“You pay to read research you fund. That’s ludicrous”

Re:“You pay to read research you fund. That’s ludicrous” by FussyZeus on Monday April 18, 2016 @09:06AM (#11519559)

It's also a much greater undertaking for any individual person to purchase one of those subscriptions, I don't think I've ever heard of a single person doing so where they didn't have some portion of it covered by an employer where the field is relevant, or a university.

Anyone have any rough numbers on what this would cost Joe Schmo to buy?

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Re:“You pay to read research you fund. That’s ludicrous” by privong on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:34AM (#11520718)

> Anyone have any rough numbers on what this would cost Joe Schmo to buy?

There's a huge variety. An individual subscription to Nature is $200/year[0], but they often charge $30 for electronic access to individual articles.

An institutional subscription to the Astrophysical Journal is $2000/year[1], though if you're a member of a professional society, you can buy an individual, electronic subscription for $25[e.g., 2]. As a point of comparison within astronomy, a similarly prestigious journal, the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society institutional subscription is $9400/year[in the csv link in 3].

[0] http://www.nature.com/ecommerce/subscribe.action?productId=n...

[1] https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0004-637X/page/Pricing%20...

[2] https://aas.org/individual-membership/dues-subscription-fees

[3] http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/access-purchase/pricing-and...

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