Blackwell Publishing 2007 Price List and News Update

["Gillingham Emily" <Emily.Gillingham@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com>]

I am writing to let you know that Blackwell Publishing's 2007 
Journals Price List is now available on our website here: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/cservices/pricelist.pdf

I would also like to take this opportunity to give you an update 
of recent developments at Blackwell Publishing, and plans for the 
future.

- More Journals Transferring to Blackwell in 2007

Blackwell is the publisher of choice for academic and 
professional societies, as proven by the number of societies that 
choose to transfer their publishing arrangements to us each year. 
The societies we work with ensure that the journals we publish 
meet the distinct needs of the discipline they serve.

So far more than 30 journals are confirmed as moving to Blackwell 
for 2007.  These include Journal of Food Science, Philosophy and 
Phenomenological Research, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 
Evolution, Hepatology Research, International Statistical Review, 
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, and Social Anthropology. 
We will also be publishing 8 cardiology journals in partnership 
with Le Jacq in 2007.  5 journals will transfer from Blackwell in 
2007.  The up-to-date list of journal changes for next year will 
be in our September Librarians' Newsletter, due out next week.

- Continuous Investments in New Journals

We believe in making long term investments to support new 
research areas with new journals, and to develop the journal 
format to meet changing user needs.  Blackwell's innovative 
Compass Collection provides online peer-reviewed survey articles 
across the social sciences and humanities. In addition to the 
Compass journals in History, Literature and Philosophy already 
available, we will be launching Religion Compass, Geography 
Compass, and Linguistics and Language Compass in 2007.

We will also be launching 7 more new journals in 2007 including 
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, International Journal of 
Urological Nursing, Mind, Brain and Education, Early Intervention 
in Psychiatry, and Regulation and Governance.

- Blackwell Reference Online - Launching in December

We will soon be launching our first e-books product and the 
largest collection of academic reference content to be made 
available online. Blackwell Reference Online will provide 
state-of-the-art search and browse functionality of nearly 300 
reference volumes from the humanities and social sciences through 
to business and economics, including our award-winning companions 
and handbooks.  More information will follow.

- Digitized Journal Backfiles Back to Volume 1, Issue 1

This year we launched our backfiles digitization project and 205 
titles are now available to order individually or in bulk. 
Reduced rates are offered on all large orders or consortia 
purchases.  The backfiles for up to 500 journals across all 
disciplines and comprising 6.5 million pages will available 
online by the end of 2008.  For more information, visit: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/backfiles

- Blackwell Synergy - New Features and New Look

We are continuously working to improve the usability and features 
of our popular online journals platform and have many reference 
links in place with a range of Abstracting and Indexing 
databases.  New features added in the last year include RSS 
alerts, citation alerts, top read articles, top cited articles, 
and Z39.50 compliance.  In addition we have strengthened the 
underlying architecture of the site and are making improvements 
to the administration of IP blocks.

Blackwell Synergy will be relaunched at the end of this year with 
an exciting new look designed to improve the speed and navigation 
on the site.

- Top Quality List of Journals

According to ISI's 2005 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Blackwell 
is the leading publisher, measured by its share of articles 
published, in 26 subjects including Agricultural Economics, 
Allergy, Dermatology, Ecology, Family Studies, Gastroenterology 
and Hepatology, Geography, International Relations, Nursing, 
Political Science, Public Administration and Sociology.  It is 
the second-ranked publisher in 29 more subjects, including 
Economics, Entomology, Immunology, Law, Management, Microbiology, 
Neuroscience, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Veterinary Science. 
It is the third-ranked publisher in another 24 subjects.

Two-thirds of Blackwell journals increased their impact factor 
from 2004 to 2005.  Blackwell now publishes 19 titles which are 
the top-ranked title in their subject category, and 130 journals 
that rank within the top 10 in their respective categories.

