Subscription Price Tiers
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.