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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.
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Open access publications 2025
Aalto's open access target of peer reviewed, scientific publications (publication types A1-A4) was 91,9 % in 2025. In February 2026, the percentage is 91 %.
In publication types A1-A2 – journal articles – the percentage is currently 94 %. In publication type A3 - book chapters - the percentage is significantly lower, 60 %.
Open access 2025
Publication types A1-A4
3356
publications (A1-A4)
91 %
publications open access (A1-A4)
94 %
journal articles open access (A1-A2)
60 %
book chapters open access (A3)
88 %
conference articles open access (A4)
New prior licence model ensures immediate open access
In 2025, Aalto University introduced a prior licence model aimed at supporting researchers’ rights to their own peer-reviewed manuscripts. Through the prior licence model, a peer-reviewed manuscript can be licensed under the Creative Commons license required by the funder and deposited in Aalto’s institutional repository without any publication delay (embargo), regardless of the publisher’s terms. This helps researchers comply with open access requirements set by funders such as the Research Council of Finland and the EU.
Journal Search Tool
The new Journal Search tool enables quick and effortless searching of journals included in Aalto University’s open access publishing agreements.
International Open Access Week 2025
International Open Access Week 2025 was held 20-26 October. During the week, we published brief, theme-related news at aalto.fi.
Contact information
For any questions related to open access publishing, please don't hesitate to contact Open Science and ACRIS team, acris@aalto.fi.
For any questions related to access to scientific journals and collections, please don't hesitate to contact Library Resources team, oppimiskeskus@aalto.fi.
Open Access Publishing
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