Open science and research news
Datasets of Aalto University researchers are collected to ACRIS
Data Monitor tool integrated to ACRIS research information system harvests research data, software, and code of Aalto University’s researchers from more than 2000 repositories. If we missed your published data, software, or code, please let us know! Openness of data will be considered in the Open Science Monitoring in 2024.
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Register for training in research data management and open science in spring 2023
Registration is open for the spring 2023 training!
Re-evaluation of Publication Forum (JUFO) levels 2 and 3 completed
The Publication Forum (JUFO) panels decided on a total of about 1500 new upgrades to levels 2 and 3. The classification of book publishers will tighten from 2024.
Increase your visibility by creating a profile on the national Research.fi portal (beta)
The new profile tool of Research.fi portal is open for beta access. You can choose what information you want to display in your profile from ORCID, your home organization and research outputs in Research.fi.
Aalto University’s open science monitoring results are in line with most of the other Finnish universities
Open science coordination arranged the first monitoring of open science and research activities and services in 2022. In addition, the costs of scientific publishing for 2021 were collected.
Quality together – University supports open access in science and research
Support, training and information available for researchers on open science practices
How can the Aalto Data Agents help you?
Data Agents extend Aalto University's data support services with discipline-specific expertise.
Open Science requirements of Horizon Europe focus on immediate open access and licenses
Publishing with an embargo or self-archiving without a CC license no longer meet the requirements of Horizon Europe. In addition, only the publication fees of fully open access journals are accepted as project costs. New open access requirements apply to funding calls opened 1.1.2021 onwards.
Maintenance break in ACRIS on 18 October 2022
Maintenance break in ACRIS in October from 10am to 8pm.
New ACRIS activities categories for recording the achievements of Aalto’s researchers
Activities categories in ACRIS have been updated.
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New and improved ACRIS instructions were published
Instructions pages were reorganized to make finding instructions related to different content types easier.
New open access agreement with ACM
Publish open access in ACM journals and proceedings without APC fee
The Most Downloaded Open Access Publications in research.aalto.fi portal
Aalto University's research portal, research.aalto.fi, offers a free open access publication platform. The list of the most downloaded open access articles will be updated once a year.
Changes to the Open Access Publishing Requirements of the Academy of Finland
The Academy of Finland has announced it will require Plan S compliant immediate open access publishing from projects that have received funding from calls opened 1.1.2021 onwards.
Unite! fosters open science and builds a community of open science support persons
Unite! universities explored emerging perspectives about new open science practices, principles and goals at the Open Science Summer School that took place at Aalto University on 7-9 June, 2022.
Aalto RDM & Open Science Training Attracted 2,800 Registrations This Academic Year
The webinars continue to be highly rated and most are already publicly available on YouTube.
Open Access Publishing Is the Predominant Publishing Method at Aalto University – From 13% to 82% in Eight Years
We have come a long way since Aalto University published its first open access recommendation in 2014.
New open access publishing agreement with IOP Publishing
Publish open access in IOP Publishing hybrid journals without APC fee.
