The Compay of Biologists renews Read & Publish Open Access agreement with Jisc

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with Jisc, the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.

The agreement will run from 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026, and corresponding authors at participating institutions 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), or 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.

Anna Vernon, Head of Research Portfolio at Jisc, says:

“We are pleased to renew our agreement with The Company of Biologists. As well as providing access to the latest biological literature for UK universities and supporting cutting-edge research, it will also continue to facilitate the transition to Open Access for UK research and the publisher.”

Rich Blount, Regional Sales Manager at The Company of Biologists, says:

“As a UK publisher, The Company of Biologists are very happy to conclude constructive negotiations with Jisc and reach a new agreement for the next two years. The number of participants in the consortium has grown year-on-year, so we are delighted the continuation of this groundwork will support researchers publishing their work through Open Access, fee free, via our highly popular Read & Publish initiative.”