The Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish agreement with ZB Med

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access consortium agreement with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences, Germany from 2027-2029.

The renewal comes from a successful initial agreement in Germany with Missing Link Versandbuchhandlung eG, our German representative, being influential in helping us establish and strengthen connections.

Corresponding authors at participating institutions in Germany can 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) plus 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.

Separately from the renewed Read & Publish agreement, participating institutions can now also purchase access to the journal archive under a separate agreement, with discounts based on the number of institutions that opt to purchase access.

Read the full announcement here