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It’s been brilliant to publish our article with fee-free Open Access under the Read & Publish agreement.  It only took a couple of minutes to arrange the agreement, and now our work has increased visibility, citations, and impact. Thanks Journal of Experimental Biology!

Kavita Panir, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Thanks to the Read & Publish Open Access agreement between The University of Adelaide and The Company of Biologists, publishing my PhD research in Disease Models & Mechanisms was seamless. The process was smooth, with clear communication at every stage, and the agreement allowed me to publish without fees, making my work freely accessible to a global audience. I’m grateful for this initiative, which promotes wider scientific communication and knowledge sharing.

Amalie Hutchinson, Western University, Canada

The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and Western University allowed me to publish my research Open Access free of charge. Agreements such as this are extremely helpful for graduate students like myself to get work into excellent journals without worrying about the cost of publishing. I’m thankful for this agreement and encourage other journals to do the same!

Erdinc Sezgin, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Open science is key for our collective knowledge. I find this Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and Karolinska Institutet very valuable for this endeavour. Thanks to this collaboration, our paper in Journal of Cell Science can reach a wider audience.

Andrew McMahon, University of Southern California, USA

I am delighted that USC’s participation in The Company of Biologists’ Open Access agreement enables the broadest, immediate access to our recent publications in Development.

Isabel Almudi, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

We were delighted to learn that the University of Barcelona and The Company of Biologists were part of the Read & Publish agreement. The publishing process was very quick and pleasant, which we really appreciated given the current publishing challenges. We are thrilled that our article is open access in one of the most prestigious journals in and reach a broader audience.

Omer Karin, Imperial College London, UK

I am grateful for the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and Imperial College London. The entire publication process was very straightforward. Transparent and open-access publication are very important, and without this agreement, I could not afford to publish my paper in this format. I am really delighted that Development offers this option.

Katie Schroeder, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Knowing that I would have the opportunity to publish Open Access for free in Journal of Experimental Biology made an easy decision of where to submit my manuscript. I am so happy that my article will be more accessible and thus reach a wider audience, because I would not have had the funds for Open Access without this program.

José Luis De La Pompa, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Spain

I was delighted to discover that Disease Models & Mechanisms is part of a Read & Publish agreement with the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC). This arrangement not only streamlined the publishing process but also made it free of charge for authors, ensuring that top-tier research can be published in leading journals without financial barriers. I hope more publishers will follow the forward-thinking example set by The Company of Biologists.

Richard Zimmer, UCLA, USA

This Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of California provides an important avenue for disseminating research to everyone interested, without consideration of financial details. The agreement is especially critical for someone like me who, as an Emeritus Professor, no longer maintains significant extramural support yet still performs meaningful work. Thanks so much for helping level the playing field and better democratizing the publication process. Science is for all.

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