Yale University
Engineering & Applied Science Library

The most expensive journals in the Engineering Library collection

Subscriptions and package plans costing more than $500, including inflation rates.

Please note: the quotaton marks surrounding some figures are a product of the data conversion process.


Title						1996		% 	1997

AIP All society periodicals plan 
(Engineering Library titles)			"$13,759.00 "	35%	"$18,608.00 "

IEEE All society periodicals package		"$13,495.00 "	11%	"$14,975.00 "

Combustion science and technology		"$4,922.00 "	176%	"$13,577.68 "

Surface science  
(Includes Surface Science Reports and 
Applied Surface Science)			"$10,460.00 "	21%	"$12,704.00 "

Materials science and engineering.  A 
(Includes 
Materials science and engineering B, C, R)	"$7,042.00 "	21%	"$8,523.00 "

Thin solid films				"$6,384.00 "	16%	"$7,411.00 "

Journal of crystal growth			"$6,207.00 "	14%	"$7,081.00 "

Journal of non-crystalline solids		"$4,654.00 "	15%	"$5,341.00 "

Applied catalysis A: general  
(Includes Applied Catalysis, B)			"$3,970.00 "	27%	"$5,027.00 "

Discrete mathematics  
(Includes Discrete applied mathematics)		"$4,293.00 "	10%	"$4,741.00 "

Computer methods in applied mechanics 
and engineering					"$4,238.00 "	11%	"$4,685.00 "

Journal of materials science  
(Includes Journal of materials science letters, 
Journal of materials science:  
materials in electronics, and 
Journal of materials science:  
materials in medicine)				"$3,846.65 "	19%	"$4,579.60 "

Journal of sound and vibration			"$4,080.62 "	2%	"$4,182.00 "
"Physical review.  B, Condensed matter"		"$3,830.00 "	8%	"$4,130.00 "

Science of computer programming  
(Includes Theoretical computer science)		"$3,534.00 "	10%	"$3,902.00 "

Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part A   
(Includes Part B, Applied Optics, 
Optics Letters, Optics & Photonics News)"	"$3,412.23 "	10%	"$3,743.93 "

Optics communications				"$3,146.00 "	18%	"$3,704.00 "

Applied physics.  A, Materials science and 
processing  (Includes Applied Physics. B)	"$3,021.00 "	17%	"$3,536.00 "

Journal of molecular catalysis. A, Chemical  
(Combined with Journal of molecular catalysis, B)"$3,126.00 "	13%	"$3,531.00 "

International journal of solids and structures	"$3,260.00 "	7%	"$3,491.00 "

Communications in numerical methods in engineering  
(Includes International journal for numerical 
methods in engineering)				"$2,937.15 "	16%	"$3,407.95 "

Chemical engineering science			"$2,537.00 "	17%	"$2,956.00 "

International journal of heat and mass transfer	"$2,425.00 "	20%	"$2,918.00 "

Catalysis today					"$1,845.00 "	51%	"$2,778.00 "

Engineering fracture mechanics			"$2,544.00 "	8%	"$2,760.00 "

Linear algebra and its applications		"$2,298.00 "	15%	"$2,645.00 "

Solid state communications			"$2,327.00 "	12%	"$2,602.00 "

Electrical and electronics abstracts. 
Series B of Science abstracts			"$2,233.00 "	10%	"$2,446.00 "

Zeitschrift fur physik. B: Condensed matter	"$2,050.00 "	16%	"$2,376.00 "

Biotechnology and bioengineering		"$2,080.08 "	13%	"$2,358.28 "

Physica status solidi.  A:  applied research	"$2,100.00 "	10%	"$2,320.00 "

Physica status solidi.  B:  basic research	"$2,100.00 "	10%	"$2,320.00 "

International journal of fracture		"$2,155.00 "	7%	"$2,307.00 "

Journal of electron spectroscopy 
and related phenomena				"$1,793.00 "	27%	"$2,272.00 "

International journal of control		"$2,086.50 "	9%	"$2,268.40 "

Biological cybernetics				"$2,197.00 "	2%	"$2,244.00 "

Journal of applied physics			"$2,045.00 "	7%	"$2,185.00 "

