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>From December 2017 to December 2018, APC prices for all PLOS journals were >increased by $100 USD, resulting in percentage increases from 3% – 7%. All >price increase percentages are higher than the U.S. Department of Labour >Statistic’s 2.2% Consumer Price Index increase from November 2017 – December >2018<https://www.bls.gov/cpi/>. The majority of percentage price increases >(4/8) are higher than the average increase in a U.S. faculty member’s salary >according to the American Association of University Professors of 3% ><https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/11/aaups-annual-report-faculty-compensation-takes-salary-compression-and-more> > (from April 2018). The most surprising increase from my perspective is the 7% >increase to the APC of PLOS ONE (twice the increase of faculty salaries, >thrice the US CIP increase), because as PLOS’ pioneering megajournal, PLOS >ONE’s practice is peer review limited to assessing whether the science is >sound. Peer review is done by volunteers and coordinated by PLOS using a >highly automated approach; it is difficult to understand how PLOS’ >contribution to PLOS ONE articles justifies an APC of approximately $1,600 USD. Data and links are posted on the Sustaining the Knowledge Commons blog: https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/12/19/plos-apcs-2018-3-7-price-increases/ <https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/12/19/plos-apcs-2018-3-7-price-increases/><https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/12/19/plos-apcs-2018-3-7-price-increases/>best, Dr. Heather Morrison Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/ heather.morri...@uottawa.ca https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=en#/members/706
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