Fully Open Access Topical Journals

A Growing Collection of Gold Fully Open Access (OA) Options

IEEE offers more options than ever to authors with the launch of new gold fully open access journals spanning a wide range of technologies. These journals are significant additions to IEEE’s well-known and respected portfolio of fully open access journals. In addition, many of the journals featured here target an accelerated publication time frame of 10 weeks for most accepted papers to help get your research exposed faster. Visit the publication home page of each title for details.

The fully open access journals are accepting submissions. Please see each journal’s description below for more details. IEEE titles are compliant with funder mandates. All IEEE Open Access titles, current and new, will be hosted on the IEEE Xplore® platform.

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IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation

High-quality, peer reviewed research covering antennas, including analysis, design, development, measurement, standards, and testing; radiation, propagation, and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with discrete and continuous media.

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Addresses the growing field of applications in Earth observations and remote sensing and provides a venue for the rapidly expanding special issues that are being sponsored by the IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society.

IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems
IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems

Featuring high-quality peer reviewed research covering the theory, analysis, design, tools, and implementation of circuits and systems.

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

Featuring high-quality peer reviewed research covering science, technology, applications and standards for information organization, collection and transfer using electronic, optical and wireless channels and networks.

IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society
IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society

Forum for rapid publication of open access articles describing high-impact results in all aspects of theory, design, practice, and application relating to computer and information processing science and technology.

IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems
IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems

Publication of the IEEE Control Systems Society, this journal aims to publish high-quality papers on the theory, design, optimization, and applications of dynamic systems and control.

IEEE Data Descriptions
IEEE Data Descriptions

Now Accepting Submissions! This new publication is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes short articles on all aspects of data: data descriptors, data collections, and metadata.

IEEE Open Journal of Electron Devices Society
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society

Featuring high quality research in the field of electron and ion devices ranging from fundamentals to applied research.

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology

High-quality research covering the development and application of engineering concepts and methods to biology, medicine and health sciences.

IEEE Open Journal on Exploratory Solid-State Computational Devices and Circuits
IEEE Journal on Exploratory Solid-State Computational Devices and Circuits

Multi-disciplinary research in solid-state circuits using exploratory materials and devices for novel energy efficient computation beyond standard CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) technology.

IEEE Open Journal on Immersive Displays
IEEE Open Journal on Immersive Displays

Now Accepting Submissions! New publication will be home to publications in display science and applications.

IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation

Publishes original research in the fields of localization and tracking of people, robots, and objects.

IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society

Featuring high quality research covering the theory and applications of electronics, controls, communications, instrumentation and computational intelligence to industrial and manufacturing systems and processes.

IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications
IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications

Covering the advancement of the theory and practice of electrical and electronic engineering in the development, design, manufacture and application of electrical systems, apparatus, devices, and controls to the processes and equipment of industry and commerce.

IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement

Publication of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society, this journal publishes papers on the science, technology, and application of instrumentation and measurement.

IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Featuring high-quality research covering the theoretical, experimental and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering and information technologies as applied to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking

Featuring high-quality manuscripts on advances in machine learning methods for and applications to communications and networking.

IEEE Open Journal of Microwaves
IEEE Journal of Microwaves

Covering articles on the theory, techniques and applications of guided wave and wireless technologies and spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from RF/microwave through millimeter-waves and terahertz.

IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology
IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology

Featuring high-quality, peer reviewed research covering the theory, design, and development of nanotechnology and its scientific, engineering, and industrial applications.

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Covering the rehabilitative and neural aspects of biomedical engineering, including functional electrical stimulation, acoustic dynamics, human performance measurement, and more.

IEEE Photonics Journal

Dedicated to the rapid disclosure of research at the forefront of all areas of photonics and addressing issues ranging from fundamental understanding to emerging technologies.

IEEE Open Journal of Power and Energy
IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy

High-quality, peer reviewed research covering the development, planning, design, construction, maintenance, installation, and operation of equipment, structures, power systems and usage of electric energy, including its measurement and control.

IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics

Covering the development and application of power electronic systems and technologies, which encompass the effective use of electronic components, the application of circuit theory and design techniques and the development of analytical methods and tools.

IEEE Transactions on Privacy
IEEE Transactions on Privacy

Now Accepting Submissions! New publication will provide a multidisciplinary forum for theoretical, methodological, engineering, and applications aspects of privacy and data protection, including specification, design, implementation, testing, and validation.

IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

Publishing regular, review, and tutorial articles based on the engineering applications of quantum phenomena, including quantum computation, information, communication, software, hardware, devices, and metrology.

IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors
IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors

Now Accepting Submissions! New publication of the IEEE Sensors Council, this journal publishes papers in all areas of the field of interest of the IEEE Sensors Council.

IEEE Sensors Reviews
IEEE Sensors Reviews

Now Accepting Submissions! This new publication publishes papers in all areas of the field of interest of the IEEE Sensors Council, i.e., the theory, design, simulation, fabrication, manufacturing and application of devices for sensing and transducing physical, chemical, and biological phenomena.

IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing
IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing

High-quality, peer reviewed research covering the enabling technology for the generation, transformation, extraction, and interpretation of information.

IEEE Open Journal of Solid-State Circuits Society
IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society

High-quality, peer reviewed research covering the design, implementation, and application of solid-state integrated circuits.

IEEE Open Journal of Systems Engineering

Provides a forum for practitioners, scientists, academics, and researchers engaged in the discipline of Systems Engineering.

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Letters
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Letters

Now Accepting Submissions! New publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC), this journal covers the ultimate aims and key strategies of the SMC society towards the next generation of symbiotic human and machine intelligence systems.

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

Bridges the engineering and clinical worlds, focusing on detailed descriptions of advanced technical solutions to a clinical need along with clinical results and healthcare relevance.

IEEE Open Journal of Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
IEEE Open Journal of Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Covering high-quality, peer reviewed research theory, technology, materials, and applications relating to the generation, transmission, and detection of ultrasonic waves and related phenomena.

IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology

Featuring high-quality, peer reviewed research on the theoretical, experimental and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering in mobile radio, motor vehicles and land transportation.

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