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Open Access Publishing: IEEE Open Access Publishing agreement

The Glucksman Library's guide to assist researchers to publish their work Open Access

Introduction: this agreement gives current staff and students at participating institutions:

  • Access to current content from IEEE Xplore. 
  • The ability to make their articles accepted for publication in eligible IEEE journals open access, without the author paying an article processing charge (APC). Further details below.

Agreement period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026

 

What journals are covered

Approximately 10,000 journals are covered by IReL agreements.  IReL have created a google doc that is updated regularly with all the journal titles covered by this agreement

Columns G and H of the linked spreadsheet will also give an indication if a fund is due to run out before the year end and the projected date it will run out. 

Author Information

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.

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

Author affiliations

Corresponding authors must be a current staff member or student of UL.  

In the article submission process you must correctly identify your institution.

You should use your UL email address when submitting your article. 

If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the publisher will give you the opportunity to make your article Open Access and apply a Creative Commons license. The publisher will then contact the participating institution to confirm your eligibility under the agreement.