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Brent Derry, University of Toronto, Canada

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.

Geoffrey Wood, University of Guelph, Canada

When selecting a journal, I saw that the University of Guelph is in a Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. This made submitting to Biology Open an easy decision as I’d like to support Open Access and this agreement made it affordable.

Yoshitaka Tanaka, Okayama University, Japan

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.

Anne Muesch, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

For a small lab on a tight budget, not having to mull over paying for Open Access is a big deal. I am grateful to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for partnering up with The Company of Biologists to make this possible. Our biggest delight, however, has been the tree we have to our name in The Forest of Biologists – as I am writing this, we are working hard for the next one.

Erik Stattin, National Library of Sweden, Sweden

We are delighted with the renewal of the Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the Bibsam Consortium. The agreement means that researchers at participating institutions can continue to publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles in all five of the Company’s journals, alongside read access. The agreement also means that we continue to advance Open Science with a small, not-for-profit publisher that additionally celebrates the work of scientists, including those from Bibsam member institutions, with its biodiversity initiative, The Forest of Biologists.

Alex Kolodkin, Johns Hopkins University, USA

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.

Neelakanteswar Aluru, Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

The process of publishing in Biology Open under the Read & Publish agreement with MBL-WHOI library went smoothly. Being able to publish fee-free Open Access made our work easily accessible to everyone. The seamless and efficient process enhanced the overall experience and we are grateful for the opportunity.

Brittany Carr, The University of Alberta, Canada

I have worked with The Company of Biologists multiple times and their review process has always been fast and fair. I am especially excited about their fee-free Open Access option through their institutional Read & Publish agreements. As an early-career researcher, this helps me immensely in publishing my research in that it will be seen by others immediately, aids in my ability to disseminate my research, and it helps to fulfil requirements for Open Access by many funding agencies.

Safia Mahabub Sauty, University of Guelph, Canada

I greatly appreciated that the University of Guelph is in a Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists. Practices like this promote open science and allow more meaningful allocation of resources. I hope that more publishers and universities follow suit, as it collectively benefits the entire scientific community.

Arthur Smith, CAUL

CAUL is pleased to continue our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with The Company of Biologists. Uncapped agreements provide certainty to authors that their articles will be published Open Access, streamlines processes for institutions, and reflects a mature relationship between libraries and publisher. CAUL is committed to the ongoing transition of scholarly communication, and agreements like this play a pivotal role in delivering on the promise of Open Access.

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