Information for institutions on Palgrave Macmillan Journals
Palgrave Macmillan is an innovative, responsive and visible presence in global academic and scholarly publishing. Palgrave Macmillan journals are available to institutional customers as print only subscriptions and online access is available as a site license via sister company Nature Publishing Group (NPG).
- Subscription options to Palgrave Macmilan journals |
- Introduction of site licenses to Palgrave Macmillan |
- What is a site license |
- Benefits of site license access |
- How is site license pricing is calculated |
- Print pricing |
- How to order |
- Site license agreement |
- Site license policies |
- Consortia |
- How to activate and access online site licenses |
- Site license account administration |
- Usage Statistics Reports |
- Perpectual access to the content from the paid-for year(s) |
- Non-registered users |
Subscription options to Palgrave Macmilan journals
There are now two institutional subscription options for Palgrave Macmillan journals:
- Print only
- Online access through a site license via NPG
Palgrave Macmillan journal combined print and online subscriptions are no longer available. Customers requiring online access to Palgrave Macmillan journals must subscribe through a site license.
Top of pageIntroduction of site licenses to Palgrave Macmillan
From the subscription year 2009, institutional online access to Palgrave Macmillan journals is available as a site license via sister company Nature Publishing Group. To set up site license access for your institution you need to talk directly to an NPG sales representative.
Palgrave Macmillan journals have moved onto a site license sales model as part of an ongoing commitment to providing improved online content, functionality and customer service. We are facilitating the transition from a predominantly print to a predominantly online world through a site license model. Decoupling the online product from print enables Palgrave Macmillan to offer increased benefits to customers including a streamlined process for ordering and customer services through NPG.
Top of pageWhat is a site license
A Palgrave Macmillan site license allows you to provide your users with immediate access to groundbreaking articles. All site license customers are entitled to access usage data, have unlimited concurrent users, gain access to archive content dating back up to four years (where available) and benefit from perpetual access to paid for years. Users benefit from the functionality and convenience of accessing publications online, from Advance Online Publication (AOP) to extensive linking to wider research.
Following the same model as our sister company, Nature Publishing Group, a site license is easy to manage and can be tailored to include the journals most suitable to your institution’s requirements.
Site-wide access is controlled via IP recognition, enabling you to support every researcher, student or reader at your institution. Licenses are available for all institution types, including:
- Academic institutions
- Consortia
- Corporations
- Government organizations
- Clinical and teaching hospitals
- Museums and societies
- Public libraries
- National, international and state-wide access is available
Benefits of site license access
- Fairly priced access, based on users not on number of sites
- COUNTER-compliant usage reports - industry standard reports are provided monthly.
- A reliable publishing platform - server stability is contracted in the license agreement.
- Post-cancellation rights - retain access to all licensed content should an agreement be cancelled, subject to policy.
- Flexibility - select the titles most suitable to your users.
- Online archives - access up to four years of archived content where available. Plus the opportunity to purchase archive content for a one-off fee. For a list of full content please visit: www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/information/archival_issues.html.
- Remote access authentication – compliant with ATHENS to provide secure remote access for users.
- One administration account - control and update all your NPG and Palgrave Macmillan subscriptions with ease.
- Dynamic customer services - informative online help pages and trained support staff.
- License Provider Information - your institution name branded on every html web page.
- Promotion tools - provided in your Welcome Pack and available to print or download from the Librarian Gateway website.
- The Librarian Gateway – a one-stop resource for all your subscription needs: www.nature.com/libraries
For more information on features and services of site license access via NPG for users and institutional customers visit www.nature.com/libraries/site_licenses/benefits.html
Top of pageHow is site license pricing is calculated
For site license access pricing is calculated using:
- Institution type
- Institution size, using size bands:
- Academic - based on FTE (Full Time Equivalent) figure for students, staff and researchers for all non-science faculties.
- Corporate, government or hospital - based on FTE (Full Time Equivalent)
- Public libraries - please contact your local NPG sales representative
- Consortia - please contact your local sales representative
- Multi-site and global organizations - please contact your local NPG sales representative
Print pricing
Select the journal of interest and click on ‘prices’ to see print subscripiton prices.
