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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, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Journal cancellations for 2008
The following journals had been marked for cancellation but we reprieved because of additional funding secured (for 2008 only)
- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Science and Engineering -- converted to online only
- Physica Scripta
Converting some subscriptions from print + online to
online-only
Some titles will be converted to online only for 2008:
Go to journal name starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Journal Title | 2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advances in atomic, molecular & optical physics | $ 170 | $ 180 | $ 0 | $ 328 | $ 163 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 paper | no |
| American journal of physics | $ 490 | $ 505 | $ 515 | $ 530 | $ 547 | 79 paper 1529 pdfs** |
85 paper 1053 pdfs** |
35 paper
847 pdfs ** |
1076 | 1975- |
| Annual review of astronomy & astrophysics | $166 | $ 185 | $ 175 | $ 199 | $ 208 | 7 paper 243 pdfs ** |
6 paper 345 pdfs ** |
2
paper 176 pdfs** |
392 | 1963- |
| Annual review of environment and resources (was Annual review of energy and the environment) | $ 190 | $ 190 | $ 190 | $ 190 | $ 231 | 2 paper 238 pdfs ** |
1 paper 308 pdfs ** |
2
paper 237 pdfs** |
656 | 1976- |
| Annual review of nuclear and particle science | $18 | $ 185 | $175 | $ 175 | $ 208 | 8 paper 73 pdfs ** |
2 paper 83 pdfs ** |
4
paper 94 pdfs** |
119 | 1978- |
| Applied physics letters (Available online only 2007-) | $ 2555 | $ 3050 | $ 3410 | $ 3845 | $ 4327 | 171 paper 10,147 pdfs ** |
120 paper 10,945 pdfs** |
80 paper
6714 pdfs** |
11766 | 1962- |
| APS news § | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1995- |
| Astronomy and astrophysics (in Astronomy Library) | $3162 | $ 3745 | $ 4,107 | $ 4608 | $ 4963 | not available | 0 paper 0 online |
65
paper 0 online |
29
paper 0 online |
1969- |
| Astroparticle physics (Available online only 2006-) | $ 704 | $ 750 | $789 | $ 760 | $ 806 | 12 paper 135 pdfs ** |
1 paper 57 pdfs** |
2
paper 220 pdfs** |
292 | 1992- |
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2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
| Bulletin of the APS § | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | 7§§ | 5§§ | 5§§ | 12 paper | 1993- |
| Bulletin of the atomic scientists | $ 55 | $ 55 | $ 85 | $ 85 | $ 85 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 paper | 1988- |
| Canadian journal of physics | $ 529 | $ 579 | $ 622 | $ 641 | $ 675 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 10 paper | no |
| Chaos (Available online only 2007-) | $ 585 | $ 680 | $ 760 | $ 860 | $ 962 | 3 paper 128 pdfs** |
2 paper 98 pdfs** |
2 paper
103 pdfs** |
175 | 1991- |
| Communications in mathematical physics (Available online only 2005-) | $ 2805 | $ 4009 | $ 4047 | $ 4357 | $ 4655 | 53 paper 72 pdfs ** |
87 paper 45 pdfs ** |
0 paper
44 pdfs** |
96 | 1996- available 1965-1996 through Project Euclid, no statistics available |
| Cryogenics (Available online only 2003-) | $ 1782 | $ 1843 | $ 2283 | $ 2414 | $ 2559 | 0 paper 113 pdfs ** |
0 paper 83 pdfs** |
0 paper
248 pdfs** |
468 | 1995- |
| Discover | $ 30 | $ 30 | $ 30 | $ 30 | $ 30 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 paper | no |
