper
42 pdfs **
0 paper
20 pdfs**
1 paper
63 pdfs**
1996-
New scientist $ 204 $ 1282 $ 146 $ 145 30 30 65 36 no
New York times $ 564 $ 594 $ 598 $ 591 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1868-
Nuclear instruments and methods A & B (paid together) $ 17,959 $ 19,126 $ 20,130 $ 21,281 - - - - -
Nuclear instruments & methods A - - - - 123 paper
221 pdfs **
66 paper
498 pdfs **
19 paper
467 pdfs**
32 paper
896 pdfs
1984-
Nuclear instruments & methods B - - - - 56 paper
130 pdfs **
37 paper
170 pdfs **
9 paper
170 pdfs**
12 paper
473 pdfs
1984-
Optics communications $ 5640 $ 6007 $ 6322 $ 6684 64 paper
124 pdfs **
59 paper
183 pdfs**
47 paper
136 pdfs**
50 paper
400 pdfs
1995-
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(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London A $ 1688 $ 1981 $ 1990 $ 2396 3 2 paper
250 pdfs **
8 paper
187 pdfs **
7 paper
184 pdfs**
1678-
(really)
Physica A: statistical mechanics and its applications
(Available online only 2003-)
$ 4676 $ 4837 $ 5990 $ 5586 not available 148 pdfs ** 0 paper
136 pdfs**
paper not available
382 pdfs**
1995-
Physica C: superconductivity (Available online only 2003-) $ 7082 $ 6647 $ 8231 $ 7820 64 paper
617 pdfs **
0 paper
606 pdfs **
0 paper
282 pdfs**
paper not available
**727 pdfs
1995-
Physica D: nonlinear phenomena
(Available online only 2005-)
$ 4962 $ 5285 $ 5562 $ 5234 42 paper
45 pdfs **
34 paper
98 pdfs **
34 paper
48 pdfs**
29 paper 149 pdfs** 1995-
Physica E: low-dimensional systems & nanostructures
(Available online only 2005-)
$ 1211 $ 1290 $ 1358 $ 1435 2 paper
91 pdfs **
4 paper
151 pdfs **
2 paper
98 pdfs**
paper not available
** 580 pdfs
1998-
Physica Scripta & Topical issues $ 1298 $ 1574 $ 1791 $ 1891 25 5 7 4 1998-
Physical Review all $22,385 $24,570 $24,445 $ 25,310 - - - - -
Physical Review A § - - - - 21 paper
1060 pdfs §§**
24 paper
880 pdfs§§**
17 paper
1076 pdfs§§**
7 paper
663 pdfs§§**
1970-
Physical Review B § - - - - 112paper
3246 pdfs §§**
79 paper
4524 pdfs§§**
36 paper
3972 pdfs§§**
27 paper
2153 pdfs§§**
1970-
Physical Review C § - - - - 14 paper
105 pdfs §§**
20 paper
48 pdfs§§**
14 paper
91 pdfs§§**
18 paper
31 pdfs§§**
1970-
Physical Review D § - - - - 50 paper
281 pdfs §§**
53 paper
413 pdfs§§**
35 paper
451 pdfs§§**
16 paper
272 pdfs§§**
1970-
Physical Review E § - - - - 22 paper
981 pdfs §§**
19 paper
1225 pdfs§§**
18 paper
1372 pdfs§§**
8 paper
1040 pdfs§§**
1998-
Physical Review Letters § - - - - 141 paper
4672 pdfs §§**
118 paper
5731 pdfs§§**
95 paper
6794 pdfs§§**
69 paper
4702 pdfs§§**
1958-
Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) - - - - 20,712 pdfs§§** 22,737 pdfs§§** 31,470 pdfs§§** 9846 pdfs§§** 1893-2001
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(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Physics letters A, B & Physics reports $ 16,915 $ 18,014 $ 18,960 $ 20,245 - - - - -
Physics letters A - - - - 100 paper
43 pdfs **
79 paper
235 pdfs **
63 paper
149 pdfs**
32 paper
345 pdfs**
1995-
Physics letters B - - - - 81 paper
79 pdfs **
80 paper
491 pdfs **
25 paper
523 pdfs**
20 paper
957 pdfs**
1967-
Physics of fluids & Physics of plasmas $ 3530 $ 4215 $ 4695 $ 5235 - - - - -
Physics of fluids see above see above see above see above 17 paper
1494 pdfs**
4 paper
619 pdfs**
10 paper
912 pdfs**
4 paper
451 pdfs**
1964-
Physics of plasmas see above see above see above see above 13 paper
1263 pdfs**
5 paper
1852 pdfs**
11 paper
2324 pdfs**
4 paper
1706 pdfs**
1989-
Physics reports see Physics Letters A, B see Physics Letters A, B see Physics Letters A, B see Physics Letters A,B 69 paper
83 pdfs **
58 paper
127 pdfs **
30 paper
82 pdfs**
46 paper
245 pdfs**
1995-
Physics teacher $ 300 $ 299 $ 309 $ 325 32 42 paper
36 pdfs
9 paper
500 pdfs
10 paper
275 pdfs
1998-
Physics today (included with Industrial Physicist) see Industrial Physicist see Industrial Physicist see Industrial Physicist $370 126 59 25 125 1985-
Physics world $ 325 $ 350 $ 410 $ 1149 12 10 6 7 no
Plasma physics & controlled fusion $ 2642 $ 2715 $ 2855 $ 3122 19 paper
511 pdfs
16 paper
1002 pdfs
5 paper
1236 pdfs
2 paper
1294 pdfs
1960-
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A $ 1222 $ 1437 $ 1609 $ 1720 2 1 paper
57 pdfs **
1 paper
29 pdfs **
0 paper
49 pdfs**
1800-
Progress of theoretical physics & supplement $621 $ 739 $ 621 $ 702 12 22 13 13 1977-
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(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2002/03 Uses
(paper uses only unless otherwise specified)
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) 2004/05 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) Online availability
Quantum information and computation $ 295 $ 345 $ 360 $ 380 n/a 0 2 0 2001-
Reports on progress in physics $ 2235 $ 2375 $ 2495 $ 2640 36 paper
476 pdfs
13 paper
274 pdfs
7 paper
317 pdfs
2 paper
482 pdfs
1934-
Reviews of modern physics § see Physical review see Physical review see Physical review see Physical review 43 paper
276 pdfs §§**
45 paper
286 pdfs§§**
20 paper
325 pdfs§§**
25 paper
231 pdfs§§**
1958-
Reviews of plasma physics $ 0 $ 162 $ 0 $ 0 15 55 23 30 no
Scientific American $ 40 $ 40 $ 40 $ 40 30 38 28 26 1993-
Solid state communications $ 4046 $ 4309 $ 4535 $ 4794 60 paper
55 pdfs **
52 paper
201 pdfs **
25 paper
169 pdfs**
23 paper
363 pdfs**
1995-


Notes

§ This title is included in the Physical Review All package and is not priced separately.

§§ Use statistics for individual Physical Review titles and Reviews of Modern Physics available in the Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) and are not differentiated by title. See PROLA use statistics for annual totals.

** Use statistics for AIP (from 2002-), Annual Reviews, Elsevier, Ingenta, Kluwer and Springer/Metapress journals online are for the calendar year (e.g. 2004/05 statistics are from the 2004 calendar year).

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