The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium for a further three years
The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the renewal of our five journal Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Bibsam Consortium.
The three-year agreement, which runs from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, ensures that corresponding authors at participating institutions in Sweden can continue to publish an uncapped number of research articles immediately Open Access (OA) in our hybrid journals (Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology) and our fully Open Access journals (Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open) without paying an article processing charge (APC). Researchers at participating institutions also benefit from unlimited access to our hybrid journals, including their full archives dating back to 1853.
Erik Stattin, Head of the Unit for Research Collaboration at the National Library of Sweden, says:
“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.”
Rich Blount, Regional Sales Manager at The Company of Biologists, says:
“The Company of Biologists prides itself on our close working relationship with BIBSAM, and in supporting the Swedish library community and academic researchers through our Read & Publish initiative. We are therefore delighted to agree new terms enabling us to continue this partnership for the 2025-2027 period, allowing participants to publish unlimited research articles with no additional APCs to pay. We hope more Bibsam members will be encouraged to join so that their researchers can also benefit from publishing Open Access and APC free in our journals.”
