News for librarians (2024)
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December 2024 – First institution in Hungary joins our Read & Publish initiative
The Biological Research Centre – Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the first institution in Hungary to join our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
December 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
China (via our agreement with DRAA)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Czechia
- Charles University
Germany (via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences)
- RWTH Aachen University
- Saarland University
Hungary
- Biological Research Centre – Hungarian Academy of Sciences
India
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research – NIPGR
Italy
- Fondazione Human Technopole
Japan (via our agreement with JUSTICE)
- Chubu University
- Nihon University
- Shiga University of Medical Science
- Sophia University
- Tohoku University
Norway
- Institute of Marine Research
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Spain
- University of Granada
- University of Malaga
Turkey
- Boğaziçi University
- Istanbul Teknik University
USA
- Eastern Illinois University
- Midwestern University
- Saint Mary’s University
- University of Houston-Downtown
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Zimbabwe (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Renewals
Australia (via our agreement with CAUL)
- Australian National University, The
- Flinders University
- University of New South Wales
Denmark
- University of Southern Denmark
Japan (via our agreement with JUSTICE)
- Tokushima University
Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona
Switzerland
- University of Basel
UK (via our agreement with Jisc)
- Aberystwyth University
- Cardiff University
- Liverpool John Moores University
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- Open University, The
- Oxford Brookes University
- St. George’s University
- University College London
- University of Bath
- University of Birmingham
- University of Cambridge
- University of East Anglia
- University of Edinburgh, The
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- University of Lincoln
- University of Manchester
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Sheffield, The
- University of St. Andrews
- University of Southampton
- University of Stirling
- University of Warwick
- Wellcome Sanger Institute
USA
- Johns Hopkins University
- Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
December 2024 – The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with Jisc
We are delighted to announce the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with Jisc, the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.
November 2024 – The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)
We are delighted to announce the renewal of our five journal Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
November 2024 – The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium for a further three years
We are delighted to announce the renewal of our five journal Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium.
November 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
Albania (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Luarasi University
Belgium
- Ghent University
Canada (via our agreement with OCUL)
- University of Windsor
- York University
Germany (via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences)
- Kiel University
- University of Hohenheim
- University of Stuttgart
Italy
- University of Insubria
Japan (via our agreement with JUSTICE)
- Hokkaido University
- Juntendo University
- Saitama Medical University
Kenya (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Taita Taveta National Polytechnic (TTNP)
- The Kenya National Examinations Council
New Zealand (via our agreement with CAUL)
- University of Auckland
USA
- Brown University
- Cleveland Clinic & Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center
- Georgia Southern University
- Reed College
- Saint Louis University
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Louisville
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- University of Montana
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Western Kentucky University
Renewals
Australia (via our agreement with CAUL)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- James Cook University
- La Trobe University
- Monash University
- Murdoch University
- RMIT University
- The University of Adelaide
- The University of Melbourne
- The University of Newcastle
- The University of Queensland
- The University of Sydney
- The University of Western Australia
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
Finland
- University of Turku
Germany (via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences)
- Leipzig University
New Zealand (via our agreement with CAUL)
- Massey University
UK (via our agreement with Jisc)
- Bangor University
- Durham University
- Francis Crick Institute
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- NBI (Norwich Bioscience Institutes) Library
- Newcastle University
- Nottingham Trent University
- Queen’s University Belfast
- Royal Veterinary College
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Bristol
- University of Liverpool
- University of Reading
- University of Sussex
USA
- Iowa State University
- Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- University of Pittsburgh
October 2024 – First institution in Czechia joins our Read & Publish initiative
The Insitute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) is the first institution in Czechia to join our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
October 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
Belgium
- KU Leuven
Czechia
- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Taiwan
- National Taiwan University
USA
- Bradley University
- California Polytechnic State University
- Colorado College
- Loma Linda University
- Marquette University
- The College of Wooster
Renewals
Australia (via our agreement with CAUL)
- Macquarie University
- Edith Cowan University
Canada
- University of Sherbrooke
New Zealand (via our agreement with CAUL)
- Auckland University of Technology
- University of Otago
Norway
- University of Tromso
South Africa (via our agreement with SANLiC)
- University of Pretoria
Turkey
- Bilkent University
USA
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- North Carolina State University
- University of Iowa
- University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Wesleyan University
September 2024 – The Company of Biologists appoints Frontereco SAS as exclusive representative in France
We are delighted to announce that we have signed an exclusive agreement with Frontereco SAS to represent us in France.
September 2024 – Open Access Agreement between The Company of Biologists and University of California continues for an additional three years
We are delighted to announce a further three-year Open Access agreement with the University of California (UC).
