LaBonne Lab had a fantastic experience publishing two recent articles in Development and we were so happy to learn that both could be published fee-free Open Access under The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with Northwestern University. Thank you for setting up this fantastic program! You are an example for other journals. And at the risk of going out on a limb, we are rooting for our trees in The Forest of Biologists, lovingly named LaboraTree and ReLeaf.
Development is one of the most influential and important journals in developmental biology, so I am thankful that the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and The University of Edinburgh allows our research to be accessed widely, globally, both within the scientific community and to the general public, in a fair and democratising way. The Read & Publish agreement also allows us, active in research today to maintain contact with the research and findings of a previous generation of scientists; it is tremendously important that this knowledge is actively used and treasured.
I had only recently learned of The Company of Biologists Read & Publish agreement and was pleasantly surprised that the University of South Carolina was part of this initiative. This demonstrates the company’s commitment to Open Access and easing the burden for researchers being able to share their findings. The publication process with Biology Open went smoothly – from ease of submission to clear communication about progress to proofing. While this is my first submission to Biology Open, it certainly will not be the last.
Thanks to the Read & Publish agreement between the Humboldt University and The Company of Biologists, we are able to publish our research as Open Access in
Journal of Cell Science without any additional cost.
We are always committed to making our research openly accessible to benefit the wider community. Public accessibility is crucial for science communication and promoting scientific knowledge, and we therefore strongly support this Open Access initiative.
We are grateful to Johns Hopkins University for providing the option to publish our research Open Access and fee-free in Journal of Experimental Biology with the Read & Publish agreement. The ease of access to publish research, journal quality, and outstanding editing and proofing processes are major draws when considering The Company of Biologists journals.
I am grateful with my university (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) for the efforts to reach a convenient Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. This is a great achievement considering that most scientific research in Mexico is funded by government grants, which have been significantly cut in recent years. The publication of articles in influential journals such as Development and Biology Open should increase the visibility and impact of work done by our scientific community.
Very happy that University of Bristol has a Read & Publish agreement with you. I’m an old guy and remember the time before publication charges, so it feels like we are going back to the good old days. Another perk for us was having Paco’s image chosen for the front cover and not having to pay for that either. Yippeee, Journal of Cell Science!
It was amazing, and a true honor, to be the first paper from Thomas Jefferson University published under our Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. Not only did it allow us to get our science out to the community quickly via Open Access, it provided a rigorous and widely-read venue to showcase the latest Mosca Lab results, and fulfilled a career-long dream of mine to publish in such a brilliant journal as Development. The fee-free nature also allows us to focus our funding on advancing science even further. I look forward to more journals opting for similar policies so we can focus on discovery and broad communication with other scholars!
I am very grateful to The Company of Biologists for providing a journal like Development, with its longstanding tradition of high standards of peer reviewing and proofing. Its APC free agreement with the University of Basel is essential for transparency and enables researchers from small universities to access publications without paywall. For us it means we can publish in the journal of our choice without having to worry whether we can afford it.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Towson University has the Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. I think it is a great service to allow faculty from Towson University to publish fee-free Open Access papers and reach a wider audience. I will definitely take this into consideration when submitting future manuscripts.
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