Open Access Publishing
Open access publishing ensures unrestricted access without paywalls.
Open access agreements
Use our open access agreements with publishers. Aalto‑affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles open access without paying the APC fee or with a discount.
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Key criteria for using open access agreements
- You are the corresponding author. You submit the manuscript and handle communication with the publisher.
- You are affiliated with Aalto University. You are a researcher, doctoral student, or other staff member, and your Aalto affiliation is clearly shown in the article.
- You use your Aalto email when submitting the manuscript and select Aalto University as your organization. These are used to verify your eligibility to use the agreement.
Discounts for open access fees
Open access agreements provide two types of discounts for open access fees (APC fees):
- Open access fee is fully covered. The fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
- 15 % discount on open access fee is provided. Publisher sends an invoice where the discount is applied. Please consult your department controllers in advance regarding the fee. Research Services does not process invoices.
Important information
- Agreements cover open access fees (APC fees) only. They do not cover extra color or page charges.
- Most publishers have a shared article quota for the FinELib Consortium. Quotas may run out during the year.
- All the journals of a publisher may not be covered by the agreements. Please check the detailed journal lists.
- Aalto University does not have a central open access fund. If a journal is not covered by our agreements, or only a discount is provided, please consult your department controllers in advance regarding the fee. Research Services does not process invoices.
- Agreements are always fixed-term. FinELib consortium negotiates renewals with the publishers.
Support
For help, please contact acris@aalto.fi.
Elsevier open access article quota is estimated to run out in autumn 2026
Read more about the situation and its effects on open access publishing
Open access agreements and journal lists
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Author's Accepted Manuscript (AAM) can be self-archived without an embargo and with CC BY license in your institutional repository in following journals: Science, Science Immunology, Science Robotics, Science Signaling, Science Translational Medicine.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- 15% discount on APC fee in Science Advances. For the payment of the rest of the fee, please consult your department.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- When publishing in Science Advances, choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- Annual article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in ACS journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your primary affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2028
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in ASME journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in ACM journals, magazines and conference proceedings.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article.
- Choose Institutionally paid open access and CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2026
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in CUP Full Collection journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2026
- Article quota for the agreement period. Article quota will most likely be exhausted in August or September 2026. Read more.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Elsevier subscription (hybrid) journals.
- 15 % discount on APC fee in Elsevier open access journals. Please consult your department for the payment of the rest of the fee.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Elsevier Cell Press hybrid journals.
- Cell Press open access journals (e.g. Heliyon, iScience, Cell Reports) are not covered by the agreement.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Emerald Premier journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2026-31.12.2027
- Article quota for the agreement period.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in IEEE journals.
- IEEE conference proceedings are not covered by the agreement.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in IOP journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Article quota for the agreement period.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Nature Research hybrid journals.
- Nature Communications, npj Series, Communications journals and other Springer Nature open access journals are not covered by the agreement.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is currently under renewal for 2026-2028. Open access publishing continues without any disruption.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2025
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in OUP hybrid journals.
- 15 % discount on APC fee in OUP open access journals. Please consult your department for the payment of the rest of the fee.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your primary affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2026-31.12.2027
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in RSC journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Sage journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- No article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- Under the SCOAP3 model, authors of high-energy physics articles worldwide can publish open access in SCOAP3 journals without APC fees.
Guidelines for corresponding authors
- Always check the journal-specific guidelines so that the article can be published as part of the SCOAP3 agreement.
Agreement is valid 1.2.2026-31.1.2027
- No article quota.
- Article must be submitted for publication during the agreement period.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in SPIE journals.
- SPIE proceedings are not covered by the agreement.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2026-31.12.2027
- Article quota for the agreement period.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Springer Compact hybrid journals.
- Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, npj Series, Communications journals and other Springer Nature open access journals are not covered by the agreement.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota. It is possible for the quota to be depleted in November or December 2026.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Taylor & Francis hybrid journals.
- Taylor & Francis open access journals are not covered by the agreement.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period. APC fee will be waived upon acceptance of the article.
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Wiley journals.
Journal list in Journal Search Tool
Guidelines for Aalto University corresponding authors
- Use your Aalto email when submitting the article and choose Aalto University as your affiliation.
- Choose CC BY license for your article in the publishing process.
