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The IOS Press
e-journals collection
IOS Press
• STM Publisher since 1987
• Headquartered in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
• Today (2011) publishing over 85
journals and adding 130 books per year
to a backlist of over 2.000 titles
• Over 30.000 journal articles
electronically available
• Journals digitally available
from 1998 on.
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Mainly in
• Health
– Neuroscience
– Oncology
– Rehabilitation
• Computer Science
– Artificial Intelligence
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Other subject areas are
• Administrative & Social
Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
• Mathematics & Engineering
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THE JOURNALS
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Important Titles per Subject
• Neuroscience: Journal of Alzheimer
Disease
• Oncology: Analytical Cellular
Pathology
• Rehabilitation: Work
• Artificial Intelligence: Integrated
Computer-Aided Engineering
• Environment: Environmental Policy
and Law
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Impact Factor
• An Impact Factor (IF) indicates the
relevance of published articles
• A calculation is made based on the
number of citable items (articles
published) and the number of cited
articles
• Thomson Reuter’s (formerly ISI)
publishes the Impact Factors around
June/July each year in its Journal
Citation Reports
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IOS Press Impact Factors:
most cited journals
Journal
Most recent IF
• Analytical Cellular
Pathology
• Journal of Alzheimer’s
Disease
• Restorative Neurology
and Neuroscience
• Integrated ComputerAided Engineering
• Disease Markers
• NeuroRehabilitation
• 4,169
• 3,832
• 3,714
• 2,042
• 2,026
• 1,953
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The IOS Press e-journals
collection
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What is the IOS Press
e-journals collection?
• IOS Press publishes over 85
international peer-reviewed
journals
• All journals are available online via
the MetaPress platform
• Licensing and subscription options
are designed to meet the needs
and budgets of institutions of
varying sizes.
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Get access
There are several ways to get
access:
– Institutional:
• By IP recognition
• By Proxy
– Individual
• By User ID and Password
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The Journal Page
Access journal pages through
www.iospress.com
- Click on ‘journals’
- Click on ‘IOS Press Journal List’ OR
‘Browse Journals by Subject’
- Click on the journal of your choice
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The Journal Page
Vital information on the journal page:
• Bibliographical details
• Impact Factor
• Links to content, sample copy and
subscription options
• Editorial Board
• Aims & Scope
• Instructions to Authors
• In which databases the journal is
abstracted and indexed
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Prices and Contracts
Subscriptions
• A subscription gives access to
all issues of the journal,
including the current year and
all electronically available
archival years
• The subscription is invoiced
annually at list price.
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Prices and Contracts
Subscriptions
• List price for print includes electronic
version
• Online only is also available > the
postage & handling fee will be
deducted from the subscription price
• A print subscription can be
transferred to electronic at any
moment, with no additional costs
• Additional free electronic access if
you only have a print subscription will
be granted on request.
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Prices and Contracts
Subscriptions
• After cancellation you’ll continue
to have access to the years you’ve
had a subscription for
• To continue to have access to back
archives, a small fee will be
charged
• Back-ups of all IOS Press archives
are kept at the Dutch Royal
Library, so access in guaranteed.
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Free trials
Free trials are available on request:
• For 2-3 months
• Institution-wide or consortia-wide
unlimited use
• COUNTER compliant usage statistics
during and/or after trial
• Based on usage and relevance for
the institution, a deal will be made
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Prices and Contracts
Consortia deals
• Deals are always tailor made
• Very big discount for Eastern
Europe!!!
• Library friendly and flexible
licensing terms
• No excessive price increases
to be expected.
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Questions?
Please contact Leszek Czerwinski from EBSCO
[email protected]
Phone: +48 509 765 969
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