A new report from the National Humanities Alliance finds that the average cost per page of a sample of eight humanities and social sciences journals is $526, almost twice the costs for science and technology journals. The analysis of the eight journals was conducted to help disciplinary associations get a better understanding of the economics of their publishing ventures, at a time of increasing pressure to embrace the open access movement, in which research is available online and free. The humanities alliance's report finds that open access would not be a "sustainable option" for the journals studied. At the same time, the report suggests that a more complete study -- going well beyond the eight journals -- is needed. Such a study might better examine differences among journals in the humanities and social sciences disciplines, the current report says. The new report may be found here. [1] Analysis of it from the American Historical Association may be found here. [2]