Video collection: Read & Publish and Open Access
The Company of Biologists has been committed to Open Access since 2004 and we have a track record of innovation. We were one of the first not-for-profit publishers to launch a cost-neutral Read & Publish Open Access initiative and our hybrid journals were the first in the world to be afforded Transformative Journal status by Plan S.
Our Read & Publish initiative has gone from strength to strength, and corresponding authors at Over 850 institutions in 51 countries now benefit from fee-free Open Access publishing in our journals as well as access to the journals and their backfiles.
We have had wonderful feedback about our Read & Publish initiative from librarians, authors and Editors-in-Chiefs. Hear what they say in our expanding collection of videos.
We have also recorded a series of general and introductory videos on key topics in Open Access publishing – from transformative Journals to transparent metrics.
Open Access/Read & Publish - general
In this very popular and highly practical 90-minute webinar that we co-hosted with HUBS (Heads of Universities Biosciences) on 23 February 2023, expert speakers from across the scholarly community demonstrated and discussed ways in which researchers can increase the visibility and impact of their research and raise their profile internationally.
Has the success of The Company of Biologists' Read & Publish initiative led to an increase in the research content that has been published immediately Open Access in Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology? Absolutely! Learn more in this short video presented by Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists).
Why is Open Access important? Are Read & Publish agreements supporting the move to OA? Hear what the Editors-in-Chief of Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology say.
What do authors say about APC-free Open Access publishing? Hear six authors talk about their experience of publishing their articles Open Access through our Read & Publish initiative.
Read & Publish - for librarians
Hear a librarian's experience of negotiating a Read & Publish agreement - Judith Russell (Dean of Libraries at the University of Florida) talks to Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists).
What are the challenges and benefits of implementing Open Access agreements? Learn more from Judith Russell (Dean of Libraries at the University of Florida), Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists) and Alicia Wise (Executive Director of CLOCKSS) in this recording of a session at ER&L in 2021.
How do transformative agreements help to remove the barriers to Open Access publishing? Learn more in this roundtable discussion including Angus Cook (Director of Content Procurement at CAUL), Craig Franklin (Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Experimental Biology), Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists) and Alicia Wise (Executive Director of CLOCKSS) in this recording of a session at ALIA in 2021.
Read & Publish - what Editors-in-Chief say
Craig Franklin (Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Experimental Biology) talks to Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists) about the benefits of Read & Publish agreements and how they are helping to increase the proportion of Open Access content in his journal.
James Briscoe (Editor-in-Chief of Development) talks to Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists) about the benefits of Read & Publish agreements and how they are helping to increase the proportion of Open Access content in his journal.
Editor-in-Chief, Steve Kelly, talks about Biology Open, the importance of Open Access publishing, and how the fact that the journal is now included in the Read & Publish initiative benefits researchers.
Editor-in-Chief, Liz Patton talks about Disease Models & Mechanisms, the importance of Open Access publishing, and how the fact that the journal is now included in our Read & Publish initiative benefits researchers.
Editor-in-Chief, James Briscoe, talks about Development, the importance of Open Access publishing and how our Read & Publish initiative benefits researchers.
Open Access - introductory videos
What are transformative journals? Find out in this introductory video presented by Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists).
What are transparent metrics? Find out in this introductory video presented by Claire Moulton (Publisher at The Company of Biologists).