Top of pageHow to order
Site license order information
To order a Palgrave Macmillan site license, please provide your NPG sales representative with the following information:
- The Palgrave Macmillan publications your institution is interested in
- Your institution type
- Your institution’s size - please see how pricing is calculated
Alternatively, you may ask your subscription agent to contact NPG on your behalf.
Customers from EC territories should add sales tax at the local rate. View further information about VAT here.
Print subscription order information
You can order a print subscription in any of the following ways:
- Subscribe online now using our secure online ordering by choosing a journal and clicking on ‘Buy now’
- Order by phone (tel + 44 (0) 1256 357893)
- Order by fax (fax + 44 (0) 1256 812358)
- Order by email at subscriptions@palgrave.com
- Order by post from: Palgrave Macmillan Journals, Subscription Department, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, UK
- Order through a Subscription Agent
- Renew your subscription
Orders must be accompanied by remittance. Cheques should be made payable to Palgrave Macmillan. Subscribers should add sales tax at the local rate. View further information about VAT here.
Your print subscription will be sent in the post as soon as the next issue is published. If you are due any back copies then these will be despatched within 2-3 weeks of subscribing.
If you have any queries please contact our subscription department.
Cancellations
Print orders are regarded as firm and after the first issue of the first volume has been dispatched subscriptions payments are not refundable.
Claims
Claims should be made within four months of publication or date or order (whichever is later).
Top of pageFree trials
Sign-up for a free trial to any online Palgrave Macmillan journal or resource. More information
Top of pageSite license agreement
To set up online access customers are required to sign a site license agreement at the start of their site license. Customers renewing online access through a site license subscription to Palgrave Macmillan journals will be required to sign a new license agreement. Existing NPG customers can sign an addendum to their NPG site license when adding any Palgrave Macmillan journal titles.
Addendums may be used to add additional publications to an agreement or to extend the license period.
Top of pageSite license policies
Palgrave Macmillan policies for institutional site license customers.
Top of pageConsortia
Palgrave Macmillan journal site licenses are available to consortia.
Top of pageHow to activate and access online site licenses
To gain online access to your Palgrave Macmillan journals at your institution you need to set up a site license administration account and to activate licensed publications. The institution’s site license administrator can control and update all your institution's subscription information from one administration system including adding IP ranges, associating new license IDs and changing contact details.
Click here to activate your site license
Once set up, access for site licenses is controlled via IP authentication. This means that when you are set up with your site license, your users will have automatic access for all IP address ranges, including proxy servers.
If you are unable to use IP authentication for security reasons please contact your sales representative to discuss an alternative arrangement for your online access.
Users are able to access Palgrave Macmillan Journals via Athens
Please contact Customer Support if you have any further queries about how to set up online access:
Email: institutions@natureny.com (Americas), institutions@natureasia.com (Asia Pacific), or institutions@nature.com (UK and rest of world)
Site license account administration
A site license administration account allows the administrator to manage and monitor all elements of an institution's site license. This includes view all licensed content, access monthly usage reports, modify IP ranges and find specific IP addresses, view renewal dates, activate new subscriptions, modify administrator details and sign up for communication e-alerts. This account is available only to the site license administrator.
Top of pageUsage Statistics Reports
Monthly reports that measure usage of all content licensed to your institution are provided to the site license administrator. In compliance to COUNTER standards, the reports are uploaded to your site license administration account by the end of every month for the proceeding month. The registered site license administrator will be alerted by e-mail.
Top of pagePerpectual access to the content from the paid-for year(s)
Our post-cancellation policy ensures institutional customers can retain access to all licensed material upon cancellation of the license agreement. It is applicable to all institutional customers who sign a new site license agreement. Access is subject to payment of an annual access fee.
The access fee supports the costs of hosting content and related customer service. It is payable per publication. Access fees do not apply to customers with a current license to the relevant publication.
Top of pageNon-registered users
The following features are available to non-registered users:
- Free, full-text search facilities across all Palgrave Macmillan journals, including archive issues
- Free online sample copies
- Editorial information
- Instructions for authors
- Reprints ordering facilities
- Palgrave Macmillan staff contact details