September 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
Canada
- University of Victoria
Germany (via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences)
- Bielefeld University
- University of Muenster
India
- National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)
Taiwan
- Tunghai University
Uganda (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Ndejje University
USA
- California State University – Chico
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Lewis & Clark College
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
- University of North Texas
- Western Carolina University
Renewals
USA
- Hope College
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- University of Wyoming
August 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
Malawi (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Malawi University of Science & Technology
USA
- Louisiana Tech University
- Salisbury University
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Uzbekistan (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Urgench Branch of Tashkent Medical Academy
Zambia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Harvest University
Renewals
Austria
- University of Graz
Mexico
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
USA
- Purdue University
- Youngstown State University
August 2024 – Ceasing print publication of our journals from the 2025 volumes
We are committed to ensuring our environmental impact is kept to a minimum and we are working hard to make sustainability a consideration in everything we do so have concluded that following the despatch of the final issues of our journals in 2024, we will no longer offer a print version of Development (ISSN 0950-1991), Journal of Cell Science (ISSN 0021-9533) and Journal of Experimental Biology (ISSN 0022-0949).
We are hopeful that customers who subscribe to the print only or combined print and online versions of our titles will continue to subscribe to the online only versions of Development (online ISSN 1477-9129), Journal of Cell Science (online ISSN 1477-9137) and Journal of Experimental Biology (online ISSN 1477-9145). Please contact us if you require further information.
July 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative
New agreements
Armenia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- “Grigoris” Medical-Humanities College
Spain
- University of Cadiz
Taiwan
- Academia Sinica
USA
- Princeton University Library
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
July 2024 – The Company of Biologists appoint Lily Journal & Book Co., Ltd. as a representative in Taiwan (ROC)
We are delighted to announce that we have signed an agreement with Lily Journal & Book Co., Ltd to represent us in Taiwan (ROC).
June 2024 – The Company of Biologists announces move to a new submission system
All journals from The Company of Biologists are moving to a new submission system, called Editorial Manager. Editorial Manager is the leading cloud-based manuscript submission and peer review system for scholarly publications. We are making this change as we believe it will benefit authors, editors and reviewers and that it will provide an improved user experience. Use of the current submission system will be phased out, so manuscripts will only ever sit in one submission system. For further details about this change, please visit our FAQ page or or contact EM-help@biologists.com
June 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
China (via our agreement with DRAA)
- University Town Library of Shenzhen
Renewals
South Africa (via our agreement with SANLIC)
- University of the Witwatersrand
USA (via our agreement with the University of California)
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UC UCLA
- UC Merced
- UC Riverside
- UC San Diego
- UC San Francisco
- UC Santa Barbara
- UC Santa Cruz
June 2024 – The Company of Biologists appoints Fenice Distribuzione S.r.l. as exclusive representative in Italy
We are delighted to announce that we have signed an exclusive agreement with Fenice Distribuzione S.r.l. to represent us in Italy.
May 2024 – Renewal and expansion of our Read & Publish agreement with the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER)
Following the success of our 2023 Read & Publish Open Access (OA) agreement with the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), we are delighted to announce that we have signed a renewal agreement for 2024. All four institutions that were participating in the 2023 agreement have chosen to renew, and two further institutions (IISER Bhopal and IISER Thiruvananthapuram), have joined the agreement which runs from 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024.
Read the announcement | See participating institutions
May 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
New agreements
China (via our agreement with DRAA)
- Zhejiang University
Georgia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Georgian Institute of Public Affairs
India
- National Centre for Biological Sciences
- IISER Bhopal (via our agreement with IISER)
Taiwan
- Chang Gung University
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
USA
- University of Utah
Uzbekistan (via our agreement with EIFL)
- New Uzbekistan University
April 2024 – The Company of Biologists appoints Prenax as exclusive representative in Spain
We are delighted to announce that we have signed an exclusive agreement with Prenax to represent us in Spain.
April 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
China (via our agreement with DRAA)
- Fudan University
- WuHan University
India
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kenya (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Tom Mboya University
USA
- James Madison University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Zambia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Kapasa Makasa University
- London American University College
Renewals
India (via our agreement with IISER)
- IISER Mohali
- IISER Pune
- IISER Tirupati
March 2024 – The Company of Biologists appoint Suweco as exclusive representative in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
We are delighted to announce that we have signed an exclusive agreement with Suweco to represent us in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
March 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
India (via our agreement with IISER)
- IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Kenya (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Thakara University
Norway
- Norwegian University of Science & Technology
USA
- Mercer University
- University of Colorado
Renewals
India (via our agreement with IISER)
- IISER Kolkata
Spain
- Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre (CNIC)
March 2024 – First consortium in South Africa joins our Read & Publish initiative
We are delighted to announce a new Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) – our first consortium offer in South Africa.
Researchers at participating institutions in South Africa will be able to benefit from unlimited access to our journal content, plus immediate and fee-free Open Access publishing in our hybrid and fully Open Access journals.
March 2024 – 825 institutions in 49 countries are participating in The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative in 2024
We are delighted to announce that the number of institutions participating in our cost-neutral Read & Publish Open Access (OA) initiative has increased by 37% since January 2023.
825 institutions in 49 countries are now participating and we have agreements with eighteen library consortia worldwide.
