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 we have with publishers! Under the agreements, Aalto affiliated corresponding authors can publish their articles without open access fees (APC fee) or get discounts on them.
Agreements are Plans S compliant transformative agreements which provide researchers possibility to access scientific journals and publish articles open access without APC fees (so called Read & Publish).
Agreements are Plans S compliant transformative agreements which provide researchers possibility to access scientific journals and publish articles open access without APC fees (so called Read & Publish).
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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.
- Your affiliation with Aalto university is clearly stated in the article.
- Most publishers require that your affiliation with Aalto University is valid at the time of the acceptance of 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.
- Please see our agreements and instructions.
Important issues related to open access agreements
- The agreements cover open access fees (APC fee), but not additional costs like color photographs or extra pages.
- Most publishers have a shared quota of free open access articles for the FinElib Consortium. Please keep in mind the quota may run out.
- All the journals of a publisher are not covered by the agreements. Please check the detailed journal lists and instructions from the table below.
- Agreements cover mainly hybrid journals, with some exceptions. In fully open access journals, only a discount on APC fee is usually provided by the agreements.
- Apart from the open access agreements, Aalto University does not have a central open access fund. If you publish in a journal which is not covered by our agreements or only a discount is provided, APC fee should be covered either through project funding or basic funding of the department. Please contact the controller of your own department for assistance in such cases.
- Our open access agreements are Plan S compliant transformative agreements.
- Agreements are always fixed-term and FinELib consortium negotiates on renewal of the agreements with publishers. In 2024, renewal of the following agreements will be negotiated: ACM, ACS, Cell Press, Emerald, Nature Research, SAGE, Taylor & Francis and Wiley.
Agreements including fully open access (gold) journals
- ACM (no APC fee)
- ACS (no APC fee)
- ASME (no APC fee)
- Cambridge University Press (Full Collection: no APC fee, Cambridge Prisms and Research Directions: 10% discount)
- Elsevier (15% discount)
- Emerald (no APC fee)
- Frontiers (10% discount, until the end of 2024)
- IEEE (no APC fee)
- Oxford University Press (15% discount)
- RSC (no APC fee, until the end of 2024 for now)
- SAGE (20% discount)
- Science Advances journal (15% discount)
- SCOAP3 (no APC fee)
- Wiley (no APC fee)
Please find more information in the agreements and instructions section below.
Support and help
For any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Open Science and ACRIS team, [email protected].
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All Aalto University open access agreements and instructions
| Publisher | Journals |
Article processing charge (APC fee) |
Valid until Article quota |
Criteria | Guidelines and current news |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
Science Advances (15 % discount) Other Science journals: (self-archiving peer-reviewed manuscript under CC BY) |
15 % discount on APC fee in Science Advances |
1.12.2024 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Science Advances: Open Access Publishing in Science Advances (FinElib) In other Science journals, peer-reviewed manuscript (Author's Accepted Manuscript; AAM) can be self-archived under CC BY license without an embrago |
Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
| ACM -Association for Computing Machinery |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Agreement can be used only if CC BY license is selected ACM identifies eligible authors based on their Aalto email address |
Open Access Publishing in ACM (FinELib) Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
|
| ACS - American Chemical Society | ACS journals | No APC fee |
Agreement valid for now Annual article quota |
Submitting corresponding author from Aalto University |
7.10.2024: New Read & Publish agreement with American Chemical Society (requires Aalto login) 18.10.2024: Open access publishing has been activated. |
| ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Journal list (xls) 33 hybrid journals, 1 Full OA journal |
No APC fee |
31.12.2025 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University |
17.10.2024: New open access agreement with ASME (requires Aalto login) |
|
Cambridge University Press |
Eligible titles in Full Collection (xls) Cambridge Prisms journals Research Directions journals |
No APC fee in hybrid and full open access journals in CUP Full Collection 10% discount in CUP Research Directions and Cambridge Prisms special collections |
31.12.2025 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: |
Open access publishing in Cambridge University Press (FinELib) Prisms and Research Directions will have no APC in 2025. |
| Elsevier |
Hybrid journals (xls) Full OA journals (xls, 15 % discount) |
No APC fee in hybrid journals 15% discount in full open access journals |
31.12.2025 Article quota for the agreement period |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: peer-reviewed full length journal article, review article, short communication, case report, short review (survey), original software publication, data article, micro-article, protocol, replication study, video |
Open Access Publishing in Elsevier (FinELib) |
|
Elsevier Cell Press |
