The National Research Council (CNR) is the largest public research institution in Italy, the only one under the University and Research Ministry performing multidisciplinary activities.

With seven thematic departments that embrace wide fields of research and diversified, and a widely distributed research network throughout the national territory in which they operate thousands of researchers and scholars, the National Research Council mission is to carry out, promote and disseminate research activities in the main sectors of knowledge and study their application to the scientific, technological and social development of the country, relying on a pool of resources of more than 8,000 employees.

The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche through the national contract between CRUI and IEEE has a limited open access agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish articles as open access without open access fees in IEEE hybrid journals. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between 1 November 2025 and December 31, 2027. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submission. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an administrator in the library.
Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.