Cost of Scientific Periodical Publications

Abstract

CAPT. MAXWELL'S reply¹ to the paragraph concerning publication costs² is disingenuous; to show how cheap his publications are he compares his reduced price to private individuals with the top price of others to corporate subscribers. It is necessary in a fair comparison to compare ‘like things with like’. Thus if, for example, Tetrahedron to the private individual costs 0.7d. per page, Chemical Abstracts to the private member subscriber costs 0.15d per page, which brings our journal to the top of the list at a price and value which is second to none.