The first paper from my lab was published in Journal of Cell Science and the entire process (review, handling, publishing) was very simple, especially using the Read & Publish agreement that I was not aware of until then. Having experienced various barriers to Open Access with subsequent manuscripts, when we had a good story within the remit of JCS, it was a no-brainer to send our follow up work there. The Read & Publish agreement was certainly a factor in this, especially as gold OA is a requirement of my funders.
We’ve been extremely happy to know about the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and our institute. We support open science and believe that this is an important step towards a more democratic spreading of knowledge.
We are very supportive of this model and we look forward to publishing more work with The Company of Biologists in the future.
The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and my university, resulting in our research group not having to pay any APCs , was a very pleasant surprise. I will never publish in another Open Access journal if I have a choice to publish APC-free in Biology Open first!
I am delighted that the University of Tokyo has a Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists because it ensures that the research published in Development is freely and rapidly available to a wide audience. Our aim is to inform the scientific community and provide timely and accessible access to our valuable findings. We look forward to publishing more open science with The Company of Biologists.
In all honesty, I was as surprised as I was delighted when I heard about the fee-free Open Access option that allowed us to share our work immediately under the Read & Publish initiative. A fantastic model that may be the future. The Company of Biologists is leading the way once again.
I was delighted to be able to again publish an article immediately Open Access, APC-free, in Journal of Cell Science via the Read & Publish agreement.
We are highly grateful for the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and UC Berkeley. While it’s clear that Open Access publications get more downloads and broader readership, grant funding considerations can be a constraint, so it’s very much appreciated that they have worked with our institutions to make this possible.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out about the fee-free Open Access under the Read & Publish agreement between my institution, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, and The Company of Biologists. Together with the absence of publication fees and the high reputation of Development in the field, this makes it an ideal journal for scientists like myself who publish some of their research after retirement and therefore no longer have any funds available for this purpose.
Well done to The Company of Biologists for their excellent Read & Publish deals, including with my institution, St George’s, University of London. It’s a great pleasure and benefit for our paper in Biology Open to be immediately available to all, free of charge.
I was really happy to know that our article will be immediately available to researchers (and to any interested reader) around the world under the Read & Publish agreement with the University of Rostock. This way our results will be sooner in the common research domain to inspire discussions, dialogue and further research.
Making Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) available immediately and without a paywall to the worldwide readership will increase the visibility of the excellent research in experimental and comparative biology carried out by the JEB community, which is particularly important for the early-career researchers.
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