Tables for "Choosing Sides--Periodical Price Survey 2005"

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TABLE 1 AVERAGE 2005 PRICE FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Discipline	Average Price Per Title
Chemistry	$2,868
Physics	2,719
Engineering	1,683
Biology	1,494
Technology	1,460
Math & Computer Science	1,267
Astronomy	1,235
Geology	1,197
Botany	1,109
Food Science	1,107
Health Sciences	1,081
General Science	1,059
Zoology	1,053
Geography	945
Agriculture	799
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 2 COST HISTORY GROUPED BY LC SUBJECT

Subject	Average No. of Titles 2001–2005	Average Cost Per Title 2001	Average Cost Per Title 2002	% of Change '01–'02	Average Cost Per Title 2003	% of Change '02–'03	Average Cost Per Title 2004	% of Change '03–'04	Average Cost Per Title 2005	% of Change '04–'05	'01–'05 % of Change
Agriculture	141	$585	$626	7	$677	8	$749	11	$799	7	37
Anthropology	39	246	266	8	287	8	312	9	328	5	33
Art & Architecture	62	107	109	2	117	7	126	7	135	7	26
Astronomy	9	918	1,088	19	1,160	7	1,253	8	1,235	-1	35
Biology	194	1,094	1,171	7	1,276	9	1,392	9	1,494	7	37
Botany	55	814	864	6	931	8	1,017	9	1,109	9	36
Business & Economics	246	491	539	10	594	10	646	9	702	9	43
Chemistry	179	2,140	2,321	8	2,505	8	2,699	8	2,868	6	34
Education	92	261	285	9	308	8	335	9	367	9	41
Engineering	224	1,217	1,323	9	1,430	8	1,550	8	1,683	9	38
Food Science	16	818	860	5	926	8	1,014	10	1,107	9	35
General Science	59	755	828	10	914	10	988	8	1,059	7	40
General Works	63	76	78	3	87	11	98	14	110	11	45
Geography	52	685	769	12	835	9	912	9	945	4	38
Geology	73	884	951	8	1,025	8	1,115	9	1,197	7	35
Health Sciences	1,217	781	839	7	915	9	999	9	1,081	8	38
History	192	115	121	5	134	11	149	11	163	10	42
Language & Literature	283	108	115	7	127	10	141	11	154	9	42
Law	66	158	173	10	190	9	207	9	221	7	39
Library & Information Science	51	267	285	7	314	10	345	10	386	12	45
Math & Computer Science	179	968	1,031	6	1,103	7	1,197	9	1,267	6	31
Military & Naval Science	7	345	329	-5	355	8	385	8	447	16	30
Music	40	77	86	12	93	8	97	4	114	18	49
Philosophy & Religion	115	140	150	7	166	10	183	10	197	8	41
Physics	197	2,012	2,192	9	2,365	8	2,550	8	2,719	7	35
Political Science	39	212	243	14	271	12	303	12	333	10	57
Psychology	124	340	371	9	397	7	435	9	472	9	39
Recreation	17	120	138	14	145	6	156	8	179	15	49
Sociology	231	311	340	9	371	9	419	13	455	9	46
Technology	185	1,057	1,152	9	1,252	9	1,359	9	1,460	7	38
Zoology	84	820	888	8	954	7	988	4	1,053	7	28
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 3 AVERAGE PRICE PER TITLE BY COUNTRY 2005

Country	Number of ISI Titles	Average Price Per Title
Ireland	33	$2,354
The Netherlands	473	2,327
Austria	23	1,346
England	1,002	1,327
Germany	287	1,317
Singapore	12	1,182
Switzerland	78	1,028
New Zealand	22	801
United States	2,145	679
China	5	612
Sweden	7	430
Russia	16	411
Israel	12	353
France	99	344
Czech Republic	12	324
Spain	14	311
Japan	63	309
Hungary	5	297
Slovakia	5	294
Australia	24	230
Canada	97	226
Norway	11	211
Scotland	8	172
Italy	44	171
Finland	5	136
Belgium	13	127
India	7	126
Mexico	6	123
Average Cost of an ISI Title: $1,008
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 4 COST HISTORY BY CONTINENT/COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

