Publishing and Despatch Schedules

This page gives information about the Publishing and Despatch Schedules for BCRA's periodicals. This is intended for use by subscription agencies, libraries, indexers and bibliographers. This page was last modified on Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:47:16 +0100

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Items Published in 2023

For the benefit of libraries wishing to check their collections, the following items were published in 2023 ...

Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X) — Issue 49(3) and 50(1)–50(3)

CREG Journal (ISSN 1361-4800) — Issues 121 to 124.

BCRA Review (ISSN 2516-1423) — Annual Review for 2022, published in October 2023.

Items Published in 2022

For the benefit of libraries wishing to check their collections, the following items were published in 2022 ...

Cave & Karst Science (ISSN 1356-191X) — Issue 48(3) , 49(1), 49(2). The late-running issue 49(3) was published in February 2023.

CREG Journal (ISSN 1361-4800) — Issues 117 to 120.

BCRA Review (ISSN 2516-1423) — Annual Review for 2021, published in October 2022.

Subscription Rates for 2024

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Cave & Karst Science

Title	Cave & Karst Science
Sub-title	Transactions of the British Cave Research Association
URL	Contents listings | Order at BCRA Bookshop
medium	Print	Online
ISSN	1356-191X	not yet allocated
Current volume & issue	51(1)	as left
Cover date	April 2024	as left
Date mailed / released	Expected to be mailed on 24 April 2024	Expected to be online by 30 April 2024
Expected date of next issue	Issue 51(2) is expected in August 2024	as left
Subscription fee	Volume 51: (2024) GBP 50.00 Online access via User-ID: User IDs for online access are issued as part of a print subscription only if the subscription is ordered and paid-for online by the end-customer Online access via IP address: Institutional subscribers can obtain access via their IP address by contacting our secretary	Monthly access to Cave & Karst Science only is free - you will be asked to register when you start to download any content.
Shipping and handling charges	Free World-wide	Not applicable
Agency discount	none
Tax charges	None. VAT is not charged on subscriptions because BCRA is not registered for VAT
Publishing schedule	C&KS is published three times a year in April, August and December. Agencies please note: The publication dates are not tied to a calendar year. Please make it clear which volume of C&KS you are ordering. Please do not specify the year of publication as this can lead to confusion.	Online editions should appear at the same time as the print edition
Despatch schedule	The paper version C&KS is shipped to all BCRA members and subscribers who have elected to receive it. You do not need to be a member of BCRA to subscribe to the periodical. Individual back-issues are available. BCRA membership runs from January to December. Unless members notify us to request otherwise, members receive only the periodicals that are published during the period of their membership. Non-member Subscriptions to C&KS run for a complete volume and are back-dated to the start of the volume.

 

CREG Journal

Title	Cave Radio & Electronics Group journal
Sub-title
URL	Contents listings | Order at BCRA Bookshop
medium	Print	Online
ISSN	1361-4800	not yet allocated
Current issue	125	As left
Cover date	March 2024	As left
Date mailed	Issue 125 will be shipped to subscribers by 12 April	Online on 03-Apr-2024
Expected date of next issue	Issue 126 is due in June 2024	As left
Subscription fee	GBP 18.00 Subscribers also have access to the online edition.	GBP 4.00 per year
Shipping and handling charges	Free to UK addresses. GBP 9.00 to addresses outside the UK	Not applicable
Publishing schedule	The CREG journal is published nominally four times a year in March, June, September and December.	Online issues should appear at the same time as the print edition
Despatch schedule	The CREG journal is not a membership benefit of BCRA. It shipped only to "subscribers". You do not need to be a member of BCRA to subscribe to the periodical. Individual back-issues are available. Subscriptions to the CREG journal run for any four consecutive issues.	The online version of the CREG journal is accessible to all BCRA members. Non-member subscribers to the online publication will have access only to CREG journals. To gain access to all BCRA's online content you need to join BCRA

 

BCRA Review

Title	BCRA Review
Sub-title
URL	Index | Order at BCRA Bookshop
medium	Print (The print version is also available as a free PDF download)
ISSN	2516-1423
Most recent issue	Annual Review for 2022
Cover date	2022
Date mailed	Published online, and on paper in October 2023. See Despatch Schedule below
Expected date of next issue	October 2024., for the 2023 issue
Publishing schedule	The BCRA Review is an annual publication (1st issue was "Annual Review for 2015"), which is published shortly before our AGM; usually in October. It contains reports of the previous year's activities, together with annual reports from BCRA officers and a copy of our annual report and accounts that we send to the Charity Commission.
Despatch schedule	The BCRA Review is shipped on paper only to our Member Clubs (those that receive C&KS on paper) and to our overseas Journal Exchange partners. Paper copies may be purchased at our meetings, whilst stocks last; and from our Bookshop The print version is also available as a free PDF download, see BCRA Review. Subscriptions are not currently available but might be announced in 2024. Please enquire.