Open access agreements with publishers

• Please don't choose open access yet. Open access will be granted retrospectively for articles accepted for publication in 2021.

• Agreement period will be 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023, but the new agreement hasn't come into effect yet.

• Aalto University corresponding authors can publish their articles open access  without the article processing charge if the article is accepted for publication after 1.1.2021.

• The OA agreement covers annually a limited number of open access credits.

• For each OA-article one credit will be considered used.

• The credits can be used in all ACS subscription-based and open access journals.

• When you submit your manuscript in the Paragon Plus system, use your Aalto email address.

• Once your article has been accepted, you will receive an email from ACS with a link to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink platform. Create an account to log into the system.

• In the system you must indicate your Aalto affiliation and select the option “Seek funding from FinElib”.

• Detailed instructions about the submission procedure for OA and the journal list: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-american-chemical-society-journals/

• After the credits have been used, Aalto University researchers get a 250$ discount on APCs when publishing in the ACS AuthorChoice program. The discount is based on the university’s subscription of the publisher’s All Publications package and the researcher has to enter this information when purchasing the open access license. Further information.

• Agreement period: 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• The agreement covers publishing open access articles without article processing charge (APC) in Elsevier hybrid journals listed on an eligible journals list.
• The agreement is a Plan S compliant transformative agreement.

• There is a limited number of free open access articles available during the agreement period.

• When your article is accepted, you will receive an e-mail from Elsevier asking you to fill in the Rights and Access form. It is most important to select Aalto University as your organisation.

• Journal list and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-elsevier-journals/

Please note: Elsevier full OA journals are not covered by the agreement.

• Agreement period 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2023.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• OA agreement covers publishing without APC charge under CC-BY license with a free open access voucher.
• There are 118 vouchers for FinELib organizations in 2021. For 2022 and 2023 the amount is unlimited.
• Note! Use your Aalto email when submitting the article, because Emerald will recognize author's eligibility for the voucher from the institutional email domain.
• Journal list and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-emerald-journals/

• NOTE! The OA credits for 2020 have run out! 
• There will be a new agreement starting in 2021. 
• Aalto University writers when acting as a corresponding author of the article can use open access credits to publish their articles open access free of charge in IEEE's fully open access journals.
• Who is eligible: Aalto affiliated corresponding authors (Use your Aalto University email address when submitting a manuscript and update Aalto email to the IEEE system.).
• Details, journal list and instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-ieees-journals/
• The agreement covers articles that have been accepted during 20.1.2020 - 31.12.2020. 

• Aalto University writers are eligible to publish annually two open access articles without article processing charges (between 16.5.2020 - 15.5.2021) in IGI Global's journals.
• When the author chooses to have their paper published under OA, IGI Global will notify them of the free OA Fee Waiver. Article processing fee is waived after the paper is peer-reviewed and accepted into an IGI Global journal.
• Please note that all APC waivers are processed by IGI Global's administrative staff and not the journal's editorial team. Authors should not disclose any information regarding APC waivers to the journal Editor-in-Chief or the Editorial Advisory Board. Further information

• Agreement period: 14.10.2020 - 14.10.2021.
• MDPI gives Aalto University writers 10% discount on APCs (Article processing charges).
• Affiliated authors also receive a 10% discount on charges associated with open access book publishing with MDPI (i.e., book processing charges; BPCs).
• Please select Aalto University for the discount on the submission form. Note that only one discount through an IOAP scheme is permitted per paper, and the discount cannot be combined with other available discounts (e.g., discount vouchers, or society membership discounts).

• Agreement period: 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2021.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• Aalto researchers can publish their articles open access in RSC hybrid journals without additional payment.
• Once your article has been accepted, you will receive an email with a link to the RSC’s licensing system. Ensure that you are identified with Aalto and the “Gold Open Access Publication” option is free for you.
• Journal list and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-royal-society-of-chemistry-journals/

• Agreement period: 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2022.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• The agreement allows Aalto University writers to publish their articles free of charge in SAGE hybrid journals or with 20% discount of the journal’s APC in SAGE gold open access journals.
• SAGE identifies your right to publish Open Access free of charge or Open Access with 20 % discount primarily based on the institutional affiliation you choose from the drop down menu in ScholarOne system when you submit your manuscript. If you don't choose your institutional affiliation from the drop down menu but instead write it yourself, SAGE uses your email address to identify your eligibility.
• When your article is received at SAGE, SAGE will send you and any other authors of the article an e-mail where SAGE informs you of your right to publish Open Access at no cost to you. The e-mail contains a link to the SAGE'S OPEN ACCESS PORTAL. Anyone of the authors of the article can follow the link to proceed to the next step (Note! This has to be done within 14 days if you publish in hybrid journal!)
• Journal lists and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-sage-journals/

• Agreement period: 11.12.2020 - 03.12.2021.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• Aalto affiliated writers are entitled to publish their articles with a 15 % discount in Science Advances, journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
• You are the paying author (usually the corresponding author) or the person acting on the author’s behalf using the online payment system.
• Detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-science-journals/

• SCOAP3 is a partnership of over three thousand libraries, key funding agencies and research centers. Aalto University is one of the partners.
• SCOAP3 has converted key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics to Open Access at no cost for authors.
• The open access articles in the field of High-Energy Physics are published at no cost for authors.
• Note! Always check the journal-specific guidelines so that the article can be published as part of the SCOAP3 agreement.
• SCOAP3 articles are published by CC-BY -license.
• List of SCOAP3 journals https://scoap3.org/phase2-journals/ 

• Agreement period: 1.1.2021–31.12.2023. The agreement hasn't been officially signed yet, but publishing is already possible.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• OA agreement covers publishing in subscription-based journals (hybrid journals).
• Once your article has been accepted, you will receive an email with a link to the Springer’s My publication system. To check the eligibility for free open access you will be asked to add your affiliation and institution (Aalto University). After that you can choose CC-licence to your article.
• Open science and ACRIS team will confirm your affiliation, after which your article will be published open access (Help: [email protected])
• Journal list and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-springer-nature-journals/
• Starting 2021, Springer Nature journals will have a transformative open access model.

• Agreement period: 3.6.2020 - 31.12.2022.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• The OA agreement covers publishing free of charge in the hybrid/subscription-based journals and open access journal Annals of Medicine. 
• When submitting the manuscript in T&F system, always choose Aalto University from the drop down menu and use your organizational email address to make your organization known to T&F. 
• Journal list and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-taylor-francis-journals/

• Agreement period: 17.2.2020 - 31.12.2022.
• To be eligible, you should be Aalto affiliated corresponding author, and your article should be accepted for publication during the agreement period.
• The National OA agreement covers publishing in Open Access and hybrid/subscription-based journals.
• In 2021–2022, approx. 100% of articles can be published open access without additional cost.
• The open access journals and hybrid journals OA publishing processes differ from one another:
• Guidance for open access journals: http://finelib.fi/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OA-Workflow-Authors.pdf
• Guidance for hybrid journals (scroll down on the page): http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-wiley-journals/. Once you get the acceptance letter from Wiley you should log in to www.wileyauthors.com, indicate Aalto-yliopisto (Aalto University) and make the open access publication selection (Select OnlineOpen).
• Note! The request to make an article OA should always happen before its published not afterwards.
• Journal lists and detailed instructions: http://finelib.fi/open-access-publishing-in-wiley-journals/.