What Is Peer Review Worth? Rethinking the Economics of Academic Reviewing
29 September, 2026 - 2pm BST, 3pm CEST, 9am EDT
Company of Biologists
Biology Open paid peer review model cuts times to five working days
Reviewers were paid £220 per manuscript, conditional on timely completion and editorial assessment of review quality
GetFTR expands network with The Company of Biologists partnership
Publishers and researchers "benefit from increased reach, stronger engagement, and more efficient pathways to full text"
The Company of Biologists launches fully accessible journal archive
Institutions will have perpetual access to more than 34,000 articles published between 1853 and 2004
Company of Biologists renews deal with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
The Company of Biologists has announced the renewal of a Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).…
Interview: “We’ll achieve more working together”
Claire Moulton, CEO of The Company of Biologists, celebrates the organisation's 100th birthday and looks to the years ahead
1000-up for The Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative
Institutions in 53 countries are now participating; there are agreements with 20 library consortia
The Company of Biologists celebrating 100th birthday
Anniversary to be marked with one-off biological conference and 'message in a bottle' community initiative
Company of Biologists renews Read & Publish OA agreement
CAUL is the peak leadership organisation for university libraries in Australia and New Zealand
700 institutions join Company of Biologists’ Read & Publish initiative
Further 102 institutions have joined cost-neutral open access initiative since January
New Read & Publish consortia offer from The Company of Biologists
New three-year Read & Publish Open Access consortia offer with ZB Med – Information Centre for Life Sciences, Germany
Introducing the Forest of Biologists
The Company of Biologists will plant a tree for each Research Article and Review article published in its five journals