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Main Authors: Marks, Kenneth E, And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ424838
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  • Longitudinal Study of Scientific Journal Prices in a Research Library. Marks, Kenneth E And Others College Libraries Costs Foreign Countries Higher Education Land Grant Universities Library Collections Longitudinal Studies Periodicals Publishing Industry Research Libraries Scientific and Technical Information Trend Analysis 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. (Author/SD)