From: "Killingworth,Sara" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 08:54:08 +0000

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The IET launches new open access program, IET Open

Leading learned society develops new program to showcase the best in
engineering science

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) today announced
the launch of a new open access program, IET Open. The creation of the
program underpins the IET's commitment to supporting open science
across engineering disciplines to progress research across all areas.
IET Open launches with two new journals: IET Cyber-Physical Systems:
Theory and Applications and Engineering Biology. The IET's other open
access journals - High Voltage, published in partnership with CEPRI,
The Journal of Engineering and Healthcare Technology Letters, will
also publish under the program.

Vincent Cassidy, IET Head of Academic Markets, said, "The IET has
closely monitored the growth of open access within engineering
science. Like other publishers, we responded to this growth by
offering gold open access options in our subscription journals and
launched a gold open access interdisciplinary journal, The Journal of
Engineering. Our own knowledge of emerging areas in engineering
science combined with market evidence meant that this was the perfect
time to launch a dedicated open access program that will showcase the
best in exciting and innovative research."

The first journals to publish under IET Open are IET Cyber-Physical
Systems: Theory and Applications, which focusses on topics such as
control, real-time computing and system validation and emerging issues
including security, privacy issues and data analytics techniques, and
Engineering Biology, which focusses on the application of engineering
science and practice to the design of biological devices and systems.

Cassidy continued, "The IET's corporate vision is to inspire,
influence and inform and open access is a perfect opportunity to help
us engage the next generation of engineering scholars. IET Open will
include a suite of new journals that align with the latest research
trends, coupled with a variety of business models to help our authors
and library customers meet institutional and funding body
requirements."

IET Open journals will publish under a Creative Commons license to
facilitate the widest possible access to, and re-use of, essential
research. The journals join The IET's widening portfolio of research
and letters journals which include renowned titles Electronics Letters
and IET Power Electronics.

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Sara Killingworth
Solutions Marketing Manager, Knowledge Services

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