Choose a Publishing Agreement

Before your accepted article is published by IEEE, you will be asked to complete a publishing agreement.

IEEE offers two agreement options to fit your needs.

• The IEEE Copyright Form transfers the author’s copyright to IEEE.
• The  Creative Commons licenses, which includes the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) and the Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial, No Derivatives License (CCBY-NC-ND), allow authors to retain copyright. The article is available via universal free online access and can be reused with attribution.

Note: The CC BY and CCBY-NC-ND are only available when publishing open access.