February 2024 – First consortia in Canada and China join our Read & Publish initiative
We are delighted to announce new Read & Publish Open Access agreements with the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), and the Digital Resource Acquisition Alliance of Chinese Academic Libraries (DRAA) – our first consortia offer in Canada and China.
Researchers at participating institutions in Canada and China will be able to benefit from access to our journal content, plus immediate and fee-free Open Access publishing in our hybrid and fully Open Access journals.
Find out more about our current Read & Publish agreement with the OCUL and DRAA Consortia | See participating institutions OCUL | See participating institutions DRAA
February 2024 – First consortia in Japan joins our Read & Publish initiative
We are delighted to announce a new Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources — our first consortia offer in Japan.
Find out more about our current Read & Publish agreement with the JUSTICE consortia | See participating institutions
February 2024 – First consortia in the Republic of Korea join our Read & Publish initiative
We are delighted to announce a new Read & Publish Open Access agreement with both the KESLI and KCUE consortia — our first consortia offer in the Republic of Korea.
Researchers at participating institutions in the Republic of Korea will be able to benefit from access to our journal content, plus immediate and fee-free Open Access publishing in our hybrid and fully Open Access journals.
Find out more about our current Read & Publish agreement with the KESLI and KCUE consortia | See participating institutions
February 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
Finland
- University of Jyväskylä
Georgia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- International University of Tbilisi
Germany
- Osnabrück University
- ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences (via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences
Hong Kong (via our agreement with JULAC)
- The University of Hong Kong
Kenya (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Kirinyaga University
- Open University of Kenya
Korea (via our agreement with KESLI and KCUE)
- Seoul National University
- Sung Kyun Kwan University
- Yonsei University College of Medicine
South Africa
- North-West University
- Stellenbosch University
Taiwan
- National Tsing Hua University
Uganda (via our agreement with EIFL)
- St Ignatius University Kabale
USA
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- University of Chicago
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Westminster College
- West Virginia University
Renewals
Austria
- Institute of Science & Technology Austria
Germany
Via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Halle
Netherlands
- Utrecht University
USA
- Drexel University
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Texas A&M University School of Dentistry
January 2024 – A Visit to The Forest of Biologists
Our publisher Claire Moulton recently visited the two Woodland Trust UK sites where we are planting new native trees for published Research and Review papers and protecting ancient woodland on behalf of our peer reviewers.
Watch the video | Learn more about The Forest of Biologists
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January 2024 – Renewal of Read & Publish Open Access agreement between The Company of Biologists and The Max Planck Digital Library
We are delighted to announce the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) from 2024-2026.
Corresponding authors at Max Planck Society’s 86 institutes can continue to publish accepted research articles Open Access without charge in our hybrid journals (Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology) and our fully Open Access journals (Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open) without paying an article processing charge (APC) for a further three years.
Read the announcement | See participating institutions
January 2024 – New Read & Publish agreements
The following institutions have joined our Read & Publish Open Access initiative or renewed an existing agreement.
New agreements
Armenia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Ohanyan Education Complex
Canada (via our agreement with OCUL)
- Brock University
- Carleton University
- McMaster University
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
Estonia
- University of Tartu
Finland
- University of Oulu
Georgia (via our agreement with EIFL)
- The British University in Georgia
Germany (via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences)
- Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Hannover Medical School
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Justus Liebig University Giessen
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
- University of Hamburg
Japan (via our agreement with JUSTICE)
- Matsumoto Dental University
Korea (via our agreement with KESLI and KCUE)
- Ajou University
- Catholic University of Korea, The
- Chosun University
- Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST)
- Ewha Womans University
- Gyeongsang National University
- KAIST-Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Technology
- KIST – Korea Institute of Science & Technology
- Kyung Hee University
- Pohang University of Science & Technology
- Pusan National University
- Sookmyung Women’s University
- Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology
- University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Library
- Yonsei University
Myanmar (Burma) (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Yadanabon University
Moldova (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Comrat State University
- Free International University of Moldova (ULIM)
- Moldova State University
- Trade Co-operative University of Moldova
Portugal
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University
Spain
- University of Navarra
Tanzania (via our agreement with EIFL)
- Kampala International University in Tanzania (KIUT)
UK (via our agreement with Jisc)
- University of Warwick
USA
- Adelphi University
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Rutgers University
- Thomas Jefferson University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Renewals
Austria
- University of Vienna
Canada
- McGill University
(via our agreement with OCUL)
- University of Guelph
- University of Ottawa
- Western University (University of Westnern Ontario)
- Wilfrid Laurier University
Germany
- EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory
(via our agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library)
- Max Planck Digital Library
(via our agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences)
- Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
- Free University of Berlin
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
- Philipps University of Marburg
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- SLUB Dresden
- Technical University of Munich
- Ulm University
- University of Cologne/Medical Department; Department of Biology/Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science of the University of Cologne
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- University of Potsdam
- University of Rostock
- University of Regensburg
- University of Wurzburg
Spain
- University of Seville
USA
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research