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Membership Benefits
Membership Dues
Journal Subscription Offers

See full details below for membership benefits, dues and discounted journal subscription offers available through ISCB. Please direct questions to admin@iscb.org

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Dues and subscription costs are listed in US dollars (USD). We accept most major credit cards, and if your local currency is not USD you will receive your bank's prevailing exchange rate (which is usually quite competitive).

Journal subscriptions run on a volume basis. You will receive back issues for the journals if you subscribe anytime after the start of the journal's volume.

Please direct questions to admin@iscb.org.

MEMBERSHIP DUES
Each ISCB membership is valid for one full year from the date of receipt of payment. This means your membership will be activated the day payment is received, and will expire 365 days later, unless renewed before expiration.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
Professional memberships apply to all members who are post education and/or no longer in a post-doctoral training position. Professional Membership Dues are further categorized according the World Bank list of economies, as published in 2007.
Professional - PH Dues Category
(working in a High Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$109
Professional - PM Dues Category
(working in a Lower Middle and Upper Middle Income County based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$40
Professional - PL Dues Category
(working in a Low Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$20
POST DOCTORAL MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
Post Doctoral memberships are available to members in post-doctoral training positions. Post Doctoral Membership Dues are further categorized according to the World Bank list of economies, as published in 2006.
Post Doctoral - PDH Dues Category
(working in a High Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$79  
Post Doctoral - PDM Dues Category
(studying in a Lower Middle and Upper Middle Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$20  
Post Doctoral - PDL Dues Category
(studying in a Low Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$10  
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
Student memberships are available to all full-time students. Student Membership Dues are further categorized according to the World Bank list of economies, as published in 2006.
Student - SH Dues Category
(studying in a High Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$49
Student - SM Dues Category
(studying in a Lower Middle and Upper Middle Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$20
Student - SL Dues Category
(studying in a Low Income Country based on World Bank ranking of economies)
$10
New and returning Professional members who are unemployed at the time of registration may submit a request to admin@iscb.org for approval to register at the Student rate within the H, M or L residence dues category for one year only.
JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

All members paying any of the three Professional dues categories of membership are entitled to the Professional Member journal discount pricing below. All members paying any of the three Student dues categories of membership are entitled to the Student Member journal discount pricing below.  

Although discounted journal pricing is not further categorized by the World Bank list of economies, Oxford University Press does offer developing countries free (or greatly reduced) online access to many of their journals, including Bioinformatics and Human Molecular Genetics featured below. The offer is made in conjunction with the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), and is only available for established not-for-profit educational institutes from qualifying countries. See http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/devel/ for further details regarding this offer or to see if your not-for-profit institution qualifies
Journal discounts are available to members of the ISCB as follows:
Bioinformatics
Volume 24, 24 issues
First issue released in January 2008

Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $128 N/A $227
Post Doctoral Member $128 N/A $227
Student Member $65 N/A $146

Oxford University Press offers optional open access to authors, and participates in open archives of Bioinformatics 12 months after publication via the journal website. Details about optional open access are available at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen/.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions (includes print and online) is $745.
Briefings in Bioinformatics (BIB)
Volume 9, 6 issues
First issue released in January 2008
Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $154 N/A $257
Post Doctoral Member $154 N/A $257
Student Member $154 N/A $257

Briefings in Bioinformatics (BIB) will be published by Oxford University Press.

Oxford University Press does not offer open access to FGP archives at this time, but will give access to all back issues to all ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions is $364 for online.

Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics (FGP)
Volume 7, 6 issues
First issue released in February 2008
Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $154 N/A $257
Post Doctoral Member $154 N/A $257
Student Member $154 N/A $257
Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics (FGP) will be published by Oxford University Press.

Oxford University Press does not offer open access to FGP archives at this time, but will give access to all back issues to all ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions is $364 for combined print and online.
Special offer when ordered together:
Briefings in Bioinformatics (BIB)
and Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics (FGP)
Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $277 N/A $461
Post Doctoral Member $277 N/A $461
Student Member $277 N/A $461
Briefings in Bioinformatics (BIB) and Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics (FGP) are published by Oxford University Press.

Oxford University Press does not offer open access to BIB or FGP archives at this time, but will give access to all back issues to all ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions is $1,304 for combined print and online.

Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume 38, 12 issues
First issue released in January 2008
Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $98 $98 $162
Post Doctoral Member $98 $98 $162
Student Member $75 $75 $141

Elsevier does not offer open access to CBM archives at this time, but will give access to all back issues to all ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for personal print subscriptions is $400 (online-only is not available as a list price for personal subscribers).
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Volume 89-92, 12 issues
First issue released in January 2008

Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $99 $99 $163
Post Doctoral Member $99 $99 $163
Student Member $75 $75 $142

Elsevier does not offer open access to CMPB archives at this time, but will give access to all back issues to all ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for personal print subscriptions is $21 (online-only is not available as a list price for personal subscribers).
Human Molecular Genetics
Volume 17, 26 issues
First issue released in January 2008
Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $335 N/A $500
Post Doctoral Member $335 N/A $500
Student Member $335 N/A $500

Oxford University Press participates in open archives of HMG 12 months after publication via the journal website.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions (includes print and online) is $662.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Volume 41, 6 issues
First issue released in February 2008
Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $93 $93 $105
Post Doctoral Member $93 $93 $105
Student Member $70 $70 $80

Elsevier does not offer open access to JBI archives at this time, but will give access to all back issues to all ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for personal print subscriptions is $324 (online-only is not available as a list price for personal subscribers).

Journal of Computational Biology
Volume 15, 10 issues
First issue released in February 2008

Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $170 N/A US - $201
Non-US $262
Post Doctoral Member $170 N/A US - $201
Non-US $262
Student Member $69 N/A US - $81

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. does not offer open access to JCB at this time but will give access to all archival issues to ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions is $587 for online only, $774/$1023 for combined print and online to US/Non-US addresses.
OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology
Volume 12, 4 issues
First issue released in March 2008

Online (only) Hard Copy (only) Online and Hard Copy
Professional Member $59 N/A US - $119
Non-US $130
Post Doctoral Member $59 N/A US - $119
Non-US $130
Student Member $36 N/A US - $59
Non-US $71

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. does not offer open access to OMICS at this time but will give access to all archival issues to ISCB members who subscribe to this volume of the journal for the duration of the subscription period.

The list price of this journal for individual subscriptions is $294 for online only and $423/579 for combined print and online to US/Non-US addresses.


Please direct all questions to admin@iscb.org.
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