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Part of FinELib’s negotations on scientific journal agremeents with open access benefits are still ongoing.

Researchers at the University of Turku can still publish their articles for free as open access in several Taylor & Francis journals until the end of the year 2024, even though the article quota under the agreement with FinELib has ended. The university aims to cover the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for the remainder of the year.

Researchers at the University of Turku can still publish their articles for free as open access in Wiley journals until the end of the year 2024, even though the article quota under the agreement with FinELib is ending. The university aims to cover the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for the remainder of the year. 

The library offers assistance with issues related to open publishing and the management and opening of research data for the Research Council of Finland Winter Call 2025.

The Research Council of Finland requires researchers and research projects it funds to make research outputs funded by the Council immediately open upon publication.

The library has signed two new open access publishing agreements for the University of Turku with publishers of medical journals. In addition, the agreement from last year with the Radiological Society of North America, allowing for publishing in the publisher's four journals, has been extended until the end of 2024. The agreements provide authors with the opportunity for free open access publishing. 

The FinELib Consortium for acquisition of e-resources is still in the middle of negotiations with several publishers of scientific journals. Apart from the journals of the ACS, users can so far read the newest journals of these publishers although the new agreements are not finished yet. During the negotiations, open access publishing varies by publisher.

In Research Council of Finland’s winter call 2024 the library is there to help you to describe how you are going to open your research data and publications. 

Open access publishing raises many questions: how do I choose a suitable publishing channel, can I get a discount on publication fees, or what are the terms set by my funder for open publishing? There are many websites and services that support open publishing, and we will introduce the key ones.