Lancaster University is an internationally highly-ranked leader in the provision of inspiring teaching and research. The University is committed to ensuring that the outputs of research are made readily available to anyone who would benefit from them. The Library at Lancaster has set up a prepayment account with IEEE so that article processing charges (APCs) can be paid quickly. Please email openaccess@lancaster.ac.uk with any queries.

To make the CC BY license available as quickly as possible under the Route 2 option, IEEE has developed a process that engages authors during their online publication agreement where they may identify themselves as an author with UKRI funding. Upon completion of the copyright agreement, UKRI funded authors will automatically obtain a permission to apply the CC BY license to their accepted manuscript. To further meet the Route 2 requirements, the submissions should include the following text in the funding acknowledgement section of the manuscript and any cover note accompanying the submission:
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