Journal of Experimental Biology has long been one of my favorite journals, and the opportunity to publish open access through the Bibsam Consortium agreement is a fantastic way to maximize the reach of our research. For methods papers in particular, open access is invaluable: it allows new tools and approaches to be shared widely and used immediately by the community. We were excited to publish this work open access so it could reach researchers who may benefit directly from these methods and help advance their own science.

