IEEE: Hybrid Journals in Transformative Agreements
How open are IEEE’s hybrid journals included in transformative agreements, as listed by the cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool? You can analyse progress made over time by open license, publisher and country. You can also monitor the availability of publisher-provided metadata in Crossref.
The share of Open Access articles with a Creative Commons license in 213 hybrid journals is as follows:
2017-2024
Global | Germany* |
3.3% | 13.3% |
15K out of 466K | 1K out of 9K |
2023
Global | Germany* |
5% | 18.2% |
3K out of 68K | 225 out of 1K |
*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.
Creative Commons licenses over time
Percentage of Open Access in IEEE hybrid journals included in transformative agreements by Creative Commons license types as provided by Crossref.
*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.
Publishing market
Hybrid journal portfolio analysis, showing publishing market shares in terms of total and Open Access article volume. Dashed lines represent median OA percentage (red) and median publication output (orange). Note that only hybrid journals included in transformative agreements are shown.
*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.
Country view
This section shows how hybrid open access has been adopted in different parts of the world. The analysis is based on the country affiliation of lead authors. Lead authors are the first named authors of scholarly articles, who have typically conducted most of the research presented in the article, although the role of lead authors can vary across disciplines. We used OpenAlex as a data source to determine the affiliation of lead authors.
Open Access in hybrid journals by country
Open Access uptake in hybrid journals with a Creative Commons license per country. Showing the Top 20 most productive countries in terms of articles published in IEEE hybrid journals included in transformative agreements between 2017 and 2024. The analysis is based on lead author country affiliations.
Country league
Publication volume and Open Access share per country in IEEE hybrid journals included in transformative agreements. You can search for specific countries, and filter by publisher and publication year. The analysis is based on country-affiliations of lead authors.