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Ordering IWA Publishing books
To order books published by IWA Publishing please follow the link next to the title of the book which will take you to the IWA Publishing web site.

How can I find book prices and information?
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How do I claim a missing issue of a journal?
Please use the special claim form

Pay per view service
If you would like to access a paper to which you do not have access/a subscription you can view and download the PDF of the paper using the pay per view option.

Access to the full text of some online journals hosted by Portland Customer Services is restricted to institutional subscribers. This is done by restricting the IP (Internet) addresses that are able to access the full journal. If you already have a subscription to the journal you can use the IP address registration form to register your IP addresses for access.

To access a paper on a pay per view basis from a Portland Press journal simply browse the relevant journal archive from the links below and select the paper of your choice. When you are prompted for your username and password, press cancel and the pay per view options will be displayed.

Price per article
Biochemical Journal £30
Biochemical Society Transactions £30
Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry £30
Clinical Science £30
Biology of the Cell £30
Biochemical Society Symposia £30
Essays in Biochemistry £30
Cell Signalling Biology £50

To purchase articles from IWA Publishing journals simply browse the relevant journal archive from the links below and select the paper of your choice. Add the full text article to your shopping cart by clicking the button at the bottom of the abstract file.

Price per article
Journal of Hydroinformatics £20
Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-AQUA £20
Water Science and Technology £20
Water Supply £20
Journal of Water and Health £20
Water Policy £20
Nordic Hydrology £20
Water Intelligence Online See abstract for price

To access a paper on a pay per view basis from a Multilingual Matters/Channel View journal simply browse the relevant journal archive from the links below and select the paper of your choice. When you are prompted for your username and password, press cancel and the pay per view options will be displayed.

Price per article
Current Issues in Tourism £20
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education £20
Journal of Ecotourism £20
Journal of Sustainable Tourism £20
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change £20
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism £20
Current Issues in Language Planning £20
Current Issues in Language & Society £20
Evaluation and Research in Education £20
International Journal of Multilingualism £20
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development £20
Language Awareness £20
Language and Intercultural Communication £20
Language Culture and Curriculum £20
Language and Education £20
New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing £20
Perspectives: Studies in Translatology £20

To access a paper on a pay per view basis from Antiquity simply browse to the journal website then select the paper of your choice. Click on the link "Access this article" and then click on "view and download the PDF " in the Non-subscribers section of the next page and the pay per view options will be displayed.

Price per article
Antiquity £15

To access a paper on a pay per view basis from a Earthscan journal simply browse the relevant journal archive from the links below and select the paper of your choice. When you are prompted for your username and password, press cancel and the pay per view options will be displayed.

Price per article
Climate Policy £25
Architectural Engineering and Design Management £25
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability £25

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Please go to our membership page where you will find links to the Societies and Associations we handle.

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