Acta mechanica					"$2,104.00 "	3%	"$2,169.00 "

Catalysis letters				"$2,230.38 "	-4%	"$2,131.00 "

Artificial intelligence				"$1,976.00 "	7%	"$2,122.00 "

Journal of colloid and interface science	"$1,889.62 "	11%	"$2,100.00 "

Journal of physical chemistry			"$1,920.65 "	9%	"$2,091.85 "

Journal of applied mathematics and mechanics	"$1,742.00 "	17%	"$2,030.00 "

Journal of computational physics		"$1,816.86 "	11%	"$2,025.00 "

Journal of catalysis				"$1,846.82 "	8%	"$1,999.00 "

Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids	"$1,710.00 "	15%	"$1,974.00 "

Physical review letters				"$1,820.00 "	8%	"$1,970.00 "

Signal processing 				"$1,793.00 "	8%	"$1,936.00 "

Archive for rational mechanics and analysis	"$1,781.00 "	7%	"$1,899.00 "

Sensors and actuators.  A, Physical		"$1,697.00 "	10%	"$1,866.00 "

Chemical engineering journal 
and the biochemical engineering journal		"$1,598.00 "	11%	"$1,768.00 "

Metallurgical and materials transactions.  A, 
Physical metallurgy and materials science  
(Includes B)					"$1,428.45 "	21%	"$1,733.40 "

Fuel; a journal of fuel science			"$1,523.68 "	13%	"$1,723.77 "

Engineering index annual			"$2,270.00 "	-25%	"$1,702.50 "

Heat transfer:  Japanese research		"$1,455.20 "	17%	"$1,699.16 "

AICHE  package plan				"$1,649.00 "	2%	"$1,689.00 "

Computer and control abstracts			"$1,485.00 "	9%	"$1,624.00 "

ACM SIG package plan				"$1,605.00 "	0%	"$1,605.00 "

Solid state electronics				"$1,376.00 "	14%	"$1,570.00 "

Numerical heat transfer  Part A:  Applications	"$1,444.50 "	8%	"$1,562.20 "

Philosophical magazine.  A  (Includes part B)	"$1,423.10 "	8%	"$1,536.53 "

Journal of fluid mechanics			"$1,463.76 "	4%	"$1,521.54 "

Microelectronic engineering			"$1,135.27 "	32%	"$1,502.28 "

Zeitschrift fur angewandte mathematik und 
mechanik					"$1,295.00 "	15%	"$1,495.00 "

Journal of biomechanics				"$1,233.00 "	20%	"$1,485.00 "

Bioprocess engineering				"$1,174.00 "	25%	"$1,469.00 "

Numerische mathematik				"$1,392.00 "	6%	"$1,469.00 "

Pattern recognition				"$1,292.00 "	12%	"$1,451.00 "

Physical review.  A				"$1,320.00 "	8%	"$1,430.00 "

Applied physics letters				"$1,315.00 "	6%	"$1,400.00 "

Automatica					"$1,284.00 "	9%	"$1,399.00 "

Acta materialia					"$1,135.00 "	20%	"$1,365.00 "

ACM Core journals package plan				N/A		"$1,332.15 "

Combustion, explosion, and shock waves		"$1,225.15 "	9%	"$1,332.15 "

Vacuum						"$1,185.00 "	12%	"$1,330.00 "

Solar energy					"$1,193.00 "	11%	"$1,322.00 "

Computers and fluids				"$1,153.00 "	13%	"$1,306.00 "

Japanese journal of applied physics  Part 1  
(Includes 
Japanese journal of applied physics Part 2)	"$1,276.14 "	2%	"$1,300.77 "

Information and computation			"$1,300.05 "	0%	"$1,300.00 "

Journal of aerosol science			"$1,144.00 "	13%	"$1,287.00 "

Software: practice and experience		"$1,064.65 "	20%	"$1,278.65 "

IEE Proceedings package plan			"$1,133.00 "	13%	"$1,275.00 "

Parallel computing				"$1,131.00 "	12%	"$1,265.00 "

Progress in materials science			$629.00 	101%	"$1,263.00 "

