Saturday, May 24, 2014

Elsevier's Tetrahedron Letters pricing comparison with Organic Letters



Journal  --  2013 price – 2013 articles – 2013 pages – 5year Impact Factor
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Organic Letters -- $3728 – 1584 – 6,772 --  5.6

Tet. Letters -- $16,773 --  1,709 --  7,206 –  2.4

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Journal  -  2013 Price/Article – 2013 Price/Page – 2013 Price/Article/IF
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Organic Letters  --  $2.35  --  $0.55  --  $0.42

Tet. Letters  --  $9.81 --  $2.33  --  $4.09

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On the basis of the price/article … a reasonable subscription price (based on ACS pricing) for Elsevier’s Tetrahedron Letters should be ~$4,016

Assuming that Elsevier’s publication process is as efficient as that of the ACS … Elsevier is garnering an excess profit of over 317% on this title.

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