| Europhysics letters | $1812 | $ 1826 | $ 2498 | $ 2489 | $ 2761 | 33 | 22 | 18 | not available | 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) |
$ 46, 712
(we pay $ 12,111) |
21,710 search sessions | 22,978 searches | 14,889 searches | not available | 1969- |
| International journal of bifurcation and chaos | $ 2286 | $ 2377 | $ 2638 | $ 2983 | $ 2983 | 0 | 0 paper 530 abstracts + articles pdfs |
1
paper 549 abstracts + articles pdfs |
396 (abstracts + articles pdfs) | 2001- |
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2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
| Japanese journal of applied physics. Parts I & II | $ 1475 | $ 1538 | $ 1990 | $ 1990 | $ 1975 | 57 paper (online not available) | 67 paper (online not available) | 37 paper (online not available) | 40 paper (online not available) | 1962- |
| Journal of applied physics (Available online only 2007-) | $ 3710 | $ 4495 | $ 5020 | $ 6217 | $ 6217 | 135 paper 4253 pdfs** |
110 paper 5955 pdfs** |
57
paper 3753 pdfs** |
6162 | 1931- |
| Journal of computational physics (Available online only 2007-) | $4168 | $ 4439 | $ 4505 | $ 4923 | $ 5210 | 181 paper 6 pdfs** |
99 paper 144 pdfs** |
66
paper 591 pdfs** |
1321 | 1995- |
| Journal of geophysical research - space physics (Available online only 2008-) | $ 1282 | $ 1282 | $ 1383 | $ 1542 | $ 1772 | 31 | 24 | 36 | 35 paper | no |
| Journal of mathematical physics (Available online only 2007-) | $ 2455 | $ 2905 | $ 3240 | $ 4425 | $ 3982 | 68 paper 148 pdfs** |
22 paper 276 pdfs** |
19 paper
153 pdfs** |
279 | 1960- |
| Journal of physics A: mathematical & general | $ 6350 | $ 6770 | $ 7115 | $ 7515 | $ 7897 | 20 paper 364 pdfs |
17 paper 886 pdfs |
6
paper 1039 pdfs |
1132 | 1968- |
| Journal of physics B: atomic, molecular & optical physics | $ 4435 | $ 4725 | $ 4965 | $ 5370 | $ 5642 | 10 paper 409 pdfs |
0 paper 656 pdfs |
2
paper 769 pdfs |
772 | 1968- |
| Journal of physics condensed matter | $ 8345 | $ 8900 | $9355 | $ 9880 | $ 10,377 | 16 paper 909 pdfs |
10 paper 1831 pdfs |
14
paper 2279 pdfs |
2346 | 1989- |
| Journal of physics D: applied physics | $ 2910 | $ 3095 | $ 3255 | $ 3445 | $ 3622 | 31 paper 631 pdfs |
21 paper 1243 pdfs |
26
paper 2007 pdfs |
2238 | 1968- |
| Journal of physics G: nuclear & particle physics | $ 2825 | $ 3005 | $ 3160 | $ 3445 | $ 3517 | 79 paper 239 pdfs |
29 paper 130 pdfs |
30
paper 202 pdfs |
276 | 1975- |
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2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
| Journal of plasma physics | $ 934 | $ 974 | $ 1024 | $ 1239 | $ 1440 | 23 paper 44 pdfs |
10 paper 45 pdfs |
13 paper
43 pdfs |
13 paper (online not available) | 1997- |
| Journal of the Physical Society of Japan & Supplement | $640 | $ 743 | $ 790 | $ 790 | $ 780 | 51 | 40 | 13 | 11 paper (online not available) | 1958- |
| Journal of vacuum science & technology A | $ 615 | $ 667 | $ 731 | $ 805 | $ 831 | 13 paper 689 pdfs§§** |
10 paper 1085 pdfs§§** |
16 paper
603 pdfs§§** |
950 | 1983- |
| Journal of vacuum science & technology B | $ 615 | $ 667 | $ 731 | $ 805 | $ 831 | 17 paper 1631 pdfs§§** |
16 paper 2346 pdfs§§** |
17 paper
1609 pdfs§§** |
2235 | 1983- |
| New astronomy (Available online only 2006-) | $ 599 | $ 638 | $ 671 | $ 709 | $ 748 | 0 paper 42 pdfs ** |
0 paper 20 pdfs** |
1 paper
63 pdfs** |
72 | 1996- |
| New scientist | $ 204 | $ 1282 | $ 146 | $ 145 | $ 146 | 30 | 65 | 36 | 9 paper | no |
