Historic archive: Perception

Perception


First published in 1972, Perception has long been recognised as one of the foremost journals in its field. Its 36 volumes are a remarkable record of nearly forty years of advances in the study of perception in all its aspects.

The content of the journal since 1999 is already available in electronic form but Pion is pleased to announce that the complete archive has been digitised and scholars can now have a fully searchable electronic record of the journal from its foundation.

From 2008 we shall make the most recent 10 years of the back file available free to current subscribers. Access to the deep archive—that is, the archive from the start of the journals to 1997—will be available for purchase either for a one-time fee or as an add-on to a current subscription. Combined, the 10-year back file and the deep archive will give users electronic access to everything published in Perception since their inception.

Publications available
The archive provides access to Perception from 1972 to 1997 and to the other Pion journals—the four Environment and Planning titles—from the start of publication in each case up to and including 1997. Access to the Perception archive can, however, be bought on its own. For each journal the period from 1998 to 2008 is covered by the 10-year back file available with a current subscription to that journal.

Journal archive  ISSN  Content included
  Electronic Print 
Perception 1468 4233 (0301 0066)1972 to 1997
Environment and Planning A 1472 3409 (0308 518X)1969 to 1997
Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 1472 3417 (0265 8135)1974 to 1997
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 1472 3425 (0263 774X)1983 to 1997
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 1472 3433 (0263 7758)1983 to 1997

In total there are over 100 volume-years of journals and about 90,000 pages.

Features

  • Complete contents of all printed articles (including editorials, reviews, errata, and indexes).
  • HTML headers searchable by title, author, and abstract (research articles).
  • Full-text articles in PDF format, containing high-quality scans with searchable text. Each page has been individually optimised to provide clearly viewable text and figures, while maintaining reasonable file sizes for fast downloading.
  • Purchase of archive involves no ongoing maintenance fee.
  • Each article has a digital-object identifier (DOI), registered with CrossRef.
  • A static IP address (or range of addresses) is required.

    Purchase methods
    A one-off payment
    Perpetual access to the Environment and Planning group and Perception archives may be purchased for a one-time fee. A discount is given if both components of the archive are bought.

    On subscription
    A year's access to the whole Environment and Planning archive to 1997 can be added to the subscription to any Environment and Planning journal for an extra charge. Similarly a year's access to the Perception archive to 1997 can be added to a subscription to that journal. Full prices are shown below.

    Archive Price
    Perpetual access to Perception archive From start of publication to 1997£600 (US $1200)
    Perpetual access to Environment and Planning archive From start of publication to 1997£2500 (US $4990)
    Perpetual access to both archives From start of publication to 1997£2900 (US $5800)
    Or (available when purchasing a current subscription to Perception)
    One year subscription to Perception archive From start of publication to 1997£100 ($200)