Dating back to 1222, the University of Padua is a leading University in Italy and has a long tradition and consolidated reputation for scientific excellence.

As a member of the CRUI CARE consortium, Padua University has an agreement with IEEE that enables researchers, staff members or students to publish articles without open access fees (APCs). Further information can be found at https://bibliotecadigitale.cab.unipd.it/en/digital-library/about-publishing/agreements-with-publishers.

The University of Padua through the national contract between CRUI 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 August 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with University of Padua. Please use the correct institution name and your institutional email address during submission. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an administrator in the library.
Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.