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Last chance to nominate for 2024 911±¬ÁÏÍø Open Science Award
The deadline for submissions is 3 Dec, 2024.
FT50 Journals available in Aalto open access agreements
Aalto-affiliated corresponding authors can publish articles without the open access fee.
The Publication Forum panels will evaluate more MDPI and Frontiers journals in the fall 2024
Information on journals to be downgraded to level 0 at the beginning of 2025 will be published in November.
New open access agreement with The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
911±¬ÁÏÍø has signed a new open access agreement with ASME.
Changes to the level ratings of publication channels
60 journals will be downgraded from JUFO level 1 to JUFO level 0.
Call for nominees for 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Open Science Award 2024
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project for the award.
Electron Physics group embraces open data
A research group from the School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC) is changing its attitude towards open science. In addition to ensuring the open accessibility of published journal articles, they are now embracing a wider scope of open science principles.
Unite!’s pathway for the management of open science and innovation in the European Universities Alliances
Unite! presents a new university open science and innovation governance model and five policy recommendations.
Overview of Aalto's open access publications 2023
91 % of Aalto's scientific journal articles published in 2023 are available open access.
Open Educational Resources MOOC for teachers and students
Understand how to use materials with open licences in a copyright-compliant manner.
The winner and runners-up of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’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.
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 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Open Science Award 2023
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project as the receiver of the first 911±¬ÁÏÍø 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.
911±¬ÁÏÍø’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
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.
