The Federal University of Pampa (Unipampa) was part of the expansion program of federal universities in Brazil. The Federal University of Pampa was created by the federal government through law no. 11,640, of 1/11/2008, to minimize the process of economic stagnation in which it is located, since education enables regional development, seeking to be an agent of the definitive incorporation of the region into the development map of Rio Grande do Sul.

The Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), 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 Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA). 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.