The University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (Unilab) is an autonomous institution linked to the Ministry of Education of the Federative Republic of Brazil, headquartered in the city of Redenção, state of Ceará. It was created by Law No. 12,289, of July 20, 2010, and established on May 25, 2011. According to the legislation, Unilab aims to provide higher education, develop research in various areas of knowledge, and promote university extension, with the specific institutional mission of training human resources to contribute to the integration between Brazil and the other member countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), especially African countries, as well as promoting regional development and cultural, scientific, and educational exchange.

The Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB), 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 Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB). 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.