I was happy to publish under the Read & Publish agreement with the University of California because it keeps the research accessible to everyone and lets authors publish work where page charges may not be covered by grants, as can be the case for more applied research funders. The process was easy and integrated into the regular production process.
Our institution taking part in The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement made it possible to have our manuscript immediately and freely available in Journal of Cell Science at no extra charge, streamlining the process and alleviating the financial and administrative burden typically associated with open access publishing. We were able to effortlessly have our work accessible to the largest possible audience.
Having a publishing agreement with my university already in place made it easy and convenient to publish our paper, without having to spend funds from our research projects.
Publishing for free in Journal of Cell Science with a Read & Publish agreement took away any concerns about having to find extra money. Having had issues with finding publisher fees before, this took a big load off my mind and let me focus on the important parts – the actual science! Having an Oak tree planted in The Forest of Biologists made it extra special.
It’s been a pleasure again to publish in one of the journals from The Company of Biologists through Read & Publish. We have now saved over ten thousand dollars in publication fees in the last year alone. These are precious funds saved that can be used instead to directly support our research, through things like purchasing key reagents or paying student salary. My only complaint is that there aren’t more journals from The Company of Biologists available!
I am a huge fan of publishing in Journal of Experimental Biology, and the Read & Publish agreements make it even better! It was so easy to choose Open Access, and was invaluable that I could do so without spending our limited funds. I think JEB is leading the way in open and accessible science, and I hope other journals will follow suit!
Publishing our paper in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms was made seamless thanks to the Read & Publish Open Access agreement between the University of Cambridge and The Company of Biologists. With a few easy clicks, this agreement enabled us to publish our paper fee-free, and with Open Access for all readers around the world.
Publishing our recent paper in Journal of Cell Science was a delightful experience. Not only was the process quick, easy and well supported, it also allowed immediate Open Access without paying an article processing charge (APC). Fabulous to see that contributions to the research community are rewarded by The Company of Biologists instead of contributors being punished by ever increasing publishing fees. And our tree in The Forest of Biologists! What a wonderful initiative, yet another reason to publish in JCS.
We were delighted to find that we could publish in Development as an Open Access fee-free article thanks to the Read & Publish agreement with The University of Melbourne. This is a terrific initiative that supports the scientific community and saves valuable research dollars. There is no doubt that this program will encourage us to consider submitting our future work to The Company of Biologists’ journals.
Thanks to the Read & Publish agreement between the University of Tokyo and The Company of Biologists, we are able to publish our research as Open Access in Journal of Cell Science without any additional cost. I believe it is very important that everyone can access research findings, and I am very grateful for this initiative. I look forward to more journals adopting similar policies, and we hope that the development of science will advance even further by sharing the results of the latest research with a broader audience and using research funds more efficiently for science.
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