Major research funders in Finland (e.g., the Research Council of Finland, Horizon Europe) require open access publishing for the projects they fund. The requirements listed below may change. Always check the most up-to-date open science recommendations and guidelines on the funders’ official websites.
The Research Council of Finland requires that research outputs from fully or partially funded projects be made immediately open access.
Peer-reviewed articles can be made open access by:
Publishing in an open access journal or platform that complies with Plan S.
You can use the Journal Checker Tool to find Plan S compliant journals.
Self-archiving the Version of Record or the Author’s Accepted Manuscript in a Plan S compliant repository (e.g., OuluREPO).
If the publisher does not allow immediate self-archiving, the article can be archived after an embargo period (maximum 12 months for humanities and social sciences, 6 months for other fields).
Publishing in journals covered by transformative agreements (agreements between libraries and publishers for open access publishing).
The use of CC BY 4.0 license is required, but CC BY-SA 4.0, CC0, and CC BY-ND licenses are also permitted.
Scientific publications from RCF-funded projects must be archived in a repository to ensure their long-term preservation and open access. Suitable repositories include university repositories such as OuluREPO at the University of Oulu.
More detailed information is available on the Research Council’s website under Open Access to Scientific Publications.
Peer-reviewed publications resulting from Horizon Europe funding must be published open access. Publications must be immediately available without embargo. Self-archiving in a repository is required for all publications, even if they are published in an open access journal.
More information is available on the page: How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate for publication
The Kone Foundation recommends that research results funded by the foundation be published open access. Open access can be achieved through self-archiving or by publishing in an open access journal.
More information: Research funding: ethical considerations, reuse of research materials and open access
In 2018, the international coalition of research funding organizations Coalition S launched the Plan S initiative for open access publishing. Funders committed to the initiative aim to ensure that research publications resulting from their funding are made immediately open access. The Research Council of Finland is also a member of Coalition S and supports the principles of Plan S.
