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.
"Publication with the Read & Publish agreement helped to free up budget for the project allowing us to focus on experiments instead of balancing budgets."
Leonard Dobens, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
"The opportunity to publish Open Access fee-free was completely unexpected. I was not aware that the University had a Read & Publish agreement, and I was ready to pay the fee out of my own lab funds. Being able to publish this work, that represents years of effort and in such a nice high-profile journal, is going to help us get funded again, just at the moment when our funds are running low. I couldn’t be more grateful that this came together at this time for me. This was a really nice cherry on top of our work. I’ve told other researchers at my institution about it, and I’m looking to publish another paper in one of the journals from The Company of Biologists as a result."
"I and my lab have greatly benefited from the Read & Publish agreement that The Company of Biologists has with our University in Linköping. It alleviates the increased yet inevitable costs for Open Access publishing, which for me is a fundamental, non-negotiable factor. The Company of Biologists is a force of good in this world, promoting transparent knowledge, providing fair and professional peer reviewing, and now impacting ecosystems by literally planting trees—what an incredible initiative. I wonder why scientists would wish to publish in other journals! Thank you!"
"I'm a longtime fan of The Company of Biologists’ journals, both in terms of the content curation, community interaction, and rigor in the review and editing process. So I was very pleased to find that my institution is participating in the Read & Publish agreement. The arrangement works well for researchers who have a straightforward and seamless path to Open Access publishing in great journals, and for the research community at large by supporting Open Access. I hope to participate again soon."
"I am very happy with the agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of Toronto. With the rising costs of publication, I was delighted to know that we could publish our paper for free in Development, as it is very difficult to afford publishing fees, especially when operating grants are more difficult to get. This has allowed me to invest the money saved in my lab so we can hopefully publish in Development again."
"I am very grateful to The Company of Biologists and Johns Hopkins University for the Read & Publish Open Access agreement. Open access as practiced by not-for-profit journals such as Development provides a critical counterweight to current disturbing trends in scientific publishing. The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative is a model for how scientific publishing can move forward while preserving critical assessment of manuscripts and providing a respected platform for research presentation."
"Thanks to the Read & Publish Open Access agreement between Okayama University and The Company of Biologists, we published our paper in a prestigious journal like Development. As a newly-fledged postdoc, I cannot afford to pay the APC for Open Access. This agreement enables young researchers like me to share our work with the broader scientific community. We sincerely appreciate this initiative, which is a step in the right direction for advancing science."
"We were delighted to learn that the University of Barcelona and The Company of Biologists were part of the Read & Publish agreement. The publishing process was very quick and pleasant, which we really appreciated given the current publishing challenges. We are thrilled that our article is open access in one of the most prestigious journals in and reach a broader audience."
"I am grateful for the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and Imperial College London. The entire publication process was very straightforward. Transparent and open-access publication are very important, and without this agreement, I could not afford to publish my paper in this format. I am really delighted that Development offers this option."
Andrew McMahon, University of Southern California, USA
"I am delighted that USC’s participation in The Company of Biologists’ Open Access agreement enables the broadest, immediate access to our recent publications in Development."
"My lab is grateful for the initiative of fee-free Open Access publishing in Development thanks to The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with the University of Chicago. It not only provides Open Access to our work for all readers around the globe, but also enables us to allocate funds directly to research instead of publishing fees."
"I am thankful for the support for fee-free Open Access publishing in Development thanks to The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with the George Washington University. This is extremely helpful for sharing our work. The approval process after publication acceptance was fast and straightforward."
Esther Stoeckli, University of Zurich, Switzerland
"The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of Zurich provides a very convenient, non-bureaucratic way of making our research available for everyone interested in development. Open Access is the way to go!"
Andrew Cox, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Andrew Cox, The University of Melbourne, Australia
"We were delighted to find that we could publish in Development as an Open Access fee-free article thanks to the Read & Publish agreement with The University of Melbourne. This is a terrific initiative that supports the scientific community and saves valuable research dollars. There is no doubt that this program will encourage us to consider submitting our future work to The Company of Biologists’ journals."
Alberto Stolfi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
"It's been a pleasure again to publish in one of the journals from The Company of Biologists through Read & Publish. We have now saved over ten thousand dollars in publication fees in the last year alone. These are precious funds saved that can be used instead to directly support our research, through things like purchasing key reagents or paying student salary. My only complaint is that there aren't more journals from The Company of Biologists available!"
