The National Open Science Influencer Award for 2025 was given to Anne Sunikka
The Open Science Influencer Award for 2025 was given to Anne Sunikka, the team leader of the Research Services' Open Science and ACRIS team.
Open science and research
Why open science?
Open science is an important way to promote science and ensure that it will benefit the whole society and enable collaboration and innovation.
911±¬ÁÏÍø supports open science in its research community and by doing so aims at gaining the benefits of openness: the societal impact of research increases, the speed of innovation grows, the high quality and transparency of science are ensured, and research results are openly accessible in helping to solve global problems.
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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.
Elsevier open access article quota is estimated to run out in autumn 2026
Read more about the situation and its effects on open access publishing
Training available in AI, research data management, research ethics + more – register now!
New topics included! Registrations for spring 2026 are open.
New open access agreement: SPIE journals
911±¬ÁÏÍø has signed a new open access agreement with SPIE journalsOpen science and research events
Aalto AI Talks: Creative practices and generative AI 4.5.2026
Join us for an insightful afternoon exploring AI in creative processes and artistic practice, including copyright and AI-generated content.
Learn about responsible and ethical use of laboratory resources.
Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom
Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.