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.
"Our Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists was key to publishing our paper by stellar undergraduate Bella Xu Ying. We're very happy to have our story out in JEB, all the more for having a tree planted for us."
"I didn’t realize this fee-free Open Access agreement ever existed until I discovered the partnership between The Company of Biologists and the University of California. I’m extremely grateful. The entire editing process was smooth and efficient, allowing our article to reach readers worldwide very quickly. Overall, I had a wonderful publishing experience with Journal of Experimental Biology."
"Thanks to the fee-free Open Access Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and McGill University, I have been able to share our research with the global scientific community, quickly and effectively. As an early career scientist, I am very happy to reach this goal and to have the opportunity to publish our article in Journal of Experimental Biology, one of the most renowned journals in the world."
"I was delighted to learn that our paper in Journal of Experimental Biology could be published Open Access without a fee thanks to the Read & Publish Agreement with the University of Liverpool. This is incredibly important to graduate students or those on teaching contracts like me, as it gives us the opportunity to publish in leading journals without financial barriers. Open Access is incredibly important for making research available to everyone and should be something that every organisation should strive to be part of."
"It’s been brilliant to publish our article with fee-free Open Access under the Read & Publish agreement. It only took a couple of minutes to arrange the agreement, and now our work has increased visibility, citations, and impact. Thanks Journal of Experimental Biology!"
"The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and Western University allowed me to publish my research Open Access free of charge. Agreements such as this are extremely helpful for graduate students like myself to get work into excellent journals without worrying about the cost of publishing. I'm thankful for this agreement and encourage other journals to do the same!"
Katie Schroeder, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Katie Schroeder, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
"Knowing that I would have the opportunity to publish Open Access for free in Journal of Experimental Biology made an easy decision of where to submit my manuscript. I am so happy that my article will be more accessible and thus reach a wider audience, because I would not have had the funds for Open Access without this program."
"This Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of California provides an important avenue for disseminating research to everyone interested, without consideration of financial details. The agreement is especially critical for someone like me who, as an Emeritus Professor, no longer maintains significant extramural support yet still performs meaningful work. Thanks so much for helping level the playing field and better democratizing the publication process. Science is for all."
Laura Ximena Mendez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
"I was delighted to learn that our paper in Journal of Experimental Biology could be published Open Access without a fee thanks to the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is a wonderful initiative that promotes the work from graduate students and early-career researchers with limited funding, allowing it to reach a wider audience around the world."
Beth Rogers, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Beth Rogers, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
"Publishing Open Access is a vital part of conducting equitable science by making research publications accessible to people who operate outside traditional academic institutions. However, the fees to publish Open Access are a barrier, especially for graduate student researchers. This agreement with The Company of Biologists will greatly contribute to the impact of biology research conducted at UMass."
"I was happy to publish under the Read & Publish agreement with the University of California because it keeps the research accessible to everyone and lets authors publish work where page charges may not be covered by grants, as can be the case for more applied research funders. The process was easy and integrated into the regular production process."
Eleanor Caves, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
"I am a huge fan of publishing in Journal of Experimental Biology, and the Read & Publish agreements make it even better! It was so easy to choose Open Access, and was invaluable that I could do so without spending our limited funds. I think JEB is leading the way in open and accessible science, and I hope other journals will follow suit!"
"We are grateful to Johns Hopkins University for providing the option to publish our research Open Access and fee-free in Journal of Experimental Biology with the Read & Publish agreement. The ease of access to publish research, journal quality, and outstanding editing and proofing processes are major draws when considering The Company of Biologists journals."
"I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Towson University has the Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. I think it is a great service to allow faculty from Towson University to publish fee-free Open Access papers and reach a wider audience. I will definitely take this into consideration when submitting future manuscripts."
"We love the Read & Publish approach that The Company of Biologists takes. Because of it, we always put their journals at the top of our list for those we're considering for publication. I'd much rather use our precious research dollars to support students and staff than paying the exorbitant open access fees at so many journals."
