There seems to be no logic why journal publishers keep raising APC year after year at an exorbitant rate. Here is a brief report from Hamid Pashaei and Heather Morrison on the outrageous price hikes made by BMC in 2019: BioMed Central in 2019: Sharp increase in article processing charge Posted by hamidpasha https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/author/hamidpasha/ https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/04/30/biomed-central-in-2019-sha... *by Hamid Pashaei and Heather Morrison* Update May 1, 2019: https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/04/30/biomed-central-in-2019-sha... -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.