# Public Result Releases

According to the FinnGen Consortium Agreement, FinnGen **results are subjected to one year embargo** (see [The 1-year "exclusivity period" policy](/publishing-finngen-results/genemal-policy-of-1-yr-exclusivity-period.md)).

**During the FinnGen cohort generation period (2017-2023) data releases were done twice a year.** The results can be browsed with the web browser and summary statistics data can be downloaded from Google cloud storage free of charge.

Please follow the instructions [here](https://www.finngen.fi/en/access_results) to access the results.

## When reporting results utilizing publicly available results:

When reporting results using publicly available summary statistics downloaded through[ ](https://www.finngen.fi)[finngen.fi](https://www.finngen.fi/en) website, please familiarize yourself with the following documentation and add the relevant parts to your manuscript:

* [**General documentation**](https://finngen.gitbook.io/documentation/)
* [**Citation documentation**](https://finngen.gitbook.io/documentation/how-to-cite)


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