"LaBonne Lab had a fantastic experience publishing two recent articles in Development and we were so happy to learn that both could be published fee-free Open Access under The Company of Biologists' Read & Publish agreement with Northwestern University. Thank you for setting up this fantastic program! You are an example for other journals. And at the risk of going out on a limb, we are rooting for our trees in The Forest of Biologists, lovingly named LaboraTree and ReLeaf."
"Development is one of the most influential and important journals in developmental biology, so I am thankful that the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and The University of Edinburgh allows our research to be accessed widely, globally, both within the scientific community and to the general public, in a fair and democratising way. The Read & Publish agreement also allows us, active in research today to maintain contact with the research and findings of a previous generation of scientists; it is tremendously important that this knowledge is actively used and treasured."
"It was amazing, and a true honor, to be the first paper from Thomas Jefferson University published under our Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. Not only did it allow us to get our science out to the community quickly via Open Access, it provided a rigorous and widely-read venue to showcase the latest Mosca Lab results, and fulfilled a career-long dream of mine to publish in such a brilliant journal as Development. The fee-free nature also allows us to focus our funding on advancing science even further. I look forward to more journals opting for similar policies so we can focus on discovery and broad communication with other scholars!"
"I am very grateful to The Company of Biologists for providing a journal like Development, with its longstanding tradition of high standards of peer reviewing and proofing. Its APC free agreement with the University of Basel is essential for transparency and enables researchers from small universities to access publications without paywall. For us it means we can publish in the journal of our choice without having to worry whether we can afford it."
Kerry Dorr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
"We were thrilled to submit our article to Development, a journal we deeply admire for its insightful articles. To our delight, we discovered the Read & Publish agreement with the University of North Carolina, sparing us from using our grant money to cover the publishing fee. The process was remarkably swift and straightforward, exceeding our expectations. Our overall publishing experience was outstanding, solidifying our resolve to consider a journal from The Company of Biologists for our next publication. We are sincerely grateful for the smooth and efficient process and the opportunity to be part of such a reputable publication."
Carlos Estella, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
"I extend my gratitude to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain and The Company of Biologists for their support in publishing our work in Development through the Read & Publish agreements, making it freely accessible. These invaluable initiatives facilitate the swift dissemination of our research discoveries to the public. Furthermore, they serve as a means of returning the public's investment in science back to society."
Nanette Nascone-Yoder, North Carolina State University, USA
"I was delighted to learn that Development was part of a Read & Publish agreement with NC State University.
Open access publishing was straightforward, convenient and saved precious research dollars."
"I was very happily surprised, and delighted, to find that we could publish our recent article in Development as fee-free Open Access via the Read & Publish agreement with La Trobe University. The speed with which my article was available to read by the scientific community after acceptance was very impressive, and allowed for extremely rapid dissemination. A wonderful initiative."
Niles Pierce, California Institute of Technology, USA
Niles Pierce, California Institute of Technology, USA
"I value publishing with Development because of their scholarly approach to the editorial process using academic editors. For our most recent paper, I found out that they have a new Read & Publish partnership with Caltech that makes it free for authors to publish and free for everyone else to read our article from day one. Thank you for setting up this great program! Let’s hope many more journals follow suit."
"The free Open Access option proved the optimal choice, not just by simplifying the process but also by granting us publication in a prestigious journal like Development, all without the usual financial burden. This is truly a game-changer for science publishing. This sets a powerful precedent for a more equitable and accessible scientific publishing landscape. I hope more journals adopt this model, paving the way for a future where Open Access becomes the norm."
"I am extremely happy to publish our work Open Access. It is so important to ensure that we can share our peer reviewed work and make it as widely available as possible. We are grateful to The Company of Biologists and Imperial College London for making this possible through their Read & Publish agreement and couldn’t recommend highly enough publishing in Development. The process was seamless, and it is one of the things I feel proudest of in my career."
"Open Access is the right thing for science, and it's so much easier to do the right thing when it is free! I'm very thankful to Columbia and The Company of Biologists for absorbing the cost of open access publishing through the Read & Publish agreement. The money saved will directly advance our research into gut morphogenesis, as well as efforts to support the training of diverse and inspired scientists of the future."
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