Croatian Academic and Research Libraries Consortium has an agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish 40 articles without open access fees (APCs) in all gold open access and hybrid journals of IEEE.

Eligible Authors: The corresponding author has to be affiliated with one of the participating institutions.

Eligible Articles: Original research articles which are written by Eligible Authors and which are editorially accepted for publication in Publisher’s journal with an acceptance date during the term of the contract.

The agreement applies to all eligible articles submitted and accepted for publication between 1.1.2025. – 31.12.2025.

It is necessary to use the correct institution name and institutional email address during submission.

It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license.

Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.

Eligible Titles: IEEE open access and hybrid journals

Participating Institutions:

• University of Dubrovnik
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
• University of Rijeka
• University of Slavonski Brod
• University of Split
• University of Zagreb

Check the details about the agreement and the availability of APC tokens on Portal e-izvori.