The Company of Biologists

The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. We are run by distinguished practicing scientists. We exist to profit science, not shareholders. We inspire new thinking and support the worldwide community of biologists.

We publish five specialist peer-reviewed journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. Furthermore, we facilitate scientific meetings, provide travel grants for researchers and support research societies. We ensure the profits from the hard work of scientists inspire future scientific discovery and develop the next generation.
Our three community sites, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane, offer important networking opportunities and resources. 

We are committed to Open Access, publishing two fully OA journals and three hybrid journals. We have cost-neutral Read & Publish agreements with a large number of library consortia and institutions, offering funder-compliant publishing options to authors around the world.