Hybrid journals (xls) |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 Annual article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: peer-reviewed full length journal article, review article, short communication, case report, short review (survey), original software publication, data article, micro-article, protocol, replication study, video |
Open Access Publishing in Cell Press journals (FinELib) Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
| Emerald |
Emerald Premier journals Two full OA journals Journal list (xls) |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 Article quota for the agreement period |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Open access option should be chosen during submission Agreement can be used only if CC BY license is selected Article types: Research Paper, Viewpoint, Technical Paper, Conceptual Paper, Case Study, Literature Review, General Review |
Open Access Publishing in Emerald (FinELib) Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
| Frontiers | Journal list (xls, 10 % discount) |
10 % discount on APC fee, which must be covered by the department or project |
31.12.2024 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Peer-reviewed articles (Frontiers categories A, B, C) |
Open Access Publishing in Frontiers (FinELib) Agreement will not be renewed after 2024 |
| IEEE |
Hybrid journals Full OA journals Journal list (xls) |
No APC fee |
31.12.2025 Article quota for the agreement period |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Peer-reviewed articles |
Open Access Publishing in IEEE (FinELib) |
| IOP Publishing - Institute of Physics |
Journals included in lists A, B and C Gold open access journals in list D are not included Select Aalto University as your institution. If journal is included in the agreement, this is mentioned separately. |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Research paper, special issue, letter and review article |
Open Access Publishing in IOP Publishing Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
|
Nature Research (See also Springer Nature) |
Hybrid journals Journal list (xls) Please note: Nature Communications is not included in the agreement |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 Article quota has run out |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Original Paper, Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, Technical Report |
Open Access Publishing in Nature Research (FinELib) 13.10.2023: Article quota has run out. Additional open access funding will be available. Contact [email protected]. Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
|
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Most hybrid journals Most full OA journals (15 % discount) Journal list (xls) |
No APC fee in hybrid journals 15% discount in full open access journals |
31.12.2025 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Aalto University must be the primary affiliation Article types: peer-reviewed primary research articles The article should not be published in Supplement |
Open Access Publishing in OUP journals (FinELib) |
| RSC - The Royal Society of Chemistry |
Hybrid journals Full OA journals (only until 31.12.2024) Journal list (xls) |
No APC fee |
31.12.2025 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University RSC identifies eligible authors based on their Aalto email address |
Open Access Publishing in RSC (FinELib) |
| SAGE |
Hybrid journals Full OA journals (20 % discount) Journal list (xls) |
No APC fee for hybrid journals 20 % discount for full open access journals |
31.12.2024 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Original Research Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Short Report, Case Report |
Open Access Publishing in SAGE (FinELib) Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
| SCOAP3 | Key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 No article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University | Open Access Publishing in SCOAP3 journals |
|
Springer Nature (see also Nature Research) |
Hybrid journals in Springer Compact collection (xls) Please note: Nature Communications and Scientific Reports are not included in the agreement |
No APC fee |
31.12.2025 Article quota for the agreement period |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education |
|
| Taylor & Francis |
Hybrid journals (xls) (Premium journals excluded) |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 Annual article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Article, Review, Research Article, Review Article, Report, Short Communication, Case Report, Note, Original Article, Guest Editorial |
Open Access Publishing in Taylor & Francis (FinELib) Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
| Wiley |
Hybrid journals (xls) Full OA journals (xls) |
No APC fee |
31.12.2024 Annual article quota |
Corresponding author from Aalto University Article types: Primary research, Review article |
Open Access Publishing in Wiley (FinELib) Ongoing negotiations for renewal of the agreement |
Useful information on open access publishing
Open access fees
Article processing charges (APC fees)
Publishing agreements
In publishing agreements, authors agree for example on copyright issues and terms for open access publishing.
Funders' open science requirements
Research funders want to promote open science and research, which is why they set requirements for the openness of research publications and data they are funding. European Commission (EC) and Research Council of Finland (former Academy of Finland) are participating in the open access initiative Plan S, which affects the open access and open data requirements in calls starting in 2021.
Plan S
Plan S is an open access initiative launched by the EU Commission and Science Europe.
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