IEEE Principles of Scholarly Publishing

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Throughout 2007, IEEE's leadership engaged in a series of strategic discussions related to the IEEE Envisioned Future. The IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB), and in particular its Strategic Planning Committee, focused efforts on current challenges in the scholarly publishing field.

Principles of Scholarly Publishing

To provide a framework to discuss solutions to those challenges, PSPB drafted IEEE's Principles of Scholarly Publishing, which were reviewed and adopted by the IEEE Board of Directors in November 2007.

Below, you can find the Principles themselves, as well as an introductory letter by PSPB Chair John Baillieul and background documents discussing the issue of open access (to be addressed with guidance from the Principles).

Introduction to IEEE Principles of Scholarly Publishing from John Baillieul (PDF, 89 KB)
IEEE Principles of Scholarly Publishing (PDF, 31 KB)
Background Document (PDF, 404 KB)
FAQ on Scholarly Principles (DOC, 34 KB)
Press Release on IEEE-SCOAP3 Cooperation (PDF, 46 KB)
IEEE Comments on the Implementation of NIH Public Access Policy (PDF, 69 KB)
IEEE Comments on the NIH Public Access Request for Information (RFI) for Recommendations for Alternative Implementation Approaches of the Public Access Policy, 27 May 2008 (DOC, 56 KB)