Open Access Publishing
Open access ensures that scientific publications are accessible to everyone free of charge.
Open access agreements with publishers
Take advantage of the open access agreements 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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Key criteria for utilizing open access agreements
- You are the corresponding author of the article, i.e. you submit the manuscript and communicate with the publisher through the peer review process.
- You are affiliated with Aalto University, ie. you are a researcher, doctoral student or other staff member of Aalto University, and your affiliation with Aalto is clearly stated in the article.
- You use your Aalto email when submitting the manuscript and choose Aalto University as your organization, because the identification is based on these.
Discounts for open access fees
Open access agreements provide two types of discounts for open access fees (APC fees):
- APC fee is fully covered by the open access agreement. There is no fee for authors, and no invoices are sent by the publishers.
- 15 % discount on APC fee is provided. Publisher sends an invoice where the discount is applied. Please consult your department controllers in advance regarding the fee. Research Services do not process invoices.
Useful information
- Agreements cover APC fees, but not additional color or page charges.
- Most publishers have a shared article quota of open access articles for the FinELib Consortium, and quotas may run out.
- 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 you publish in a journal which is not covered by our open access agreements, or only a discount is provided, please consult your department controllers in advance regarding the fee. Research Services do not process invoices.
- Agreements are always fixed-term and FinELib consortium negotiates on renewal of the agreements with publishers.
Support
For help, please contact acris@aalto.fi.
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
- Open access publishing in Science journals (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- Annual article quota
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
- Open access publishing in ACS (publisher's guidelines)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2028
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in ASME (publisher's guidelines)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in ACM (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2026
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in CUP (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2026
- Article quota for the agreement period
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
Journals included in the agreement and available discounts for APC fees
- No APC fee in Elsevier 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
- Open Access Publishing in Elsevier (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in Elsevier Cell Press (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota. Article quota for 2025 has run out. Contact acris@aalto.fi for more information.
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in Emerald (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2025
- Article quota for the agreement period
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in IEEE (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in IOP (publisher's guidelines)
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
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
- Open Access Publishing in Nature Research (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2025
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in OUP (FinELib)
Due to unfinished negotiations the articles in the early part of 2026 will be published open access retrospectively. Articles that are accepted for publication from 1 January 2026 are eligible. For more information, please contact acris@aalto.fi.
Agreement is valid 1.1.2024-31.12.2025
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in RSC (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in Sage (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2027
- No article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- List of SCOAP3 journals
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 1.1.2024-31.12.2025
- Article quota for the agreement period
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in Springer Nature (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in Taylor & Francis (FinELib)
Agreement is valid 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
- Annual article quota
- Article must be accepted for publication during the agreement period
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
- Open Access Publishing in Wiley (FinELib)
Agreements including open access journals
- ACM (no APC fee)
- ACS (no APC fee)
- ASME (no APC fee)
- Cambridge University Press (no APC fee)
- Emerald (no APC fee)
- IEEE (no APC fee)
- IOP (no APC fee)
- RSC (no APC fee)
- SAGE (no APC fee)
- SCOAP3 (no APC fee)
- Wiley (no APC fee)
- Elsevier (15% discount on APC fee)
- Oxford University Press (15% discount on APC fee)
- Science Advances journal (15% discount on APC fee)
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