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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.

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. 

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.

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, Craig Franklin, talks about Journal of Experimental Biology, the importance of Open Access publishing and how 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. 

Editor-in-Chief, Michael Way, talks about Journal of Cell Science, the importance of Open Access publishing and how our Read & Publish initiative benefits researchers. 

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A visit to The Forest of Biologists

18 January 2024

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.


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