The Company of Biologists 🔓

Introduction: this agreement gives current staff and students at participating institutions:

  • Read access to The Company of Biologists journals
  • The ability to make articles accepted for publication in The Company of Biologists journals open access without author-facing charges

Agreement period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028

Participating members:

  • Dublin City University
  • Maynooth University
  • Royal College Surgeons In Ireland
  • Technological University Dublin
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University College Cork
  • University College Dublin
  • University Of Galway
  • University Of Limerick                                                                   

OA quota per year: uncapped

Journals eligible for OA publishing: see list of all the eligible journals in all IReL TAs: http://bit.ly/irelOAjournals.

Eligible authors:

  • The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of a participating institution at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time. 
  • Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by participating members.

Eligible article types: original research articles (this does not include review papers, commentaries, correspondence, corrections, additions, posters or any other content or material)

OA publishing license: CC-BY

Further information

  • Agreement (to be added)
  • Listings on ESAC Registry (to be added)
  • Preceding agreement (2023-2025)