RATE Information FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023
American Fern Journal
The Journal of the American Fern Society
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Volume 111 of the American Fern Journal will be published for 2021 (ISSN 0002-8444), with four issues per year.
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR LIBRARIES, HERBARIA & COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Libraries, herbaria, businesses, and other organizations may subscribe to the print version of the American Fern Journal. However, only individual persons may be members of the Society and receive online journal access through the society.
Individuals are encouraged to pay directly, rather than through an agent (please see the Membership page). However, members in some countries may find it convenient to pay through an agent. Subscription agents may deduct a $3.00 agency fee from each $60 membership.
Subscription/Agent Price: $60.00 per volume of 4 issues
$3.00 deduct agency fee if applicable
$57.00 net price to agents
NOTE: Outside the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico, surface airlift (SAL) is standard and included; no airmail surcharge is necessary. Materials sent surface mail; allow 6 weeks (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) or 3 months (elsewhere).
FINANCIAL & REGistration INFORMATION:
Tax identification numbers: U. S. TIN is 05-6016227; Canadian GST is R101749364.
Registration process: As of 2021, Agents and Subscribers should follow the steps below to register their subscription(s) and process all payments (including payments by check).
Select “Join the Society or Renew your Membership”.
Enter a username, password, and email address for a single institution*.
Complete the mailing information.
On the tab for membership type, please select Agent or Subscriber, as appropriate.
You will have the option to pay securely via credit card or mail in a check.
*Subscription agents representing multiple institutions will need to create a separate account for each institution/address that should receive our publications. Each account will need a separate email address associated with it. There is a workaround for this that we can help you with if necessary; please email our membership secretary (Sally Chambers, sally.chambers@eku.edu) for more information.
Payment timing: Agents are encouraged to pay for renewal subscriptions at the beginning of the year. However, we recognize that this is not possible for all subscribers. Most agents renew their subscriptions automatically, but invoices for renewals will be sent on request or if subscriptions are not renewed automatically. Invoices for memberships and subscriptions are routinely sent in November.
Cancellations are accepted and balance refunded.
Payment methods:
Credit Card: credit card payments are easily processed when following the steps above.
Check: U.S. dollar check drawn on a U.S. bank and encoded with the U.S. bank routing number, or international postal money order negotiable at a U.S. post office. Please make all checks payable to: AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY, INC. and mail to this address:
Eric Schuettpelz
Treasurer, American Fern Society
Smithsonian NMNH Botany
MRC 166 PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Address all other correspondence and claims to:
Sally Chambers
Membership Secretary, American Fern Society
Eastern Kentucky University Biological Sciences
521 Lancaster Ave
Science Building 3238
Richmond, KY 40475
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
ISSN: 0002-8444
publication schedules
American Fern Journal: Quarterly (officially the end of March, June, September, and December, but may be later).
Subscriptions accepted: For one full calendar year only, preferably prepaid (backstarts available within the year). Accepted from January through September for the current year and from October through December for the following year. For a previous year, see below.
EDITORIAl personnel
Christopher Haufler
Editor, American Fern Journal
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS66045-2106
Phone: 1-785-864-3255
Tom Ranker
Managing Editor, American Fern Journal
University of Hawaii Manoa
Department of Botany
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
Phone: 1-808-956-8304
Darla Harris
Editor, Fiddlehead Forum
Fern Plantation Nursery
Magnolia, TX 77355
Nikisha Patel
Production Editor, Fiddlehead Forum
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
Back issue availability & Fulfillment claims
For information on back issue (i.e., prior year) pricing and availability, and for fulfillment claims, please contact the Membership Secretary. For fulfillment claims, please submit from 2 to 6 months after actual publication of the issue.
Sally Chambers
Membership Secretary, American Fern Society
Eastern Kentucky University Biological Sciences
521 Lancaster Ave
Science Building 3238
Richmond, KY 40475
BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
American Fern Journal
Subject classification, language: Botany, English-language.
Readership: Professional and advanced amateur botanists.
Circulation: Approximately 1000.
American Fern Journal editorial description: Peer-reviewed technical articles describing original research on pteridophytes (ferns and fern-allies), technical book reviews.
Size: 7" x 10", usually 32 pages per issue, sometimes more.
Annual index and annual title page: Included with last issue of the volume.
Form of publication: Print copies (no electronic editions).
Advertising: None.