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    Journal prices:

    In recent years, we as authors do the work of type-setting, refereeing, and serve as editors ... for free. Meanwhile, certain publishers charge for their journals at rates that seem completely disconnected with the value of their journal and the ability of the Mathematics Community to pay. I have decided to play a role in trying to correct this exploitation as follows: as I consider submitting to a journal, refereeing a submission for them, or serving as editor for them, I will (as time permits) add to the list below their annual institutional subscription price for the UK (as best as I can ascertain). This list carries no criticism, but I do urge colleagues everywhere to boycott those that they conclude do not provide value for money, and to support those that do seem to provide value for money. Ordered by price:

    Journal of Algebra (Elsevier), 7,833 euros (2010), approx £7,000

    Journal of Number Theory (Elsevier), 3,247 euros (2010), approx £2,840

    Monatshefte fuer Mathematik (Springer), 1,986 euros (2010), approx £1,737

    Compositio Mathematica (LMS), 1,200 euros (2009), approx £1,050

    Finite Fields and their Applications (Elsevier), 613 euros (2009), approx £536

    Acta Arithmetica (Polish Academy of Sciences), 580 euros (2009), approx £507

    Canadian J. Math., $788, approx £490

    International Journal of Number Theory (World Scientific), 409 euros (2010), approx £358

    Mathematics Research Letters, $480, approx £300

    Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (CUP), approx 330 euros (2009), £289

    Glasgow Mathematical Journal (CUP), approx 190 euros (2009), £166

    J. Th. Nombres Bordeaux, 150 euros, approx £135

    Funct. et Approx., 100 euros, approx £90

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