In all, Blackwell increased the number of published articles 
recorded by JCR by 15.5% from 2004 to 2005, the highest growth 
rate amongst all major publishers.

Blackwell is also a leading publisher of journals in the arts and 
humanities, in subjects not covered by ISI's Journal Citation 
Reports, such as Philosophy, Literature, Religion and Theology.

- Options for Subscribing to Online Journals

All institutional subscriptions to Blackwell Publishing journals 
include an element of online access.  For the first time in 2007, 
Standard print subscriptions will include online access to the 
current and two previous years' content, increased from the one 
year previously offered.  Premium subscriptions include print 
plus online access to current content, content dating back to 
January 1st 1997, and OnlineEarly articles published online 
before print.  Online-Only subscriptions include the same access 
rights as Premium.  Both Premium and Online-Only subscriptions 
include archival rights to paid-for content.  In most cases, 
Standard subscriptions are at 90% of the Premium price and 
Online-Only subscriptions are at 85% of the Premium price.

Society journals represent excellent value for money with the 
average subscription price of a Blackwell journal less than half 
that of some of its major commercial competitors.

- Journal Collections offering Excellent Value for Money

We also offer a range of journal collections which enable 
libraries to provide their patrons with access to hundreds more 
journals for a fraction of the full subscription cost. 
Blackwell Collections have high usage, providing excellent value 
for money.  They enable researchers easily to click through to 
the full text of articles they have identified through A&I 
databases and search engines, regardless of whether the library 
has historically subscribed to a particular journal, and support 
increasing multi-disciplinary research.  Blackwell's collection 
licensing terms also provide access to additional journals not 
just for the period of the license, but full archival rights to 
the licensed volumes, where Blackwell has society consents to 
grant such rights.  For more information about the range of 
licensing options available please contact your Blackwell 
Publishing Account Manager.

- Contributing to the Open Access Debate

Blackwell has been proactive in the debate on opening access to 
scholarly research, participating in several government committee 
reviews and pursuing discussions with major funders.  We have 
developed a new copyright assignment policy which allows authors 
to self-archive their final version of their article on personal 
websites or institutional repositories.  More than 100 of our 
journals also now offer Online Open to authors, allowing them to 
pay for free access to their articles.  For more information 
visit: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/static/openaccess.asp?site=1

- Participating in the Evolution of Journal Publishing

Blackwell believes that it is essential to work in partnership 
with others in the scholarly community, including societies, 
libraries and other publishers.  Blackwell is a founding member 
and provides significant management resources to several key 
initiatives for improving access and the delivery of online 
journals, including the developing world initiatives HINARI, 
AGORA, OARE and INASP, the publisher protocols of COUNTER and 
TRANSFER, and the archiving solution CLOCKSS.

We have also recently entered into a unique collaboration with 
Thomson Scientific and ScholarOne that will provide authors, 
editors and reviewers with tools to enhance each stage of the 
manuscript review process.

- Making a Commitment to the Environment

In February, Blackwell became the first CarbonNeutral publisher, 
reducing and offsetting the environmental impact of all our 
activities. We hope that we will lead the way for others in 
scholarly communications to become CarbonNeutral and we are 
acting as consultants to a number of organizations.  For more 
information, visit: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/carbonneutral

- Changes for IngentaConnect Customers

>From January 1st 2007, the full text of articles in Blackwell 
Publishing journals will no longer be hosted on IngentaConnect. 
Libraries wishing to continue to provide online access to these 
journals should activate their access on Blackwell Synergy.  For 
more information, visit: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/librarians/ingentaconnect.asp

If you would like more information about any of our products or 
services mentioned in this letter, please contact your usual 
Blackwell Publishing Account Manager, or send an email to 
journal.news@blackwellpublishing.com

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Best wishes,

Emily Gillingham
Library Marketing and Communications Manager
Blackwell Publishing
Tel: +44 1865 476425
Fax: +44 1865 471425
emily.gillingham@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com