IEEE continually strives to support the community of authors and readers globally by providing authors with a wide range of options and choices to publish in, whether it be a traditional or fully open access journal. With an expanding portfolio of options, IEEE continues to support open science and provide more options and choices to support the work and needs of all authors and researchers. IEEE is committed to working with institutions and funders to provide sustainable open access publishing opportunities to authors that allow for a wider dissemination of knowledge and enable authors to maximize exposure of their research.
As a supporter of open science, IEEE joins in the celebration of International Open Access Week from Monday, October 20th through Sunday, October 26th, 2025. Below you will find important information that will be highlighted throughout the week.
IEEE’s Growing Open Access Program
IEEE strives to support all authors and readers globally by offering a variety of publications that are compliant with their circumstances and needs, regardless of their funding status, mandates, or regional requirements.
IEEE offers many options and opportunities for open access publishing, all designed to meet the varying needs of authors throughout their careers:
- IEEE Access–A highly-cited multidisciplinary fully open access journal that has published over 100,000 articles to date.
- Fully Open Access Topical Journals–A fast-growing collection in a wide range of technologies–over 30 titles in all.
- Hybrid Journals–Over 180 top-cited journals and magazines spanning an array of technology fields, all offering open access options.
How to Publish Open Access with IEEE Webinar Series
To provide authors with important information on how to publish open access with IEEE hosts open access authorship webinars for regions all over the world. In a recently published on-demand webinar, authors were provided with best practices in preparing a manuscript, navigating the journal submission process, and important tips to help get published. It also reviewed the opportunities authors and academic institutions have to enhance the visibility and impact of their research by publishing in the many open access options available from IEEE. This session featured the perspective of distinguished author, editor, professor, and research scientist Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
To view other webinars hosted by IEEE, please click here.
IEEE has Over 650 Institutional Open Access Agreements
Did you know that over 650 institutions now have open access agreements with IEEE? IEEE offers open access programs designed to make managing open access agreements convenient for institutions and funders, and simplify the publishing process by paying for article processing charges (APCs) in advance.
IEEE has flexible options for any size organization, designed to make it easy for institutions to assist their authors and demonstrate their support for open access.
To see if your institution has an open access agreement with IEEE, please click here.
IEEE Announced 7 New Fully Open Access Journals and 6 Hybrid Journals Launched in 2024 and 2025
Fully Open Access Journals:
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation
- IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Letters
- IEEE Open Journal on Immersive Displays
- IEEE Transactions on Privacy
- IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors
- IEEE Data Descriptions
- IEEE Sensors Reviews
Hybrid Journals:
- IEEE Reliability Magazine
- IEEE Transactions on Materials for Electron Devices
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Artificial Intelligence
- IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics
- IEEE Electron Devices Reviews
>> To get more information on these new journals, please click here!
Open Science Solutions
IEEE is continually working to develop more tools, services, and publication opportunities for authors and researchers to help increase the exposure of their work. To that end, IEEE has introduced the following open science initiatives to further support researchers and enable greater discoverability of their research.
Code Ocean is an easy-to-use web platform in which users can share and run code in the cloud. Users are able to easily upload their code and associated data to the site, where other users are able to run and/or modify them.
Research data sharing is critical to scientific innovation and reproducible research. IEEE DataPort is an accessible online platform that enables researchers to easily share, access, and manage datasets in one trusted location. The platform accepts all types of datasets, up to 2TB. Standard dataset uploads are free of charge. Recently, IEEE DataPort reached a milestone of 10,000 datasets uploaded to the IEEE DataPort platform!
TechRxiv is a free preprint server for unpublished research in electrical engineering, computer science, and related technology. TechRxiv provides researchers across a broad range of fields the opportunity to share early results of their work ahead of formal peer review and publication. The free, publicly accessible repository aims to increase the accessibility of scientific findings, enhance collaboration among researchers, improve research, and build the future of scholarly communication. Authors can post preprint papers to TechRxiv regardless of where they eventually intend to submit and publish the paper.
Additional Resources:
IEEE has many tools and resources to help authors throughout their journey in the research process. Below are a few key ones, and click the link to find additional resources.