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The Cost of Physics Journals

DEC 01, 1986
Prices that libraries pay for subscriptions vary widely among journals; for physics and mathematics publications the cost per character varies by as much as a factor of 40.
Henry H. Barschall

Science libraries all over the United States face serious financial problems associated with the increased costs of journals.

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References

  1. 1. R. T. Lenzine, Serials Librarian 9 (4), 119 (1985).

  2. 2. Notices Am. Math. Soc. 30, 715 (1983).https://doi.org/AMNOAN

  3. 3. Price Comparison Study of 1984 Optics Periodical Literature, prepared for the Optical Society of America.

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Henry H. Barschall, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Volume 39, Number 12

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