Continent / Country	Average No. of Titles 2001–2005	Average Cost 2001	Average Cost 2002	% of Change '01–'02	Average Cost 2003	% of Change '02–'03	Average Cost 2004	% of Change '03–'04	Average Cost 2005	% of Change '04–'05	'01–'05 % of Change
NORTH AMERICA
United States	2,146	$498	$537	8	$581	8	$631	9	$679	8	36
Canada	96	169	178	5	189	6	211	11	226	7	33
Other	7	101	107	6	109	1	121	11	122	1	21
Average for all North America	2,249	483	520	8	563	8	611	9	657	8	36
EUROPE
France *	93	233	234	1	280	19	334	19	344	3	48
Germany *	292	887	970	9	1,069	10	1,217	14	1,317	8	49
Ireland *	34	1,726	1,845	7	2,003	9	2,145	7	2,354	10	36
Italy *	43	118	116	-1	129	11	157	22	171	9	45
The Netherlands *	475	1,751	1,873	7	2,023	8	2,187	8	2,327	6	33
Switzerland	77	700	764	9	804	5	932	16	1,028	10	47
United Kingdom	997	915	1,023	12	1,114	9	1,213	9	1,310	8	43
Other	112	370	420	13	457	9	516	13	505	-2	36
Average for all Europe	2,123	1,028	1,126	10	1,227	9	1,345	10	1,426	6	39
ASIA
Japan	62	280	277	-1	279	1	290	4	309	7	11
Other	47	392	405	3	425	5	444	5	482	8	23
Average for all Asia	109	327	332	1	341	3	356	4	385	8	17
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND	46	294	341	16	405	19	458	13	503	10	71
SOUTH AMERICA	14	85	87	3	91	4	91	0	95	4	12
AFRICA	9	72	88	22	109	24	106	-3	111	4	54
* Included in European Monetary Union SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 5 COST HISTORY BY BROAD SUBJECT

Subject	Average No. of Titles 2001–2005	Average Cost Per Title 2001	Average Cost Per Title 2002	% of Change '01–'02	Average Cost Per Title 2003	% of Change '02–'03	Average Cost Per Title 2004	% of Change '03–'04	Average Cost Per Title 2005	% of Change '04–'05	'01–'05 % of Change
ARTS AND HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX
U.S.	503	$123	$131	6.5	$141	7.6	$153	8.5	$162	5.9	31.7
NON-U.S.	532	158	170	7.6	191	12.4	218	14.1	235	7.8	48.7
SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX
U.S.	822	250	270	8.0	294	8.9	321	9.2	349	8.7	39.6
NON-U.S.	587	497	547	10.1	598	9.3	662	10.7	721	8.9	45.1
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX
U.S.	1,200	786	848	7.9	918	8.3	994	8.3	1,068	7.4	35.9
NON-U.S.	1,676	1,266	1,375	8.6	1,492	8.5	1,622	8.7	1,732	6.8	36.8
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 6 2006 COST PROJECTIONS BY BROAD SUBJECT

	No. of Titles	% of List	2005 Cost	% of Cost	Projected % of Increase	Projected 2006 Cost	% of Cost	Projected Overall % Increase
ARTS AND HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX
U.S.	490	53.0	$79,619	43.8	7.0	$85,192	43.2	8.4
NON-U.S.	434	47.0	102,140	56.2	9.5	111,843	56.8
SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX
U.S.	779	57.7	271,864	39.8	9.0	296,332	39.7	9.3
NON-U.S.	571	42.3	411,589	60.2	9.5	450,690	60.3
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX
U.S.	1,127	41.3	1,204,002	30.3	7.5	1,294,302	30.3	7.5
NON-U.S.	1,602	58.7	2,774,380	69.7	7.5	2,982,459	69.7
Projected Overall Increase For All ISI Titles: 7.8%
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 7 2006 COST PROJECTIONS BY TITLES IN ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER

