Longitudinal Study of Scientific Journal Prices in a Research Library

Authors

H. Craig Petersen, Utah State UniversityFollow
Kenneth E. Marks
Steven P. Nielsen
Peter Wagner

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

College and Research Libraries

Volume

52

Issue

2

Publisher

American Library Association

Publication Date

1991

First Page

125

Last Page

138

Abstract

Describes a study that evaluated the determinants of price increases of scientific journals over time from a variety of publishers, disciplines, and countries. It was found that inflation and greater journal length explained most price increases, and that journal prices from commercial publishers increased much more rapidly than those from nonprofit publishers.

Comments

Originally published by the American Library Association. Abstract available through remote link via ERIC. Subscription to College & Research Libraries required to access article fulltext.

Recommended Citation

Longitudinal Study of Scientific Journal Prices in a Research Library. 1991. College and Research Libraries, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 125-138 (with Kenneth E. Marks, Steven P. Nielsen and Peter Wagner).