The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium for a further three years
14 November 2024
The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the renewal of our five journal Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium.
The three-year agreement, which runs from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, ensures that corresponding authors at participating institutions in Sweden can continue to publish an uncapped number of research articles immediately Open Access (OA) 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). Researchers at participating institutions also benefit from unlimited access to our hybrid journals, including their full archives dating back to 1853.
Erik Stattin, Head of the Unit for Research Collaboration at the National Library of Sweden, says:
“We are delighted with the renewal of the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the Bibsam Consortium. The agreement means that researchers at participating institutions can continue to publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles in all five of the Company’s journals, alongside read access. The agreement also means that we continue to advance Open Science with a small, not-for-profit publisher that additionally celebrates the work of scientists, including those from Bibsam member institutions, with its biodiversity initiative, The Forest of Biologists.”
Rich Blount, Regional Sales Manager at The Company of Biologists, says:
“The Company of Biologists prides itself on our close working relationship with BIBSAM, and in supporting the Swedish library community and academic researchers through our Read & Publish initiative. We are therefore delighted to agree new terms enabling us to continue this partnership for the 2025-2027 period, allowing participants to publish unlimited research articles with no additional APCs to pay. We hope more Bibsam members will be encouraged to join so that their researchers can also benefit from publishing Open Access and APC free in our journals.”
Find out more about the agreement and participating institutions.
About the Bibsam Consortium
Since 1996, Kungliga biblioteket (KB) has negotiated licence agreements for electronic information resources and publishing agreements on behalf of Swedish universities and university colleges, as well as public agencies and research institutes. In 2023, the Consortium’s turnover was approximately EUR 60 million. Find out more about the Bibsam Consortium.
About The Company of Biologists
The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. We partner with libraries and library consortia to enable biologists worldwide to access our leading peer-reviewed hybrid journals — Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology — and our fully OA journals — Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
We also have a long-standing and ongoing commitment to Open Access. Our cost-neutral Read & Publish initiative enables corresponding authors at participating institutions to publish an uncapped number of OA research articles in our hybrid journals and our two fully OA journals — without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). We were the first not-for-profit publisher to commit to the Transformative Journal approach and our journals were the first to be awarded Transformative Journal status by Plan S. Over 900 institutions in 52 countries are now participating in our cost neutral Read & Publish OA initiative. We also have Read & Publish agreements with many library consortia.
Learn more about our new bio-positive publishing initiative, The Forest of Biologists.
