Guidelines for Authors

Paper Format

The journal publishes articles that are between 5 and 12 pages long, including references and authors' biographies. Page limits apply, shorter or longer papers are not allowed.

Why Open Access

You, the author, retain all rights to your article and the article is free and fully available to anyone with internet access. This means that your research will be available to a wider and more diverse group of researchers in both industry and academia. This directly impacts your contributions to the field of circuits and systems increasing both global engagement with and citation of your work.

Open Access

OJCAS is now included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
 

This journal is 100% open access, which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. All articles are published under a CC-BY 4.0 license, and the author retains copyright. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, as long as proper attribution is given.
 

Open access is provided through the payment of an article-processing charge (APC) paid after acceptance. APCs are often financed by an author's institution or the funder supporting their research. Corresponding authors from low-income countries are eligible for waived or reduced APCs.

APC for articles submitted in 2026: $2,160

• IEEE Members received a 5% discount
• IEEE Society Members receive a 20% Discount
• Discounts cannot be combined
• Discounts do not apply to undergraduate and graduate students.

Corresponding authors from low-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) are eligible for discounts on article processing charges. For more information, please visit the IEEE Author Center or Learn more about the program.

Peer Review

The articles in this journal are peer-reviewed in accordance with the requirements set forth in the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual. Each published article is reviewed by a minimum of two independent reviewers using a single-anonymous peer review process, where the identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, but the reviewers know the identities of the authors. Articles are be screened for plagiarism before acceptance.

Author FAQ

What is a Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivatives License (CCBY- NC-ND)?

CCBY-NC-ND is an open access publishing license that allows authors to retain ownership of the copyright for their work while granting all users permission to publish and distribute the work. Authors should visit the Creative Commons web page to understand the full terms of the CCBY-NC-ND, which is nonexclusive, applies to all potential users, and grants users rights to distribute the work without obtaining explicit permission from the author. However, under CCBY-NC-ND the reuse cannot be for commercial purposes or change the work in any way.

Who is entitled to use the CCBY-NC-ND license with an IEEE article?

Any author who pays an article processing charge (APC) for open access publishing status will be entitled to use the CCBY-NC-ND license.

What are the Terms & Conditions of IEEE Authors’ Use of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCBY-NC-ND)?

• Authors submitting a manuscript who opt for a CCBY-NC-ND license are required to accept the Terms & Conditions of IEEE in order for their paper to be published and posted in Xplore.

 

• warrant that their papers meet the provisions of the IEEE PSPB Operations Manual covering originality, authorship, and author responsibilities
• further warrant that, to the extent their papers incorporate text passages, figures, data or other material from the works of others, they have obtained all necessary third-party permissions
• consent to having their work submitted to a plagiarism detection tool and to be bound by IEEE policies concerning plagiarism and author misconduct.

What steps will authors need to take in order to submit a manuscript to IEEE under a CCBY-NC-ND license?

Authors who want to submit their manuscripts under a CCBY-NC-ND license, or whose research has been supported by any funding agency and who are now required to submit their manuscripts under a CCBY-NC-ND license, should complete the electronic IEEE Copyright Form (eCF), and select the CCBY-NC-ND license. If authors accidentally select another publishing option, or they were unable to complete the eCF, they should provide a letter or email to the editorial staff or the IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office, in which letter they should clearly state their interest in submitting their manuscript under a CCBY-NC-ND license. The letter should also provide basic information about the manuscript (e.g., author names, article title, and IEEE publication title to which the manuscript is being submitted). Authors will receive an acceptance letter indicating that the CCBY-NC-ND license has been approved.

Will authors be allowed to provide the published versions of their articles to their funding agencies?

Under a CCBY-NC-ND license, authors are allowed to distribute the published versions of their OA articles however they choose, including to their funding agencies or institutional repositories.

How will readers/users know that an article has been published under a CCBY-NC-ND license?

Instead of the traditional IEEE copyright notice at the bottom of the first page of the published article, readers will see an explicit statement indicating the OA status of the article, such as “This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 License.”

What should authors do if they have more questions about IEEE’s OA policies and procedures?

Authors with questions or concerns about IEEE’s copyright policies should contact the Intellectual Property Rights Office