Academic Search Premier	No. of Titles	% of List	2005 Cost	% of Cost	Projected % of Increase	Projected 2006 Cost	% of Cost	Projected Overall % Increase
U.S.	1,230	46.2	$449	35.4	8	$485	35	9.3
NON-U.S.	1,435	53.8	818	64.6	10	900	65	9.3
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 8 COST HISTORY FOR TITLES IN ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER

Subject	Average No. of Titles 2001–2005	Average Cost Per Title 2001	Average Cost Per Title 2002	% of Change '01–'02	Average Cost Per Title 2003	% of Change '02–'03	Average Cost Per Title 2004	% of Change '03–'04	Average Cost Per Title 2005	% of Change '04–'05	'01–'05 % of Change
Agriculture	51	$432	$458	6	$519	13	$624	20	$697	12	61
Anthropology	28	175	219	25	247	13	283	14	322	14	84
Art & Architecture	32	120	129	8	141	9	156	10	173	11	45
Astronomy	12	1,294	1,441	11	1,537	7	1,685	10	44	-97	-97
Biology	73	851	922	8	1,058	15	1,192	13	1,361	14	60
Botany	22	827	850	3	939	10	1,086	16	1,197	10	45
Business & Economics	88	187	220	17	240	9	271	13	297	10	59
Chemistry	45	1,604	1,937	21	2,094	8	2,294	10	2,469	8	54
Education	186	219	244	11	267	10	306	15	344	12	57
Engineering	142	671	774	15	850	10	937	10	1,033	10	54
Food Science	16	337	378	12	404	7	475	18	516	9	53
General Science	42	459	521	14	565	8	634	12	692	9	5
General Works	63	71	74	4	82	11	89	8	95	7	33
Geography	37	286	333	16	381	14	430	13	499	16	74
Geology	21	567	568	0	644	13	735	14	815	11	44
Health Sciences	604	460	519	13	588	13	663	13	742	12	61
History	169	142	152	7	173	14	192	11	212	11	49
Language & Literature	110	100	111	11	122	10	136	11	150	11	50
Law	68	207	227	10	247	9	276	12	298	8	44
Library & Information Science	45	102	114	12	121	6	131	8	139	6	36
Math & Computer Science	88	657	791	20	859	9	939	9	1,035	10	58
Military & Naval Science	16	152	167	9	181	8	196	9	219	11	44
Music	17	67	98	45	110	12	109	-1	130	19	93
Philosophy & Religion	120	146	158	9	178	12	196	10	217	11	49
Physics	84	1,623	1,856	14	2,000	8	2,172	9	2,384	10	47
Political Science	56	202	237	17	262	10	292	11	329	13	63
Psychology	67	318	352	11	386	10	439	14	498	13	5
Recreation	16	127	145	14	153	5	169	11	187	10	46
Sociology	194	201	228	14	256	12	286	12	317	11	58
Technology	59	667	763	14	850	11	935	10	1,047	12	57
Zoology	1	559	625	12	65	-90	65	0	65	0	-88
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005

TABLE 9 COST HISTORY FOR TITLES IN MAGAZINE ARTICLE SUMMARIES ULTRA

MAGAZINE ARTILCE SUMMARIES ULTRA	Average No. of Titles 2001–2005	Average Cost Per Title 2001	Average Cost Per Title 2002	% of Change '01–'02	Average Cost Per Title 2003	% of Change '02–'03	Average Cost Per Title 2004	% of Change '03–'04	Average Cost Per Title 2005	% of Change '04–'05	'01–'05 % of Change
U.S.	264	$52	$55	6	$58	5	$60	3	$63	5	21
NON-U.S.	34	105	109	4	127	17	141	11	154	9	47
SOURCE: LJ PERIODICAL PRICE SURVEY 2005