A little while back (see http://bloggery.wlu.edu/lawrevs/archives/000573.html) I gave some cites per cost figures for the top 10 law reviews (as ranked by total citations). These were based on 1997-2004 cites, so here's the equivalent list for 1998-2005 cites, arranged in order of price economy:
top 10 journals by total cites & cites per $ cost
Stanford Law Review 13.81
Yale Law Journal 12.64
Columbia Law Review 11.44
Fordham Law Review 10.75
Georgetown Law Journal 9.62
U. of Chicago Law Review 9.62
Michigan Law Review 9.64
N.Y.U. Law Review 9.34
Harvard Law Review 9.18
Virginia Law Review 8.6
Despite being priced at roughly twice as much as the other journals, Harvard Law Review is not outrageously priced. Stanford and Yale continue to be bargains.
To see how the cites/cost figures are different for less cited journals I arbitrarily selected the general law reviews ranked 50-59th by total cites, and they are as follows. As you would expect, they offer less value for money. In order to do as well on this value index as the higher ranked journals these journals would need to offer their subscription at around $16 per annum as opposed to their present range of $26 to $40.
Hofstra Law Review 5.31
Indiana Law Review 5.13
Florida Law Review 4.87
Florida St. U. Law Review 4.43
Georgia Law Review 4.43
Alabama Law Review 4.09
Loyola of L.A. Law Review 3.85
Brigham Young U. Law Review 3.72
SMU Law Review 3.6
Arizona St. Law Journal 3.33