MSP

Since 2022, wish­ing that our prices to be equit­able and fair, we have used a tiered scheme that aims to be ap­pro­pri­ate to an in­sti­tu­tion’s size, need and likely us­age.

In­sti­tu­tions who are not in Carne­gie group “Re­search 1” (in­sti­tu­tions of very high spend­ing and doc­tor­ate pro­duc­tion) or who have a Shang­hai rank be­low 500 (but are not re­search in­sti­tutes, etc.) will be offered a lower price.

For the 2026 sub­scrip­tion year on­wards:

• United States
  • Tier 1:  group “Re­search 1” (in­sti­tu­tions of “very high spend­ing and doc­tor­ate pro­duc­tion”) from the 2025 Carne­gie Clas­si­fic­a­tion;
  • Tier 2:  all oth­ers.
• Rest of the world
  • Tier 1:  rank 1–500 of the 2024 Shang­hai Aca­dem­ic Rank­ing of World Uni­versit­ies;
  • Tier 2:  all oth­ers.

Please note that the Carne­gie “Re­search 1” refers to the new Re­search Activ­ity Des­ig­na­tion, a new clas­si­fic­a­tion for 2025 that does not have an equi­val­ent in pre­vi­ous re­leases.

In­sti­tu­tions who are not lis­ted in either rank­ing or are in doubt should con­tact MSP for a price quote. Re­search in­sti­tutes usu­ally clas­si­fy as Tier 1. Re­new­al in­voices for cur­rent sub­scribers will list the ap­pro­pri­ate tier.