| New York times | $ 564 | $ 594 | $ 598 | $ 591 | $ 600 | 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 | $ 22,558 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nuclear instruments & methods A (Available online only 2006-) | - | - | - | - | - | 66 paper 498 pdfs ** |
19 paper 467 pdfs** |
32 paper
896 pdfs |
748 | 1984- |
| Nuclear instruments & methods B (Available online only 2006-) | - | - | - | - | - | 37 paper 170 pdfs ** |
9 paper 170 pdfs** |
12
paper 473 pdfs |
552 | 1984- |
| Optics communications (Available online only 2006-) | $ 5640 | $ 6007 | $ 6322 | $ 6684 | $ 7052 | 59 paper 183 pdfs** |
47 paper 136 pdfs** |
50 paper
400 pdfs |
372 | 1995- |
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2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
| Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London A | $ 1688 | $ 1981 | $ 1990 | $ 2396 | $ 2679 | 2 paper 250 pdfs ** |
8 paper 187 pdfs ** |
7 paper
184 pdfs** |
3 paper (online not available) | 1678- (really) |
| Physica A: statistical mechanics and its
applications (Available online only 2003-) |
$ 4676 | $ 4837 | $ 5990 | $ 5586 | $ 6013 | 148 pdfs ** | 0 paper 136 pdfs** |
paper not
available 382 pdfs** |
443 | 1995- |
| Physica C: superconductivity (Available online only 2003-) | $ 7082 | $ 6647 | $ 8231 | $ 7820 | $ 8419 | 0 paper 606 pdfs ** |
0 paper 282 pdfs** |
paper not
available **727 pdfs |
457 | 1995- |
| Physica D: nonlinear
phenomena (Available online only 2005-) |
$ 4962 | $ 5285 | $ 5562 | $ 5234 | $ 5612 | 34 paper 98 pdfs ** |
34 paper 48 pdfs** |
29 paper 149 pdfs** | 113 | 1995- |
| Physica E: low-dimensional systems &
nanostructures (Available online only 2005-) |
$ 1211 | $ 1290 | $ 1358 | $ 1435 | $ 1514 | 4 paper 151 pdfs ** |
2 paper 98 pdfs** |
paper not
available ** 580 pdfs |
504 | 1998- |
| Physica Scripta & Topical issues | $ 1298 | $ 1574 | $ 1791 | $ 1891 | $ 1990 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 1998- |
| Physical Review all | $22,385 | $24,570 | $24,445 | $ 25,310 | $ 21,837 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physical Review A § (Available online only 2007-) | - | - | - | - | - | 24 paper 880 pdfs§§** |
17 paper 1076 pdfs§§** |
7 paper
663 pdfs§§** |
897 | 1970- |
| Physical Review B § (Available online only 2007-) | - | - | - | - | - | 79 paper 4524 pdfs§§** |
36 paper 3972 pdfs§§** |
27
paper 2153 pdfs§§** |
7952 | 1970- |
| Physical Review C § (Available online only 2007-) | - | - | - | - | - | 20 paper 48 pdfs§§** |
14 paper 91 pdfs§§** |
18 paper
31 pdfs§§** |
95 | 1970- |
| Physical Review D § (Available online only 2007-) | - | - | - | - | - | 53 paper 413 pdfs§§** |
35 paper 451 pdfs§§** |
16 paper
272 pdfs§§** |
487 | 1970- |
| Physical Review E § (Available online only 2007-) | - | - | - | - | - | 19 paper 1225 pdfs§§** |
18 paper 1372 pdfs§§** |
8 paper
1040 pdfs§§** |
1252 | 1998- |
| Physical Review Letters § (Available online only 2007-) | - | - | - | - | - | 118 paper 5731 pdfs§§** |
95 paper 6794 pdfs§§** |
69 paper
4702 pdfs§§** |
7640 | 1958- |
| Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) | - | - | - | - | - | 22,737 pdfs§§** | 31,470 pdfs§§** | 9846 pdfs§§** | 18942 | 1893-2003 |
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2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
