Elsevier's Tetrahedron pricing comparison with ACS/RSC/Wiley

Journal  --  2013 price – 2013 articles – 2013 pages – 5year Impact Factor

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J. Org. Chem. (ACS) -- $3,450 – 1397 – 13,424 – 4.1

Org. Biomol. Chem. (RSC) -- $7,354 --  981 --  8297 – 3.5

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Wiley) -- $12,105 – 2336 – 13873 – 13.6

Tetrahedron (Elsevier) -- $20,773 – 1340  --  11,055 – 2.9

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Journal  -  2013 Price/Article – 2013 Price/Page – 2013 Price/Article/IF

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J. Org. Chem. -- $2.47 -- $0.26 -- $0.60

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. --  $5.18 -- $0.87 – $0.38

Org. Biomol. Chem. –  $7.50 -- $0.89 – $2.14

Tetrahedron -- $15.50 -- $1.88 – $5.35

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On the basis of the ACS pricing for J. Org. Chem. … a reasonable subscription price for Elsevier’s Tetrahedron should be: Price/Article ~$3,310, Price/Page ~$2,874 and Price/Article/IF ~$2,332

Assuming that Elsevier’s publication process is as efficient as that of the ACS … Elsevier is garnering a profit of at least 525% on this title, based on Price/Article.