Code used for Nature Fees plot

nature.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from SecretColors import Palette
import matplotlib

matplotlib.rc("font", family="IBM Plex Sans")

p = Palette()
data = [
    11390,
    10219,
    8916,
    5664,
    2011
]

labels = ["Nature's 'Free'\narticle Fees",
          "UGC Professor \n(level 14) Salary",
          "N-PDF Postdoc\nSalary",
          "CSIR PhD (SRF)\nStipend",
          "GATE M.Tech\nStipend"
          ]

plt.barh(range(len(data)), data, color=p.green(shade=35), zorder=1)
plt.yticks(range(len(data)), labels)
plt.gca().invert_yaxis()
plt.gca().set_facecolor(p.gray(shade=15))
plt.title("Approx. Yearly Salaries of Indian Researchers*")
plt.xlabel("in USD")
plt.grid(axis="x", ls=":", color=p.gray(shade=50), zorder=0)
plt.annotate("*As of November 2020"
             , xy=(0.98, 0.02), xycoords="axes fraction", ha="right",
             va="bottom", fontsize=11
             )
plt.gca().set_zorder(10)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig("plot.png", dpi=150)
plt.show()