Licensing

Portland Press site licences offer your faculty and students 24/7 access to a wealth of groundbreaking original research and significant authoritative reviews in the biochemical, cellular and molecular life sciences.

We offer a range of licences for electronic access across a single site, multi-site or group of institutions and we can tailor a licence to suit your needs.

Licences are available for the following institutions: academic, corporate, hospitals, government agencies and local and national consortia.

For a quotation, simply complete the online form

Licensing FAQs

Portland Press Journal Packages

What does it cost?

Can I get a free trial?

How do I order?

Can I use a subscription agent?

Access methods and authentication

Usage Statistics

Access to back volumes

Online Terms and Conditions for single site institutions

Licence Agreement for multi site institutions and consortia

Who do I contact to get a quotation or if I have any further questions?

Online Enquiry Forms

Portland Press Journal Packages

We offer two standard packages of combined and electronic journals for single site institutions:

We also offer tailor made licences to all of our journals for single-site institutions. For a quotation please complete the enquiry form

What does it cost?

The aim of our licences is to provide institutions with extended online access within their budget.

Portland Press is a not-for-profit publisher owned by the Biochemical Society and the surplus from the sale of our publications is returned to the scientific community through the activities of the Society.

Portland Press journal prices are competitive and we also offer significant savings to all institutions purchasing online only subscriptions in favour of our combined subscription rates.

Can I get a free trial?

Free trial access is available for multi-site and consortia licences. Please complete the enquiry form

How do I order?

Simply complete the enquiry form for a quotation or contact Stephen Dollin, Sales & Licencing Manager on +44 (0) 1206 796351 to discuss your requirements.

Can I use a subscription agent?

Yes - we are happy for the purchase of online packages and online licensing to be arranged through your normal subscription agent, if you prefer.

Access methods and authentication

Portland Press journals are available from our own journal platform Sirius at www.portlandpress.com

and also via the following gateways:

SwetsWise

EBSCOHost Electronic Journals Service

Minerva Electronic Online Service

Medline / PubMed

ChemPort

Access authentication is normally by IP address. If this causes problems, please get in touch, as other methods are available in exceptional circumstances.

Usage statistics

Usage statistics are provided online and are available 24/7. Our usage statistics are COUNTER Compliant. The reports include data from January 2002 and are updated monthly. They can be downloaded in .csv format for ease of use.

Register your password for access to your usage statistics at http://www.portlandpress.com/pcs/services/usage/login.asp

Access to back volumes

Biochemical Journal: archive dates back to 1906 and is freely available at www.biochemj.org. Access to current content is available on a rolling 6-month basis for non-subscribers. Secure online archive and public deposit is available via PubMedCentral (PMC).

Biochemical Society Transactions: every year in January the online content of all the previous year becomes free. Full access to the value added final version of articles in the current year is restricted to subscribers.

Essays in Biochemistry Online and Biochemical Society Symposia Online: access to the online archive is free to current subscribers

Online Terms and Conditions for single-site institutions

For single-site institutions that do not require a licence, our standard online terms and conditions apply. http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/terms.htm

Licence Agreements for multi-site institutions and consortia

We use a standard licence based on the John Cox Model Licence. Our standard licence includes:

• 'Authorized Users' include researchers working at home (either dialling in remotely or via IP address) and authorized 'walk-in' users
• Portland Press will provide continuing access to material that was published and paid for during the period of the licence either from the Server, or by supplying electronic files to the Licensee.
• Usage Statistics are COUNTER Compliant
• Interlibrary loan
• Portland Press allows use in Course Packs, Electronic Reserve collections and Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)

Email licensing@portlandpress.com if you would like to see a full draft licence.

Who do I contact to get a quotation or if I have any further questions?

Telephone Stephen Dollin, Sales Manager +44 (0)207 685-2411 or email: stephen.dollin@portlandpress.com