The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro – is a federal agency linked to the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services. The Institute acts as the Executive Secretariat of the National Council of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Conmetro), an interministerial collegiate body that is the regulatory body of the National System of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Sinmetro). Aiming to integrate an articulated systemic structure, Sinmetro, Conmetro and Inmetro were created by Law 5.966, of December 11, 1973, with the latter replacing the then National Institute of Weights and Measures (INPM) and significantly expanding its scope of action in the service of Brazilian society. Inmetro aims to strengthen national companies, increasing their productivity through the adoption of mechanisms aimed at improving the quality and safety of products and services.

The Instituto Nacional de Metrologia (INMETRO), 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 Instituto Nacional de Metrologia (INMETRO). 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.