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Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2024
91 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2024 are available open access.
Aalto University updates its Open Science and Research Policy
Aalto’s open science and research policy has been renewed. The policy gives guidance to all researchers.
Second National Open Science and Research Monitoring Conducted in Autumn 2024
Results of the second national open science and research monitoring.
Open access agreements update, February 2025
Remember to take advantage of Aalto University open access agreements with publishers.
Henni Tenhunen started as a Data Agent at the School of Science
Aalto Open Research Network has a new member, Henni Tenhunen. Her aim is to support data management practices at the School of Science.
Read & Publish agreements under renewal: how this affects open access publishing in early 2025?
ACM, Cell Press, Emerald, Nature Research, SAGE, T&F and Wiley are under renewal
Changes to Publication Forum (JUFO) ratings
The level ratings of 271 journals from MDPI and Frontiers will be downgraded to level 0 from the beginning of year 2025.
Last chance to nominate for 2024 Aalto University Open Science Award
The deadline for submissions is 3 Dec, 2024.
FT50 Journals available in Aalto open access agreements
Aalto-affiliated corresponding authors can publish articles without the open access fee.
The Publication Forum panels will evaluate more MDPI and Frontiers journals in the fall 2024
Information on journals to be downgraded to level 0 at the beginning of 2025 will be published in November.
New open access agreement with The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Aalto University has signed a new open access agreement with ASME.
New Read & Publish agreement with American Chemical Society
Aalto University has signed a new Read & Publish agreement with ACS.
Changes to the level ratings of publication channels
60 journals will be downgraded from JUFO level 1 to JUFO level 0.
Call for nominees for Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2024
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project for the award.
New Cambridge University Press open access agreement
Aalto affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles without the open access fee (APC) or with 10% discount.
Electron Physics group embraces open data
A research group from the School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC) is changing its attitude towards open science. In addition to ensuring the open accessibility of published journal articles, they are now embracing a wider scope of open science principles.
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.
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.
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.
