The Goiano Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (IF Goiano) is an autonomous agency created under Law No. 11,892 of December 29, 2008, linked to the Ministry of Education, and holds administrative, patrimonial, financial, didactic-pedagogical and disciplinary autonomy. The Goiano Federal Institute is a public institution of higher, basic and professional education, whose verticalization includes everything from initial and continuing education to post-doctorate, offering courses in both in-person and distance learning modalities. The Goiano Federal Institute’s Rectorate is headquartered in the city of Goiânia, capital of the state of Goiás. Teaching, research and extension activities are developed on twelve campuses with decentralized administration.

The IFGOIANO, through the national contract between CAPES and IEEE has an unlimited open access agreement with IEEE that enables researchers to publish articles as open access without open access fees in all IEEE fully and hybrid open access journals. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between 5 November 2024 – 30 October 2027. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with IFGOIANO. Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submi​​ssion. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an OA administrator at CAPES. Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.