The National Open Science Influencer Award for 2025 was given to Anne Sunikka
The Open Science Influencer Award for 2025 was given to Anne Sunikka, the team leader of the Research Services' Open Science and ACRIS team.
Open science and research
Why open science?
Open science is an important way to promote science and ensure that it will benefit the whole society and enable collaboration and innovation.
Aalto University supports open science in its research community and by doing so aims at gaining the benefits of openness: the societal impact of research increases, the speed of innovation grows, the high quality and transparency of science are ensured, and research results are openly accessible in helping to solve global problems.
Open Science support contacts and instructions
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Open science and research policy & results
Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy
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.
Aalto University Open Science and Research Results
Discover the results of Aalto University's open science activities coordinated by Open Science and ACRIS team.
Aalto University Open Science and Research Cases
Explore how open science and research is embedded in the work of Aalto University researchers.
Aspects of openness
Open Access Publishing
Open access ensures that scientific publications are accessible to everyone free of charge.
Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science
Aalto University offers comprehensive services, guidance, and support to help you manage your data efficiently. Explore our collection of resources and external links to boost your research.
Culture of Open Scholarship
The Culture of Open Scholarship includes responsible researcher and research assessment, services needed for open science and research, and the use of participatory methods.
Open Education and Open Educational Resources
Open education and open educational resources are part of open science. Aalto University has a policy on open educational resources. There is also a national policy regarding open educational resources as well as open educational practices. In addition, the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation contains a number of recommendations for open education.
Researcher identification and visibility
Open science and research news
Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2025
94 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2025 are available open access. When conference papers and book chapters are included, a total of 91% of the articles are open access.
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
Training available in AI, research data management, research ethics + more – register now!
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New open access agreement: SPIE journals
Aalto University has signed a new open access agreement with SPIE journalsOpen science and research events
Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom
Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.
Learn about research software publishing with Luca Ferranti and the RSEs.
Get to know the basics of RDM.