The WIREs publishing model
The WIREs combine the most powerful features of online review journals (high online visibility, immediacy, full abstracting and indexing) with the traditional strengths of the encyclopedic reference model (structure, authority, and comprehensiveness of coverage). A built-in mechanism for updating previously published content further differentiates the WIREs from traditional review journals.
With their deliberate focus on high-impact topics at the interfaces of the traditional research fields, together with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary outreach at the level of the individual article, the WIREs offer a valuable new forum for cross-disciplinary communication in scientific and scholarly research.
For more information, please view our WIREs introductory tutorial.
Register for free online access to the WIREs
In order to allow you and your library patrons to 'test-drive' the WIREs before committing to them, each WIREs title will initially be made available via free online access to institutional subscribers. This will allow institutions to gauge end-user interest prior to making a purchasing decision.
Institutions can opt to receive free online access throughout the year for any or all of the WIREs titles. There is no obligation to subscribe in subsequent years if you opt for free access. Institutions retain online access to content published during the opt-in period, with or without a paid subscription in subsequent years.
Opt-in now to try before you buy!
- Perpetual access to all content published during this period when you opt-in
- No obligation to subscribe once the title converts to being a paid subscription only - but we will give you the option of FTE-banded pricing
Subscribe to the WIREs
Beginning in their third full calendar year, WIREs titles will be available through a paid subscription as electronic-only titles. Subscription prices will depend on institutional size. Customers will receive access back to Volume 1, Issue 1 regardless of when they purchase a subscription.
| WIREs Title | Launch Date | Subscribe |
| WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology | January 2009 | Paid access in 2012 |
| WIREs Computational Statistics | July 2009 | Paid access in 2012 |
| WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine | July 2009 | Paid access in 2012 |
| WIREs Climate Change | January 2010 | Paid access in 2012 |
| WIREs Cognitive Science | January 2010 | Paid access in 2012 |
| WIREs RNA | July 2010 | Paid access in 2013 |
| WIREs Computational Molecular Science | January 2011 | Paid access in 2013 |
| WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | January 2011 | Paid access in 2013 |
| WIREs Developmental Biology | January 2012 | Paid access in 2014 |
| WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling | January 2012 | Paid access in 2014 |
| WIREs Energy and Environment | July 2012 | Paid access in 2014 |
| WIREs Water | January 2014 | Paid access in 2016 |
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