Open science and research

Open Access Publishing

Make your scientific publications openly available. 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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Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2023

90 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2023 are available open access.

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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

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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. Defining the role of authors and agreeing on authorship is important before submitting the manuscript for publication. Researcher identifiers aim to lessen the problems caused by ambiguity in researcher names.

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Checklist: before submitting your manuscript

How to define the role of authors and agree on authorship? How to choose a reliable and open publication channel?

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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.

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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
 Lucie Hradecká

Lucie Hradecká

Information Specialist, CHEM

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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New Oxford University Press open access agreement

Aalto affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles without the open access fee (APC) or with 15% discount.
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For Aalto community Research & Art Published:

Provide feedback on defects in the assessment practices of scientific journals

Publication Forum collects experiences of defects in the quality assessment practices of scientific journals by all publishers. Feedback given by March 25, 2024, will be included in the spring evaluation, but feedback can also be provided later.
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Unite!’s pathway for the management of open science and innovation in the European Universities Alliances

Unite! presents a new university open science and innovation governance model and five policy recommendations.
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Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2023

90 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2023 are available open access.
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