Full information about Site licensing
conditions for journals within the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is available on the Nature web site.
Unfortunately, pricing information is not given and may be difficult to obtain from the Publisher.
In the interest of more transparency, we aggregate here pricing information for Academic Libraries
obtained in part from the publisher and in part from colleagues and various library and consortium websites
around the world.
Please note that this is inofficial information not endorsed or authorized by the NPG.
For an official quote, contact the library
relations manager for your region. Figures given are for the Americas ($) and all other regions (£),
print prices quoted are list prices for the Americas and Europe, resp. Use with caution.
If you have additional, conflicting, more accurate, or more up-to-date information please
contact me. Nature's pricing policy has changed
recently (May 1, 2001, with downward revision for the monthlies and reviews in June 2001. Note that compared to
the first new pricing proposal from Nature made public on their server at the end of April, prices for single
title purchases to Monthlies & Reviews more than halfed, and prices for the complete suite of 7+3
titles decreased by 30% or more.). For comparison, we still maintain a page with the
former prices that were valid until spring 2001. --The site license pricing of
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (starting 1/2002) was introduced Nov 8, 2001.
--N.B.: Print Subscription rates for 2002 will increase considerably! (cf. print prices)
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Nature Weekly - Revised Site License
Prices of Print Subscriptions (2001): Personal (P+O): $159 £109 €185, Inst (Print only): $775 £370 €616 New pricing structure as of May 1, 2001, Academic Pricing
For Europe, prices are set in £. (The ratios SL/P, SL/I which show what a site license costs in units of a single personal or institutional print subscription, are given only for a rough comparison.) |
Nature Monthlies (7) and Nature Reviews (6)** - Revised Site Licenses
Prices of Print Subscriptions (2001): Nature Monthlies: Personal (P+O): $119, Inst (Print only): $710 each, except: Nature Structural Biology: Personal (P+O): $199, Inst (Print only): $975* In Europe (Personal/Inst.): nbt £89/£320, ncb £175/£435, ng £185/£520, ni £159/£395, nm £135/£520, neuro £185/£435, nsb £170/£610 Nature Reviews: Personal (P+O): $149/£94, Inst (Print only): $904/£565 each except nrc, nri, nrd: Pers. (P+O): $149/£94, Inst (Print only): $960/£600 each
Print subscription rates for 2002 will increase considerably.
New pricing structure as of June 2001 (amended Nov 8, 2001)
**) 2 more Reviews added 10/2001, 1 Reviews title (nrd) announced for 1/2002. Note: The new title Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is presently not included in the multi-title purchase discount scheme and has to be added separately.
Minimum Site License Fee for Nature+7 Monthlies+3 Reviews: ca. $8,040 (£5,360). This is in addition to any print subscriptions held by the library. Previously, this was $10905 (£7050) which included print subscriptions worth $8722 (£5300). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government, Research and Charity Pricing (FTE count based on all R&D staff)
Nature weekly: FTE <1000: $1980/£1350; 1000>: ask mgr. Nature monthlies/reviews: base pr. FTE <100: £1200, <500: £1300, <1000: £1500, 1000>: ask mgr. Multi-title purchase discounts (apply sep. for monthlies & reviews, nrd not included): 2nd title 40%, 3rd 50%, 4th 60%, 5th 70%, 6th 80%, 7th 90%. nrd: FTE <25: £600, <100: £880, <500: £1,125, <1000: £1298, 1000>: ask mgr. For multi-site quotes (GRC only) add $400/£250 per site. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nature Publishing Group Specialist Journals
About 30 Specialist Journals have a licensing model similar to "ordinary" journals. Available in Print, Online, and Combined. Prices for Print and Online are identical for domestic delivery, otherwise Print is higher. A Combined subscription is Print + 10%. Online subscriptions include free online access to issues from 1997 where available. Permanent archive: none. Site definition: organization/auth. users. The Site Licence Agreement is available online. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Science Online (for comparison)
AAAS Member (P+O): USA(Int): $115($202) + $12, Inst (Print only): $370($457) Library workstation subscriptions: $30 per workstation (up from $25 in 1998-2000) Site-wide Subscription Rates, excerpted from the Science Online website. Site License Fee based on Total FTE count (number of employees and students)
N.B.: Site license fees for Science Online have remained constant since 1998! |
Site License Price Calculator - as of June 2001, amended Nov 8, 2001 ![]() Academic libraries only. (Your mileage may vary) Note: Please enter Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (nrd) separately from the other Nature Reviews (NR) titles (see above). If you enter 6 for NR, it is changed automatically to 5+1. ![]()
Consortial discounts (typical figures--your mileage may vary. Source: CALIS, KESLI)
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Bernd-Christoph Kämper, Electronic Resources Coordinator, Stuttgart University Library, Germany.
(Created: April 17, 2001. Version 3.3 --Last change: December 8, 2001)