Corresponding authors at institutions that are participating in our Read & Publish Open Access initiative can publish an uncapped number of research articles immediately Open Access without paying an article processing charge (APC) in:
As you will see from the many comments below, we have had wonderful feedback from authors who have benefitted from Read & Publish agreements arranged by their institutional libraries. You can choose to select quotes by journal and/or region and, once you have made your selection, click the blue button to activate the filter.
"As the majority of our research is funded by taxpayer money or charity donations I think it is essential that everyone can freely access and read our findings. The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and The University of Edinburgh allowed us to publish our article immediately after acceptance and freely to everyone, with very little hassle and no additional financial responsibility from us."
"Publishing our paper in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms was made seamless thanks to the Read & Publish Open Access agreement between the University of Cambridge and The Company of Biologists. With a few easy clicks, this agreement enabled us to publish our paper fee-free, and with Open Access for all readers around the world."
"Really delighted about our recent paper in DMM, and was great news that we were able to publish without having to pay an Open Access fee thanks to a Read & Publish agreement with our university."
Doug Winton, CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
"We were delighted that The Company of Biologists has a Read & Publish agreement with the University of Cambridge. Such agreements are fundamental to the culture of Open Access without financial burden. It’s great to see agreements in place which include less-established institutions and researchers and ensure better access to publishing across the globe."
"I would really like to thank Disease Models and Mechanisms journal for the Read & Publish agreement with my university that has allowed publication of my recent article in an efficient and timely way and that is free of charge for the authors. This facility is very useful for many researchers with limited funding, allowing Open Access publishing without financial penalty to authors. The Company of Biologists shows very progressive thinking in this regard."
"We are delighted to publish our paper in Disease Models and Mechanisms immediately Open Access under the Read & Publish agreement with University College London. This is an important agreement to allow for free Open Access to our articles, which will allow for immediate dissemination of our work."
"DMM is well respected in my field and I was delighted to publish our research here. Alongside being a publisher, The Company of Biologists do a stellar job in their support of the scientific community. The Read & Publish agreement with University of Sheffield makes it even more attractive to publish in this collection of journals, allowing immediate Open Access for all."
Professor Stephen A Renshaw, University of Sheffield, UK
"I was delighted to find that we could publish in DMM for free through the Read & Publish agreement. This makes a real difference for papers like this and my lab is very supportive of this endeavour."
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