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The introduction of open access IEEE publications marks a significant step outside of IEEE's traditional publication model. For many years, IEEE has required authors to transfer their copyright to IEEE at submission, giving IEEE the ability to protect the published content against various forms of misuse and abuse, while at the same time to safeguard the authors' interests as well as its own.
New features of the IEEE Open Access Copyright Form
With the open access (OA) publication model comes a new IEEE Open Access Copyright Form, which is available for immediate use. The two main features of this new OA copyright form are:
- an explicit promise made to OA authors that IEEE will present their work with free access to all users;
- OA authors are assured that they are free to post the final, published version of their articles on their personal Web sites, their employers' sites, or their funding agency's sites.
Resources
IEEE Open Access Copyright Form (PDF 114KB)
FAQ for Open Access Copyright Form (PDF 362KB)
IEEE Open Access-- Learn about IEEE's three open access publishing options: Hybrid Journals, a new Multidisciplinary Open Access Mega Journal, and fully Open Access Journals.
