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Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2023
91 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2023 are available open access.

The winner and runners-up of Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2023
Research Steering Group decided on the winner of the Open Science Award 2023

Unite!’s Open Science and Innovation Handbook - a practical guide for researchers
A practical guide for researchers, R&I services, and university managers to transition from modern to open science.

More than 200 journals will be downgraded to level 0 in the Publication Forum from the beginning of 2024
Downgraded journals are published by more than 160 publishers. During the spring 2024, the panels of the Publication Forum will review the journals of MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. The journals should not be evaluated solely by the publisher, but consideration should be given to the choice of the publication channel.

Tanesh Kumar and Xiaolong Liu start as Data Agents at the School of Electrical Engineering
Aalto Research Data Management Network has two new members, Tanesh Kumar and Xiaolong Liu. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of Electrical Engineering.

Call for nominees for Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2023
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project as the receiver of the first Aalto University Open Science Award.

Enriqueta Noriega Benitez and Thuy-Linh Phi started as Data Agents at the School of Chemical Engineering
Two new data agents joined the Aalto Research Data Management Network in the spring of 2023.

Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2022
In 2022, Aalto’s researchers published more publications open access than ever before. The overview of the year 2023 will be published by the end of February 2024.

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.

Philine Schiewe uses algorithm to get new ideas for public transport planning
From a background Philine Schiewe is a mathematician, but she does optimization research that is connected to mathematics, computer science and economics. The application areas are public transport planning and last mile logistics – the final step of the delivery process.

Quality together – University supports open access in science and research
Support, training and information available for researchers on open science practices

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.

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.

Charlotte Zborowski and Pedro Silva start as Data Agents at the School of Chemical Engineering
Aalto research data management network has two new members, Charlotte Zborowski and Pedro Silva. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of Chemical Engineering.

Horizon Europe: Guidance on Open Science requirements
We have gathered an information pack on the programme's open access publishing requirements and open science practices.

Finding experts to become easier – researcher profiles soon available in new web service
Researcher, you can test the new service – please ensure you have an ORCID iD!

‘Ehdokaskartta’ challenges traditional voting advice applications just before the elections
The strength of this open source voting advice application lies in its transparency.

Funding for project to design future universities
Europe-wide collaboration aims to make research more open and diverse

Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy is being prepared - Comments welcome by 31 May
The policy defines the principles of openness and offers guidance to responsible research practices.

Open access to scholarly publications - national policy by the research community in Finland was accepted
The first national open science policy component in Finland was accepted and published 25 November 2019.
