ASM Journals (www.journals.asm.org) Announce Online Price Freeze for
2010 Subscription Year
Online subscription prices for the 9 research journals and 2 review
journals published by the American Society for Microbiology will not
increase in the 2010 subscription year. The pricing freeze applies to
all ASM online journals and bundles, including the All-ll, Basic, and
Clinical packages. The base price increase for 2010 print subscriptions
is a nominal 4%.
ASM understands the unique budget constraints that will frame
librarians' decisions this year. Our 2010 pricing is a direct response
to the academic library community's request to publishers for restraint
in today's economic environment. The ASM Journals Program is committed
to ensuring that all subscribers will continue to have access in 2010 to
the important work published in ASM journals, which covers the full
spectrum of basic and clinical microbiology research.
Despite the pricing freeze, ASM continues to improve online journal
features to better serve researchers and librarians. In July 2009, ASM
will launch redesigned online journal home pages that are clearer and
easier to navigate. Figure and table searching functionality on the
journals HighWire site, formerly available only to ASM member
subscribers, now is available to all users. Beginning in late 2009, ASM
journals will be indexed by Proquest's Illustrata and Serial Solutions'
Summon to enhance library patrons' search capabilities. Subscribers
will continue to have access to the complete archive of ASM journals
dating back to 1916, as well as primary-research manuscripts posted
immediately after acceptance, up to 12 weeks before final publication;
COUNTER compliant usage statistics; straightforward and fair licensing
terms that allow unlimited concurrent usage; long-term archiving via
LOCKSS; and email based alerting systems.
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About ASM
The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single
life science membership organization in the world. The Society's
mission is to advance microbiological sciences through the pursuit of
scientific knowledge and dissemination of the results of fundamental and
applied research. ASM publishes 11 professional journals: Antimicrobial
Agents and Chemotherapy; Applied and Environmental Microbiology;
Clinical Microbiology Reviews; Clinical and Vaccine Immunology;
Eukaryotic Cell; Infection and Immunity; Journal of Bacteriology;
Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Journal of Virology; Microbiology and
Molecular Biology Reviews; and Molecular and Cellular Biology. With over
90 years of publishing experience, ASM journals continue to be an
authoritative source for the latest in microbiology news.
Nichole Ridgeway
Marketing Manager, Journals
American Society for Microbiology
ASM Journals Institutional Subscription Office
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Fax: 1-205-995-1588
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