"The scientific publishing landscape is a difficult landmine to navigate, but thankfully there are some great initiatives such as the Read & Publish Open Access initiative from The Company of Biologist (a not-for-profit publisher) which gives us some hope for the future of scientific publishing! Thanks to this agreement, researchers and people around the world who are curious about penguins can have a look at our study in Journal of Experimental Biology without having to pay for it, which would have otherwise been impossible on our tight research budget."
"Quite apart from the fact that Journal of Experimental Biology is my favourite journal, owing to both focus and breadth of my research interests, I was aware that my home university had a Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists and that was actually a major reason for choosing JEB for our publication. I have been retired for 2 years now and thus would not have had any funds available to cover Open Access charges. It came as a pleasant surprise how little effort it was to obtain the APC waiver and the copy editing and the other publication services were also excellent."
Elise M. J. Laetz , University of Groningen, Netherlands
Elise M. J. Laetz , University of Groningen, Netherlands
"I was thrilled to find out that we could publish our article Open Access and for free due to an institutional agreement between
Journal of Experimental Biology and the University of Groningen. This streamlined our publication process and saved us the trouble of finding other funds to cover publication, which can be a barrier to Open Access publishing. My co-authors and I would like to extend our thanks to both institutions for brokering a deal that facilitates fee-free publication."
"I was really pleased to learn that Journal of Experimental Biology was included in the Read & Publish agreement with the University of Edinburgh. This allowed me to publish my article open access, without the hassle of trying to establish whether there are any funds available to cover the cost. Hopefully more journals will follow suit and we will soon see an end to journal pay walls, so our science is open to everyone that wants to read it, as it should be!"
"I love the fact that my university has an arrangement with The Company of Biologists that allowed me to publish my article in Journal of Experimental Biology Open Access without me having to find the necessary funding – and it’s even better that The Company of Biologists is a non-profit organisation and that it plants a tree for every paper published. I wish all journals offered to do the same!"
"I'm very appreciative to the University of Florida and The Company of Biologists for enabling cost-free, open access publishing through the Read & Publish agreement. More scientists can immediately gain access to our work, and the money saved on my NSF grant can be used to support and train my graduate students and postdocs. A win-win situation!"
Alexander Hansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Alexander Hansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
"The importance of Open Access for science cannot be emphasized enough, as it increases the accessibility of our research to both the public and institutions without journal subscriptions. My institution has a Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists, and opting for Open Access publication not only incurred no cost in terms of our research funds but was also very easy to apply for in their application system. Such Open Access agreements between journals and institutions are a great step forward towards making science accessible to all - researchers and readers alike."
Eleanor Caves, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
"I was delighted to be able to make use of a Read & Publish agreement to make our work available Open Access in Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB). All of the authors on our team value Open Access, but because we didn’t have specific dedicated funds for this project, we wouldn’t have been able to publish our work Open Access if not for the Read & Publish agreement. I also really value how easy the process was—no onerous paperwork—which I think really helps encourage authors to make use of this service. I have always felt that the publishing process at JEB was one of the most painless and author-friendly of any journal, and having the ability to publish Open Access so easily has cemented that view in my mind. Publishing in The Company of Biologists’ journals is a model of what Open Access publishing should be."
Sandy Saunders, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Sandy Saunders, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
"I was delighted to utilize the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of Missouri-Columbia, which ensures a fee-free and Open Access publication. When we shared the news of our publication online, researchers in the community as well as friends and family could instantly access and read our work. Additionally, the funds that would have been otherwise used to pay publication fees can now be spent on research. The Company of Biologists is leading the way in the Open Access movement."
"Publishing our paper Open Access in Journal of Experimental Biology gives us the best of all worlds. We really appreciate the fact our work can be read by all scientists immediately upon acceptance.
So glad I checked my institution is participating in the Read & Publish initiative!"
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