FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Margaret Reich
Office: (301) 634-7071
mreich@the-aps.org
American Physiological
Society (APS) Announces 2009 Subscription Prices
Nominal increase of 2.5
percent for 2009 subscriptions is due to income from new Author’s Choice
Program
Bethesda, MD (May 16, 2008) –The cost of subscribing to the
14 scientific journals published by the American Physiological Society (APS;
www.the-APS.org) will rise by a nominal 2.5 percent in 2009. Margaret
Reich, Executive Editor of the journals, said the increase will apply to
subscriptions for the American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology;
American Journal of Physiology – Consolidated; American Journal of
Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism; American
Journal of Physiology – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology; American
Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology; American Journal
of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology; American Journal of
Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology; American
Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology; Journal of Applied Physiology;
Journal of Neurophysiology; Physiological Genomics; Physiological Reviews;
Physiology; and The Physiologist.
Author’s Choice Revenues Responsible for Small Increase
The less-than-expected increase is due in part to revenues generated by
the Society’s new program, Author’s Choice. The program, introduced
nine months ago, allows authors who publish with the APS and want to provide
the public with immediate access to the results the ability to do so, for a
fee. Author response to the new program has been positive.
According to Reich, “The APS is a nonprofit organization working with a
largely nonprofit subscriber base. We have chosen to use a portion of our
new revenues to help offset the cost of subscriptions.” As a result, next
year’s increase is approximately 50 percent less than the increase announced
for 2008.
Reich noted that this is an economically tumultuous time for the academic
librarians, the Society’s primary customer. “Using new, non-subscriber
revenue to help reduce the burden of costs on our customers is one of
several ways we hope to help minimize some of the difficult choices
librarians now face,” she said.
The APS’ 14 journals are a continuing contribution to the advancement of
scientific knowledge and education, and have been since our first scientific
journal was published in 1898, according to APS Executive Director Martin
Frank. He noted, “Then, as now, the APS remains committed to the
distribution of our content at a cost that is within reach of the user.”
About the APS
Physiology is the study of how molecules, cells, tissues and organs
function to create health or disease. The American Physiological Society is
a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering scientific education and
research, and the dissemination of information in the physiological
sciences. From its beginnings in l887 the Society has grown to more than
10,500 researcher-members today. In addition to being a member-based
organization, the APS is a premier not-for-profit publisher in the life
sciences. Its publications are among the most respected and frequently cited
in the field. The Society publishes 14 widely acclaimed scholarly journals
and recently posted more than 650,000 pages of historical scientific studies
online. For further information log on to
http://www.the-APS.org.
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Physiology is the study of
how molecules, cells, tissues and organs function to create health or
disease. The American Physiological Society (APS;
www.The-APS.org/press) has been an integral part of this discovery
process since it was established in 1887.
Note: For further information, contact Margaret Reich, Executive
Editor, APS Publications at
MReich@the-aps.org or 301.634.7101.
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