Open science and research

Open science is an important way to promote science and ensure that it will benefit the whole society and enables collaboration and innovation.

Aalto University supports open science in its research community and by doing it aims at gaining the benefits of openess: the societal impact of research increases, the speed of innovation grows, the high quality and transparency of science are ensured, and research results are openly accessible in helping to solve global problems.

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Aalto University research outputs should be as open as possible, as closed as necessary.

Vice President of Research Ossi Naukkarinen

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The goals of open sciene are responsible research and societal impact.
Open science means open access to scientific publications, research data, methods, software codes, and infrastructure. It is a key instrument for increasing the impact of the research conducted at Aalto University.

Open science and research

Open access to publications ensures that scientific publications are accessible to everyone free of charge.

Open science and research

Properly managed research data creates competitive edge and is an important part of a high-quality research process.

Services

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Open science has internationally become a significant way of making science more reproducible and transparent and increasing its societal impact.

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Research & Art Published: 8.10.2020

New Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy was published

The guiding principle of Aalto University Open Science and Research policy is ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. This means that research outputs should be open if there is no valid reason to restrict access to them. Aalto University Research Services provides help in research data management and opening publications, data, protocols and code.

Research & Art Published: 27.8.2020

Several scientific publishers have opened up content in response to COVID-19

Several scientific publishers have opened up content in response to COVID-19.

Tietoasiantuntija Eeva Savolainen / kuvaaja Vesa Kyllönen

Research & Art Published: 2.6.2020

Eeva Savolainen starts as Information Specialist

Eeva Savolainen works in the Open Science and ACRIS team.

Opiskelijoita / kuvaaja Aalto-yliopisto, Unto Rautio

Research & Art Published: 26.5.2020

Research Services provides regular training on research data management

Twice a year, the research services of Aalto University organize a set of trainings, which lead the participants into the wonderful world of data management.

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Open access agreements with publishers

Take advantage of open access agreements we have with the publishers. The agreements mean that the researchers with the Aalto affiliation acting as corresponding authors can publish the articles without the open access fees (APCs) or get discounts on them. Use your Aalto email when you submit the manuscript because the identification is often based on the email address.

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Researcher Identification and Research Profiles

Researcher identifiers aim to lessen the problems caused by ambiguity in researcher names. For example, common surnames, the changing of names and characters which don’t appear in English are making the evaluation and following of scholarly work more difficult. Identifiers make it much easier to process and administer publication information.