| Physics letters A, B & Physics reports | $ 16,915 | $ 18,014 | $ 18,960 | $ 20,245 | $ 21248 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physics letters A (Available online only 2006-) | - | - | - | - | - | 79 paper 235 pdfs ** |
63 paper 149 pdfs** |
32 paper
345 pdfs** |
406 | 1995- |
| Physics letters B (Available online only 2006-) | - | - | - | - | - | 80 paper 491 pdfs ** |
25 paper 523 pdfs** |
20 paper
957 pdfs** |
298 | 1967- |
| Physics of fluids & Physics of plasmas | $ 3530 | $ 4215 | $ 4695 | $ 5235 | $ 5952 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physics of fluids (Available online only 2007-) | see above | see above | see above | see above | see above | 4 paper 619 pdfs** |
10 paper 912 pdfs** |
4 paper
451 pdfs** |
1054 | 1964- |
| Physics of plasmas (Available online only 2007-) | see above | see above | see above | see above | see above | 5 paper 1852 pdfs** |
11 paper 2324 pdfs** |
4 paper
1706 pdfs** |
4887 | 1989- |
| Physics reports | see Physics Letters A, B | see Physics Letters A, B | see Physics Letters A, B | see Physics Letters A,B | see Physics Letters A,B | 58 paper 127 pdfs ** |
30 paper 82 pdfs** |
46 paper
245 pdfs** |
290 | 1995- |
| Physics teacher | $ 300 | $ 299 | $ 309 | $ 325 | $ 342 | 42 paper 36 pdfs |
9 paper 500 pdfs |
10 paper
275 pdfs |
151 | 1998- |
| Physics today | $ 335 | $ 310 | $ 310 | $370 | $ 407 | 59 | 25 | 125 | 41 paper (online not available) | 1985- |
| Physics world | $ 325 | $ 350 | $ 410 | $ 1149 | $ 1151 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 paper | no |
| Plasma physics & controlled fusion | $ 2642 | $ 2715 | $ 2855 | $ 3122 | $ 3291 | 16 paper 1002 pdfs |
5 paper 1236 pdfs |
2
paper 1294 pdfs |
2499 | 1960- |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A | $ 1222 | $ 1437 | $ 1609 | $ 1720 | $ 1982 | 1 paper 57 pdfs ** |
1 paper 29 pdfs ** |
0 paper
49 pdfs** |
1 paper (online not available) | 1800- |
| Progress of theoretical physics & supplement | $621 | $ 739 | $ 621 | $ 702 | $ 702 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 0 paper (online not available) | 1977- |
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2003 Price | 2004 Price | 2005 Price | 2006 Price | 2007 Price | 2002/03
Uses (paper uses only unless otherwise specified) |
2003/04 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2005 Uses (paper uses unless specified otherwise) | 2006 Uses (online unless specified otherwise) | Online availability |
| Quantum information and computation | $ 295 | $ 345 | $ 360 | $ 380 | $ 432 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 paper (online not available) | 2001- |
| Reports on progress in physics | $ 2235 | $ 2375 | $ 2495 | $ 2640 | $ 2777 | 13 paper 274 pdfs |
7 paper 317 pdfs |
2
paper 482 pdfs |
557 | 1934- |
| Reviews of modern physics § | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | see Physical review | 45 paper 286 pdfs§§** |
20 paper 325 pdfs§§** |
25
paper 231 pdfs§§** |
308 | 1958- |
| Scientific American | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | $ 40 | 38 | 28 | 26 | 11 paper (online not available) | 1993- |
| Solid state communications | $ 4046 | $ 4309 | $ 4535 | $ 4794 | $ 5082 | 52 paper 201 pdfs ** |
25 paper 169 pdfs** |
23 paper
363 pdfs** |
426 | 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).
Last updated March 10, 2008.
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