Allen Press has produced a 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals based on historical prices over the past two years from 220 journals and survey findings from 20 society/association publishers. The study reveals how libraries are dealing with the present budget challenges and the consequences for scholarly publishers.

A breakdown of the average price increase by subject is included. For all titles in the study, price increases in 2012 averaged 5.8%, down from 7.5% in 2011. This was the first time in seven years the average increase for USA journals has fallen belown 6%.