Information processing letters			"$1,146.00 "	8%	"$1,242.00 "

Materials letters				$863.00 	44%	"$1,242.00 "

International journal of multiphase flow	"$1,113.00 "	11%	"$1,234.00 "

Zeolites:  the international journal of 
molecular sieves				"$1,063.58 "	14%	"$1,214.45 "

Journal of elasticity				"$1,130.00 "	7%	"$1,214.00 "

Journal of low temperature physics		"$1,150.25 "	5%	"$1,203.75 "

Applied numerical mathematics			"$1,107.00 "	6%	"$1,176.00 "

International journal of computer vision	$838.00 	35%	"$1,130.00 "

Experiments in fluids				$950.00 	18%	"$1,117.00 "

Materials research bulletin			$939.00 	18%	"$1,104.00 "

Journal of robotic systems			$950.16 	12%	"$1,065.72 "

SAE transactions				"$1,043.25 "	1%	"$1,053.42 "

Journal of electrostatics 			$951.00 	7%	"$1,017.00 "

Progress in surface science			$893.45 	12%	"$1,001.52 "

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America	$963.00 	3%	$995.00 

Fluid dynamics research				$607.00 	62%	$983.00 

Acta informatica				$852.00 	15%	$977.00 

Machine learning				$870.98 	11%	$967.28 

Ultrasonics  
(Includes Ulstrasonics sonochemistry)		$830.32 	15%	$956.58 

Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology$773.68 	23%	$950.00 

Mechanics of materials				$876.00 	8%	$946.00 

Optical and quantum electronics			$786.45 	19%	$936.25 

Mathematical programming			$854.00 	6%	$901.00 

Neural Networks					$786.45 	14%	$899.87 

Combustion and flame				$830.00 	8%	$897.00 

Image and vision computing			$681.59 	31%	$893.45 

Aerosol science and technology			$766.12 	16%	$888.10 

Medical engineering & physics				N/A		$882.75 

Journal of vacuum science and technology.Part A
(Includes 
Journal of vacuum science and technology. Part B)$866.70 	0%	$866.70 

Scripta materialia				$732.95 	18%	$861.35 

Oxidation of metals				$797.15 	7%	$850.65 

Networks					$744.72 	14%	$847.44 

Zeitschrift fur angewandte mathematik und physik$683.00 	19%	$813.82 

Progress in energy and combustion science	$700.00 	15%	$806.00 

Journal of computer and system sciences		$800.36 	0%	$800.00 

Numerical methods for partial differential 
equations					$706.20 	13%	$798.22 

Analytical chemistry				$732.95 	8%	$791.80 

Systems and control letters			$708.00 	10%	$778.00 

Computing					$745.00 	3%	$768.00 

Optics and laser technology			$595.99 	17%	$695.50 

AIAA journal					$615.25 	12%	$690.15 

Applied scientific research			$642.00 	7%	$685.00 

Naval research logistics			$599.20 	14%	$680.52 

Computer journal				$599.20 	11%	$663.40 

Energy sources					$475.00 	36%	$644.89 

Journal of symbolic computation			$620.96 	3%	$637.50 

Catalysis reviews : science and engineering	$572.45 	11%	$636.65 

Journal of materials research			$631.30 	0%	$631.30 

Applied mechanics reviews			$582.00 	7%	$624.00 

Medical and biological engineering and computing$572.00 	7%	$610.00 

Journal of engineering mathematics		$484.00 	25%	$607.00 

Journal of parallel and distributed computing	$586.36 	2%	$597.00 

Process biochemistry				$492.20 	17%	$576.73 

International journal of parallel programming	$475.00 	18%	$561.75 

Electronics letters				$510.00 	9%	$555.00 

Computer aided geometric design			$492.20 	10%	$541.42 

Acustica					$500.34 	8%	$540.88 

Chemical engineering research & design		$454.75 	17%	$533.93 

Nature						$529.65 	0%	$529.65 

Computer vision and image understanding		$456.89 	15%	$525.00 

Numerical heat transfer  Part B:  Fundamentals	$470.80 	11%	$524.30 

Random structures and algorithms		$419.44 	21%	$509.32 
	

 

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