I am, and have always been, extremely grateful for the Journal of Cell Science and The Company of Biologists. My first publication as a graduate student was in Development, which was a transformative experience for me as a then 20-something year old. Having the ability to have our work published with article fee-free Open Access due to the Read & Publish agreement with Johns Hopkins University makes The Company of Biologists especially desirable. All this in combination with the supportive editorial and publishing team make publishing all the more enjoyable. Happily and proudly, we just got to share the amazing work of graduate students Yinan Liu and Mark Jacob on RNP1A and its role in cell mechanics and shape change processes in the Journal of Cell Science.
I was so pleasantly surprised to learn that my institution was part of an agreement that would cover Open Access fees for Development, it doubled the joy of having my Ph.D. student’s work on the evolution of plant development highlighted in such a prestigious journal, knowing that it would be freely available to all at a time of financial hardships in science. It was a very positive experience all the way through, from submission, through revision and publishing. Thank you!
We were very excited to see our work on the identification of a mouse injury-responsive enhancer that regulates adipogenesis in regenerating muscle published in Development, and we are grateful for The Company of Biologists’ Open Access Read & Publish agreement with Stanford University. Open Access makes research results widely available, and it is so important to ensure transparency and the broad dissemination of research findings. We very much appreciated the ease with which we were able to submit our paper free of charge. All steps, from the review process to working with Development’s editorial and production staff, were also a great pleasure. Thank you to the Company of Biologists for helping us to connect to a broad audience and for fostering communication and collaboration in science.
I was very happy with the whole process – from the fast and fair reviews to hassle-free publishing under the Read & Publish agreement with my home institution.
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.
We are delighted to be able to publish ‘Redefining colocalization analysis with a novel phasor mixing coefficient’ by Puls et al. as an Open Access article in JCS. The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) allows novel methods such as this to be accessible – and usable – to the entire scientific community and exemplifies our strong belief in Open Science initiatives.
The Read & Publish agreement was instrumental in making our work immediately and freely available to the global research community. Publishing fee-free Open Access removed a significant financial barrier, and we were also highly impressed with the speed and ease of the review process. Together, this ensured our findings on muscle remodeling could achieve maximum visibility and impact without delay. It’s a valuable benefit that supports both authors and the spirit of open science.
The Université de Sherbrooke’s Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists provided us with a wonderful opportunity to publish our recent work in an Open Access format in a prestigious journal at no cost. Given the high-quality review process offered by the journals of The Company of Biologists and the unique benefits of the Read & Publish agreement, we will continue submitting our best work to their journals.
Working in a resource-limited environment, Open Access costs are often a major factor limiting the options for publishing our work. The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and my institution made this a non-issue, enabling us to present valuable scientific results to the widest possible audience in a timely and worry-free fashion.
As a long-time fan of The Company of Biologists, I was delighted to be able to publish our article on the role of CYRI proteins in focal adhesions in the Journal of Cell Science with first author Jamie Whitelaw and our co-authors. The University of Cambridge is a member of the Read & Publish initiative with The Company of Biologists and this makes a real difference for my lab to be able to focus on science and making our work openly and widely accessible to the community. Our lab is also excited and honoured that a tree has been planted in the Forest of Biologists to mark our publication and to support sustainability in science. Thank you to The Company of Biologists for supporting open science not for profit, but for the community of biologists.
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