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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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 </span><a href="https://www.bls.gov/cpi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(177, 41, 48); text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">U.S.
Department of Labour Statistic’s 2.2% Consumer Price Index increase from November 2017 – December 2018</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. The majority of percentage price
increases (4/8) are higher than the </span><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/11/aaups-annual-report-faculty-compensation-takes-salary-compression-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(177, 41, 48); text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">average
increase in a U.S. faculty member’s salary according to the American Association of University Professors of 3% </span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(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.</span>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/12/19/plos-apcs-2018-3-7-price-increases/" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true" id="LPlnk122493">https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2018/12/19/plos-apcs-2018-3-7-price-increases/</a></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dr. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Heather Morrison</span><br>
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<p>Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa</p>
<p>Professeur Agrégé, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa<br>
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<p>Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons </p>
<a href="https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk747424" previewremoved="true">https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/</a><br>
<p>Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca<br>
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