U.S. universities and four-year colleges

Classifications

Your archival journal collection fees are based on your classification, which is modeled on the Carnegie Classifications. If you do not have a JSTOR classification or a Carnegie Classification, please contact us with the following details:

1. Total number of active annual print serials subscriptions taken by your institution’s library (including all departmental or faculty libraries and both foreign and domestic titles)
2. Total number of volumes in your institution’s library (including all departmental and faculty libraries)
3. Number of students at your institution (or full-time staff and researchers if you are not an academic institution)
4. Number of faculty members at your institution

Fee model options

Higher education institutions can choose from two fee model options:

• Full journals and primary sources model: provides immediate access to the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection, a single collection of all licensed journal and primary source content.
• Individual collections model: enables institutions to license individual multi-discipline, discipline-specific, and primary sources collections.

Full journals and primary sources model

Higher education institutions can choose a fee model option that provides immediate access to all JSTOR licensed archival journals and primary sources content via a single collection.

How the model works

• Current JSTOR participants

  The benefits of the model for current JSTOR participants:

  • Your institution gains immediate access to all archival journals and primary source content on JSTOR that is available for licensed access.
  • Full access begins with your institution’s current total Annual Access Fees (AAF) plus a modest adjustment of 2%-5% that continues to be applied annually until you reach the full fee. (Please note: A minimum starting fee that is 20% of the full fee for the collection applies.)
  • Your current archive investment influences the annual fee adjustment.
  • One time-payment (OTP) contributions for individual collections further reduce the full AAF for the collection.

  How it works:

  1. Universities and four-year colleges opt-in to the fee model. Opting-in provides immediate access to the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection, a single collection of all licensed journal and primary source content.
  2. The starting fee is based on the current level of total archive participation in Annual Access Fees (AAF) plus a modest adjustment of 2%-5% that continues to be applied annually until you reach the full fee. The annual fee adjustment percentage is based on the number of collections an institution currently licenses to recognize current investment. (Please note: A minimum starting fee that is 20% of the full fee for the collection applies.)
     

     Annual adjustment based on number of collections added

     Total collections currently licensed	Annual fee adjustment
     1-7	5%
     8-18	3%
     19+	2%

  3. Annual fee adjustments stop when institutions reach the full AAF for the collection.
  4. The full AAF of the Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection is based on an institution’s classification, which for institutions in the United States and Canada is modeled on the Carnegie Classifications and other library metrics in the global community. One time-payment (OTP) contributions for individual collections also lower the full AAF, with one year of OTP AAF deducted from the full AAF for the collection. Institutions eventually reach the same AAF for their respective classification, but the number of years to get there varies. This ensures institutions are comparably priced over time.
     

     Classification	Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection Full AAF*
     Very large	$135,000
     Large	$83,000
     Medium	$50,000
     Small	$32,000
     Very Small	$18,000

     *For the Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection full AAF outside the US, please contact your Outreach representative or Licensing Agent.

  • New to JSTOR participants

    The benefits of the model for new to JSTOR participants:

    • Your institution gains immediate access to all licensed archival journals and primary source content on JSTOR.
    • Full access begins with a minimum starting fee that is 20% of the full fee for the collection, and gradually increases annually until you reach the full fee.
    • One time-payment (OTP) contributions for individual collections further reduce the full AAF for the collection.

    How it works:

    1. Universities and four-year colleges opt-in to the fee model. Opting-in provides immediate access to the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection, a single collection of all licensed journal and primary source content.
    2. The minimum starting fee for the Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection is 20% of the full fee for the collection.
       

       Classification	Minimum Starting AAF for the Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection*
       Very large	$27,000
       Large	$16,600
       Medium	$10,000
       Small	$6,400
       Very Small	$3,600

       *For the minimum starting AAF outside the US, please contact your Outreach representative or Licensing Agent.

    3. Institutions gradually increase to the collection’s full fee via a 5% annual fee adjustment. Annual fee adjustments stop when institutions reach the full AAF for the collection.
    4. The full AAF of the Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection is based on an institution’s classification, which for institutions in the United States and Canada is modeled on the Carnegie Classifications and other library metrics in the global community. One time-payment (OTP) contributions for individual collections also lower the full AAF, with one year of OTP AAF deducted from the full AAF for the collection.
       

       Classification	Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection Full AAF*
       Very large	$135,000
       Large	$83,000
       Medium	$50,000
       Small	$32,000
       Very Small	$18,000

       *For the Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection full AAF outside the US, please contact your Outreach representative or Licensing Agent.

Individual multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections

Higher education institutions can choose to license individual multi-discipline or discipline-specific, and primary sources collections.