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Paschalis Kratsios, University of Chicago, USA

My lab is grateful for the initiative of fee-free Open Access publishing in Development thanks to The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with the University of Chicago. It not only provides Open Access to our work for all readers around the globe, but also enables us to allocate funds directly to research instead of publishing fees.

Elaine Emmerson, The University of Edinburgh, UK

As the majority of our research is funded by taxpayer money or charity donations I think it is essential that everyone can freely access and read our findings. The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and The University of Edinburgh allowed us to publish our article immediately after acceptance and freely to everyone, with very little hassle and no additional financial responsibility from us.

Esther Stoeckli, University of Zurich, Switzerland

The Read & Publish agreement between The Company of Biologists and the University of Zurich provides a very convenient, non-bureaucratic way of making our research available for everyone interested in development. Open Access is the way to go!

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!

Ionel Sandovici, University of Cambridge, UK

Publishing our paper in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms was made seamless thanks to the Read & Publish Open Access agreement between the University of Cambridge and The Company of Biologists. With a few easy clicks, this agreement enabled us to publish our paper fee-free, and with Open Access for all readers around the world.

Joel Dacks, University of Alberta, Canada

It has been a wonderful experience publishing with Journal of Cell Science and The Company of Biologists. It was delightful to learn that they have been contributing to saving the planet with their initiative ‘The Forest of Biologists’. As scientists, we strive to contribute for the betterment of humankind and planting a tree by publishing an article with JCS helps the mission. Publishing Open Access in JCS also has been a pleasant experience for us. It was easy to arrange with our institutional agreement and gave us positive exposure for our work.

Maho Shibata, George Washington University, USA

I am thankful for the support for fee-free Open Access publishing in Development thanks to The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement with the George Washington University. This is extremely helpful for sharing our work. The approval process after publication acceptance was fast and straightforward.

Travis Longcore, UCLA, USA

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.

Hayley Sharpe, Babraham Institute, UK

Our institution taking part in The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish agreement made it possible to have our manuscript immediately and freely available in Journal of Cell Science at no extra charge, streamlining the process and alleviating the financial and administrative burden typically associated with open access publishing. We were able to effortlessly have our work accessible to the largest possible audience.

Pere Roca-Cusachs Soulere, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Having a publishing agreement with my university already in place made it easy and convenient to publish our paper, without having to spend funds from our research projects.

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