Open science and research

Open Access Publishing

Make your scientific publications - journal articles, monographs, proceedings and conference papers - freely accessible on the Internet. Your work is then accessible for everyone without restrictions and not just to those who have paid for subscriptions.

Aalto University aims to publish all publications according to open access principles and requires that all peer-reviewed scientific articles and conference papers will be parallel published in Aalto University repository, unless parallel publishing conflicts with the rights of publishers or other authors.
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Benefits of open access 

The greatest benefit of open access is that it enables rapid and wide dissemination of research results. It means more readers, more potential collaborators and more citations for your work. Open access publications get more visibility than publications that are not openly available online. The wider the audience that can access and build upon the latest research, the more likely the research benefits the whole society. 

Open access publishing: terminology

Contact us: [email protected] (Open Science and ACRIS -team)

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Open publishing agreements terminating – cancellations possible (external link)

Open access publishing and reading the journals, in case a new agreement is not reached or is delayed.

Aalto University policies and services supporting open access

Aalto University aims to publish all publication types according to open access principles and to do so by recommending publishing in open access channels or by parallel publishing (green open access).

Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy

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


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Services and resources supporting open access

Aalto University open publication archive consists of ACRIS Research Information System and Aaltodoc publications archive. Moreover, Aalto University offers other resources to support open access.

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Funders' requirements on open access publishing

Research funders want to promote open science and research, which is why they set requirements for the openness of research publications and data they are funding. EU and Research Council of Finland (former Academy of Finland) are participating in the open access initiative Plan S, which affects the open access requirements in calls starting in 2021. 
 

Funders' open science requirements

Research funders want to promote open science and research, which is why they set requirements for the openness of research publications and data they are funding. European Commission (EC) and Research Council of Finland (former Academy of Finland) are participating in the open access initiative Plan S, which affects the open access and open data requirements in calls starting in 2021.

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Plan S

Plan S is an open access initiative launched by the EU Commission and Science Europe. At its core is the objective that, in calls starting from 1 January 2021, all scholarly articles resulting from public research funding must be published in open access journals or on open access platforms.

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Open publication channels and self-archiving

Open access publishing refers to scientific journals and books where all the content is openly available. Through self-archiving, it is possible to publish manuscript versions of articles open access in repositories (green open access).

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Open access journals and books

Scientific journal articles, book chapters, and books can be published immediately as open access.

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Self-archiving and repositories

Self-archiving refers to depositing a scientific publication or its manuscript version in either a subject specific repository or an institutional repository.

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ACRIS, open access publishing and manuscript service

Instructions on open access publishing in ACRIS

Services

Open access fees

Open access fees refer to article processing charges (APC fees) set by publishers. Aalto University provides open access agreements with several publishers. With the help of these agreements, our researchers can publish their articles open access without article processing charges or get discounts on them.

Open access fees

Open access fees refer to article processing charges (APC fees) set by publishers.

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Open access agreements with publishers

Take advantage of the open access agreements we have with publishers! Under the agreements, Aalto affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles without open access fees (APC fee) or get discounts on them.

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Practical information on publishing

When selecting a publication channel, you should pay attention to the openness and reliability of the publication channel. Researcher identifiers aim to lessen the problems caused by ambiguity in researcher names.

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Checklist: before submitting your manuscript

How to choose a reliable and open publication channel? How do I indicate my affiliation and acknowledge my research project in the publication?

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How to choose a scientific publication for your research

Publishing in a high-quality publication channel will increase the impact of research.

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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.

Services

Licenses and copyrights

Creative Commons licenses let creators and copyright owners give permission in advance for certain uses of their material. In publishing agreements, authors agree on copyright issues, such as the principles of authorship and terms for open access publishing and self-archiving (green open access).

Open content licenses - Creative Commons

CC licenses let creators and copyright owners give permission in advance for certain uses of their material. The various license terms define the ways in which users can legally share, modify, or build upon a copyrighted work without the need to ask the owner/ creator for permission. 

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Publishing agreements

In publishing agreements, authors agree on copyright issues, such as the principles of authorship and terms for open access publishing and self-archiving (green open access). Researchers should make sure that terms either offer immediate gold open access or allow for green open access agreed upon with the funding bodies.

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Contact information

For any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Open Science and ACRIS team ([email protected]) or your school liaison:

Leena Rantamäki

Information Specialist, BIZ

Eeva Savolainen

Information Specialist, ELEC

Taija Tuoresjärvi

Information Specialist, ENG
 Katri Seitsonen

Katri Seitsonen

Information Specialist, SCI

News on open access publishing

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For Aalto community Research & Art Published:

More than 200 journals will be downgraded to level 0 in the Publication Forum from the beginning of 2024

Downgraded journals are published by more than 160 publishers. During the spring 2024, the panels of the Publication Forum will review the journals of MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. The journals should not be evaluated solely by the publisher, but consideration should be given to the choice of the publication channel.
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Tanesh Kumar and Xiaolong Liu start as Data Agents at the School of Electrical Engineering

Aalto Research Data Management Network has two new members, Tanesh Kumar and Xiaolong Liu. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of Electrical Engineering.
Aalto Open Science Award 2023
For Aalto community Awards and Recognition, Research & Art Published:

Call for nominees for Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2023

Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project as the receiver of the first Aalto University Open Science Award.
International Open Access Week 2023
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International Open Access Week 2023

International Open Access Week will be held 23 – 29 October. Check Aalto’s programme!
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