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Open Access Publishing Agreements: IEEE

Discover the current open access publishing agreements in place, allowing options for publishing research open access at no cost to the author.

Agreement details

The IReL-IEEE agreement allows eligible corresponding authors in participating institutions to publish original research open access upon publication at no extra cost.

Agreement period: 1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2026.

OA quota (allocated across the participating institutions on a first-come-first-served basis):

  • 2024: 230 articles
  • 2025: 220 articles
  • 2026: 210 articles

What journals are included?

All IEEE journals (hybrid and fully open access journals) with selected subscription-only publications (mainly magazines) excluded. Please see IEEE 2023 journal title list.

Instructions for authors

Eligible authors: the corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of a participating institution at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time.

Eligible article types: Original Research articles.

OA publishing license: choice of a CC-BY or CC-BY NC-ND license. Authors sign a non-exclusive publishing license with the publisher.