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Advancing the IEEE Mission

In 2023, IEEE reinforced its leadership position, helping to guide innovation in a direction that benefits humanity. In particular, we continued to embrace members from various demographics and locations and to foster a global culture that is diverse, inclusive and respectful.

Leading The Conversa

Championing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

In 2023, the IEEE Diversity & Inclusion Committee advanced its strategic plan that focuses on further embedding DEI into procedures and processes throughout the organization. A newly launched volunteer toolkit aimed to bolster DEI initiatives throughout IEEE and provide support for ongoing activities in this area. Cases of IEEE DEI efforts are outlined below.

EPICS members

Members of the EPICS in IEEE Adaptive Mouse team at the University of Florida at Gainesville collaborate on product design for a mouse and keyboard all in the same device that can be used with one hand

EPICS member

EPICS in IEEE project team member Jordan Britt from North Carolina State University with the Wheelchair Electric Assist prototype

Solving Accessibility Issues

IEEE Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) organizes university and high-school students to work on engineering-related projects with local community organizations. In 2023, the EPICS in IEEE Access & Abilities Competition, made possible thanks to a bequest to the IEEE Foundation, empowered student teams globally to deliver engineering projects that help solve accessibility issues within communities, enable adaptive services, redesign technology for equity and develop assistive technologies. Projects included:

  • a soft exosuit for ambulatory patients with spinal muscular atrophy
  • a smart E-TRIKE with detachable wheels for disabled students 
  • a self-navigating robotic walking aid for the elderly

IEEE Celebrates Inaugural Women in Engineering Day

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) has taken significant steps to promote change in the industry and enhance employment opportunities for women in technical fields. In 2023, IEEE launched IEEE WIE Day to coincide with International Women in Engineering Day. WIE members, staff members, affinity groups and student branches organized more than 100 events worldwide to celebrate the occasion and support an ever-growing community of women in STEM.

Watch "2023 - A Year in Review" showcasing the achievements of IEEE Women in Engineering supporting the advancement of women in STEM this year.
IEEE WIE Day participants

Deploying Tech in Times of Need

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IEEE Moveathon Event in India
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IEEE MOVE Expands Internationally

Since 2016, IEEE MOVE has aided more than a quarter million natural disaster victims with communications, computers and power solutions. This year, IEEE expanded the award-winning program to provide relief and outreach to India and the Caribbean, which are frequently affected by severe storms. In 2023, the IEEE MOVE team in India assembled more than 50 portable emergency solar mobile chargers and life-saving solutions that can be easily deployed in disaster-stricken areas throughout the country.

In the United States, IEEE MOVE also provided assistance for:

Hurricane Lee

(New England)

14 – 18 September

Hurricane Idalia

(Florida)

30 August – 14 September

Mississippi Tornado

(Mississippi)

26 March – 5 April

In Support of Open Science

New Open Access Journals Receive First Impact Factors

This year, 12 of IEEE’s new fully open access journals were accepted for indexing by Clarivate and received their first Journal Impact Factors. Each year, Clarivate examines the influence and impact of scholarly research and offers an objective means to evaluate the world’s leading journals.

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IEEE Inks 3-Year Agreements for Open Access in Greece and Spain

In 2023, IEEE reached a three-year open access agreement with Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link), a consortium of Greek universities that includes 43 institutions, as well as with CRUE, a consortium of Spanish universities. With these new agreements, researchers belonging to participating Greek and Spanish institutions are now able to publish open access articles in approximately 200 leading journals and magazines produced by IEEE, making them instantly available and free to read by the general public.

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IEEE’s Read and Publish relationships grew 52% from 2022 to 2023
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IEEE Reaches 100,000 Open Access Articles

2012

  • IEEE Photonics Journal flips to open access, making it IEEE's first fully OA Journal

2013

  • IEEE launches IEEE Access®
  • IEEE provides an open access hybrid option for all peer-reviewed journals

2016

  • IEEE Access receives its first Journal Impact FactorTM

2019

  • IEEE launches 14 new fully open access journals as part of the Accelerated Open Access Program (now 29 journals)

2020

  • IEEE Introduces TechRxivTM, a new preprint server

2022

  • IEEE achieves Plan S transformative status for its periodical portfolio, enabling any Plan S funded author to publish OA in any hybrid title

2023

  • In March, IEEE reached a new milestone with over 100,000 open access articles published now available in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library
  • Articles are from IEEE's hybrid journals, 29 fully open access journals, and IEEE Access

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Watch this video celebrating the 10th anniversary of IEEE Access.

IEEE Access Celebrates 10th Anniversary

This year, IEEE Access celebrated its 10-year publishing anniversary, with a number of activities marking the occasion. These included a collection of the top 10 most impactful IEEE Access articles over the last decade, as well as a video on IEEE.tv featuring author testimonials and commentary from the editor-in-chief.