I was relieved that I would not have to use my own funding to pay an APC in order to publish my research Open Access. It definitely incentivizes me to publish in a journal from The Company of Biologists again in the future.
My lab is grateful for the initiative of fee-free Open Access publishing in Development thanks to The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with the University of Chicago. It not only provides Open Access to our work for all readers around the globe, but also enables us to allocate funds directly to research instead of publishing fees.
As the majority of our research is funded by taxpayer money or charity donations I think it is essential that everyone can freely access and read our findings. The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and The University of Edinburgh allowed us to publish our article immediately after acceptance and freely to everyone, with very little hassle and no additional financial responsibility from us.
The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of Zurich provides a very convenient, non-bureaucratic way of making our research available for everyone interested in development. Open Access is the way to go!
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!
As a faculty member at a primarily undergraduate institute, I have limited research funds. The Read & Publish agreement Lafayette College has with The Company of Biologists helped make publishing my work open access in Biology Open accessible to me. This helped ensure that my work would be freely available and able to reach the largest possible audience. Also, as a lover of natural spaces, I was thrilled to learn about The Forest of Biologists and that a tree would be planted in recognition of my article.
It has been a wonderful experience publishing with Journal of Cell Science and The Company of Biologists. It was delightful to learn that they have been contributing to saving the planet with their initiative ‘The Forest of Biologists’. As scientists, we strive to contribute for the betterment of humankind and planting a tree by publishing an article with JCS helps the mission. Publishing Open Access in JCS also has been a pleasant experience for us. It was easy to arrange with our institutional agreement and gave us positive exposure for our work.
I am thankful for the support for fee-free Open Access publishing in Development thanks to The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with the George Washington University. This is extremely helpful for sharing our work. The approval process after publication acceptance was fast and straightforward.
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.
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