Institute of Electronics and Computer

What Institute of Electronics and Computer does

The Institute of Electronics and Computer (IEC), operating as IEC Science, is a nonprofit scientific membership society founded in 2019 and headquartered at 36 South 18th Avenue, Suite A, Brighton, Colorado. Its core function is operating an open access publishing platform (iecscience.org) that disseminates peer-reviewed journals, book series, and conference proceedings across multiple scientific disciplines including electronics, computer science, astronomy and astrophysics, environmental sciences, biosciences, mathematics, and education. The portfolio currently includes three peer-reviewed journals (Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Systems, Journal of Networking and Network Applications, and Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Computer), an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science book series, and archived conference proceedings from international events such as NPSC 2019, ICSAC 2019, and ADCONS 2019.

IEC's business model is structured as an open access publisher operating under a charity mandate to advance electronics and computer science for the benefit of society. The organization states that Article Submission Fees and Article Processing Charges are both Free of Charge, with institutional partnerships and fee-waiver programs available to support authors who cannot pay. While the revenue model field references subscription-recurring mechanics conceptually, in practice IEC currently monetizes via negotiated publishing services — evidenced by a "Get a Quote" page — and through publishing on behalf of other scientific organizations. The go-to-market approach is product-led growth via the iecscience.org platform, targeting a worldwide membership spanning enthusiasts to top professionals in academia, business, education, and government, supported by email communications and policy engagement rather than paid marketing.

The organization operates with a lean infrastructure: no disclosed headcount, no disclosed management team, no disclosed funding rounds, and minimal public social media presence. Key operational dependencies include a partnership with Research Square for peer reviewer identification when internal editorial capacity is insufficient. There is no evidence of AI-assisted editorial tooling, proprietary technology beyond the publishing platform, or API/SDK offerings — IEC's competitive position rests on its content portfolio and open access distribution model rather than technology differentiation. The company is classified as private, nonprofit, and actively operating, with a global footprint claim and primary jurisdiction in Colorado, USA.

Name

Institute of Electronics and Computer

Legal name

Institute of Electronics and Computer

Website

https://iecscience.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Institute of Electronics and Computer (IEC Science) is a 2019-founded nonprofit scientific membership society operating an open access publishing platform for peer-reviewed journals, book series, and conference proceedings in electronics, computer science, and related disciplines, serving a worldwide membership of researchers and institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Publishing

NAICS

Information (51), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Computer Science, IT & Data Science (EDAGABAB), Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD), Life Sciences (Biology, Ecology, Agriculture) Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Scientific publishing services
• Open access journals
• Conference proceedings publishing
• Scholarly peer review
• Academic book series

Headquarters

HQ city

Brighton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Open Access Publishing Services: As an Open Access publisher, IEC offsets publishing costs through Article Processing Charges (APCs) charged to authors, institutions, or funders. All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication. The organization generates revenue to cover editorial programs, technology development, quality control, and peer review services through these charges. The publishing fees page states both Article Submission Fees and Article Processing Charge are currently Free of Charge, with institutional partnerships and fee-waiver programs available to support authors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Institute of Electronics and Computer is a nonprofit scientific membership society that publishes peer-reviewed journals, a book series, and conference proceedings in Open Access format across electronics, computer science, astronomy and astrophysics, environmental sciences, biosciences, mathematics, and education. All content is made freely available online immediately upon publication, with publishing fees currently free of charge and supported by institutional partnerships and a fee-waiver program.

Product overview

The Institute of Electronics and Computer (IEC) operates as a scientific publishing organization and membership society, not a technology product company. Its portfolio comprises peer-reviewed journals (Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Systems, Journal of Networking and Network Applications, Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Computer), book series (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), and conference proceedings (Proceedings of IEC including NPSC, ICSAC, ADCONS). The organization focuses on open access publishing in electronics, computer science, astronomy, astrophysics, environmental sciences, biosciences, mathematics, and education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Systems A peer-reviewed journal covering topics in artificial intelligence research, published by IEC Science for academic researchers and institutions.
• Journal of Networking and Network Applications A peer-reviewed journal focusing on networking technologies and network application research, published by IEC Science for academic researchers and institutions.
• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Computer The flagship journal of IEC covering electronics and computer science research, published by IEC Science for the worldwide academic community.
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Book Series A book series publishing scholarly works in electrical engineering and computer science disciplines, published by IEC Science for academic researchers and institutions.
• Proceedings of IEC Open Access publication dedicated to archiving conference proceedings dealing with electronics and computer, providing cost-effective production and worldwide dissemination through electronic channels for conference organizers and scientific societies.
• NPSC 2019 - Scientific Conference on Network, Power Systems and Computing Conference proceedings from the 2019 Scientific Conference on Network, Power Systems and Computing held in Guilin, China, published by IEC Science.
• ICSAC 2019 - International Computer Science and Applications Conference Conference proceedings from the 2019 International Computer Science and Applications Conference held in Tokyo, Japan, published by IEC Science.
• ADCONS 2019 - International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Security Conference proceedings from the 2019 5th International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Security held in Taiyuan, China, published by IEC Science.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Research SquaresupportingTechnology or IntegrationResearch Square provides reviewer identification services to help journals find suitable peer reviewers when the journal is unable to find sufficient peer reviewers on its own. Reviewers recruited by Research Square are paid a small honorarium for completing reviews within specified timeframes.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ACM: The Association for Computing Machinery is the leading computer science membership society and publisher of peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. It is the most direct membership-society analogue to IEC in the computer science domain.
• IEEE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is the dominant scientific publisher in electronics and computer science, producing flagship journals, conference proceedings, and standards. IEC competes directly for authors and conferences in the same disciplines.

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier: A major commercial academic publisher with deep portfolios in engineering, computer science, and the sciences. Comparable as a competing destination for author submissions and conference proceedings in IEC's target disciplines.
• Cambridge University Press: A university press publishing journals, books, and conference proceedings across science and engineering. Comparable to IEC in publishing scholarly content across multiple scientific disciplines, though with much broader scope and longer history.
• Springer Nature: One of the largest academic publishers, with extensive portfolios in computer science, engineering, and the sciences. Comparable to IEC as a competitor for journal submissions and conference proceedings partnerships across the same research areas.
• Wiley: A global publisher with established journals and books across science and engineering. Comparable to IEC in operating scholarly journals across multiple scientific domains including computer science and electronics-adjacent fields.

Emerging players

• Hindawi: An open-access publisher with a broad multidisciplinary portfolio including engineering and computer science journals. It is comparable to IEC as a similarly scoped open-access alternative to legacy publishers.
• MDPI: A large open-access publisher spanning many scientific disciplines including electronics and computer science, using APC-based fee models. Comparable to IEC in offering open-access venues across diverse research fields, though MDPI charges APCs while IEC currently does not.
• PLOS: A pioneer open-access publisher focused on science and medicine. Comparable to IEC in championing fee-based open-access models and providing peer-reviewed venues across multiple disciplines, though PLOS is far larger and more established.
• Frontiers: An open-access publisher operating journals across scientific disciplines with APC-funded models. Comparable to IEC in open-access philosophy and cross-discipline scope, though Frontiers operates at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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