IEEE Reference Guide
IEEE Reference Guide
I. CITING REFERENCES
A. References in Text
References need not be cited in the text. When they are, they appear on the line, in square brackets, inside the
punctuation. Grammatically, they may be treated as if they were footnote numbers, e.g.:
as shown by Brown [4], [5]; as mentioned earlier [2], [4], [5] [6], [7], [9]; Smith [4] and Brown and Jones [5];
Wood et al. [7]
NOTE: Use “et al.” when three or more names are given for a reference cited in the text.
or as nouns:
as demonstrated in [3]; according to [4] and [6], [7], [8], [9].
II. STYLE
Reference numbers are set flush left and form a column of their own, hanging out beyond the body of the reference.
The reference numbers are on the line, enclosed in square brackets. In all references, the given name of the author or editor
is abbreviated to the initial only and precedes the last name. Do not use commas around Jr., Sr., and III in names. IEEE
publications must list names of all authors, up to six names. If there are more than six names listed, use the primary author’s
name followed by et al. For non-IEEE publications, et al. may be used if names are not provided. All references, except
those ending with URLs, will end with a period, including those with a DOI. If a reference contains both a DOI or
accessed date, as well as a URL, place the DOI or accessed date first and the URL at the end. Note that when citing
IEEE Transactions, if the issue number or month is not available, research IEEEXplore to update the information. For any
reference that cites two months for the same issue, the two months should be separated by a slash (e.g., Jul./Aug.), followed
by the year of publication. References may not include all information; please obtain and include relevant information. Do
not combine references. There must be only one reference with each number. If there is a URL included with the print
reference, it can be included at the end of the reference (see style for online references).
A. Books
Book
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of His Published Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, (only
U.S. State), Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sec. x, pp. xxx–xxx.
Examples:
• B. Klaus and P. Horn, Robot Vision. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 1986.
• L. Stein, “Random patterns,” in Computers and You, J. S. Brake, Ed. New York, NY, USA: Wiley, 1994, pp.
55–70.
II. Style—4
• R. L. Myer, “Parametric oscillators and nonlinear materials,” in Nonlinear Optics, vol. 4, P. G. Harper and
B. S. Wherret, Eds. San Francisco, CA, USA: Academic, 1977, pp. 47–160.
• M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, Eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Applied Mathematics Series
55). Washington, DC, USA: NBS, 1964, pp. 32–33.
• E. F. Moore, “Gedanken-experiments on sequential machines,” in Automata Studies (Ann. of Math. Studies,
no. 1), C. E. Shannon and J. McCarthy, Eds. Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton Univ. Press, 1965, pp. 129–153.
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Staff of Technology and Science, Aerospace Div.), Integrated
Electronic Systems. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA: Prentice-Hall, 1970.
• M. Gorkii, “Optimal design,” Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, vol. 12, pp. 111-122, 1961 (Transl.: in L. Pontryagin,
Ed., The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes. New York, NY, USA: Interscience, 1962, ch. 2, sec. 3,
pp. 127–135).
• A. Histace, “Image restoration—Recent advances and applications,” in Super-Resolution Restoration and
Image Reconstruction for Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech, 2012, pp. 25–45.
Book Translated
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of Published Book, X. Editor, Ed., xth ed. City of Publisher,
State (only U.S.), Country: Abbrev. of Publisher (in Language), year, ch. x, sec. x, pp. xxx–xxx.
Examples:
• K. Ichiro, Thai Economy and Railway 1885–1935, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha (in Japanese), 2000.
• M. Gorkii, “Optimal design,” Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, vol. 12, pp. 111–122, 1961 (Transl.: in L. Pontryagin, Ed.,
The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes. New York, NY, USA: Interscience, 1962, ch. 2, sec. 3, pp. 127–
135).
• J. K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of Published Book, X. Editor, Ed., City of Publisher, State
(only U.S.), Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, pp. xxx–xxx.
• X. Editor, Ed. Title of Published Book. City of Publisher, State (only U.S.), Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year.
Examples:
• L. Stein, “Random patterns,” in Computers and You, J. S. Brake, Ed., New York, NY, USA: Wiley, 1994, pp. 55–
70.
• C. Bennett, “What happens when you book an airline ticket? The collection and processing of passenger data post-
9/11,” in Global Surveillance and Policing: Borders, Security, Identity, E. Zureik and M. Salter, Eds., Cullompton,
U.K.: Willan, 2005, pp. 113–138.
• W. R. Leonard and M. H. Crawford, Eds. Human Biology of Pastoral Populations. New York, NY, USA:
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002.
Write out all the remaining words, but omit most articles and prepositions like “of the” and “on.” That is,
Proceedings of the 1996 Robotics and Automation Conference becomes Proc. 1996 Robot. Automat. Conf.
NOTE: All published conference or proceedings papers have page numbers.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” presented at the Abbreviated Name of Conf., City of Conf., Abbrev. State, Country,
Month and day(s), year, Paper number.
Examples:
• D. Caratelli, M. C. Viganó, G. Toso, and P. Angeletti, “Analytical placement technique for sparse arrays,”
presented at the 32nd ESA Antenna Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Oct. 5–8, 2010.
• J. G. Kreifeldt, “An analysis of surface-detected EMG as an amplitude-modulated noise,” presented at the 1989
Int. Conf. Med. Biol. Eng., Chicago, IL, USA, Nov. 9–12, 1989.
• G. W. Juette and L. E. Zeffanella, “Radio noise currents on short sections on bundle conductors,” presented at the
IEEE Summer Power Meeting, Dallas, TX, USA, Jun. 22–27, 1990, Paper 90 SM 690-0 PWRS.
• J. Arrillaga and B. Giessner, “Limitation of short-circuit levels by means of HVDC links,” presented at the IEEE
Summer Power Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Jul. 12–17, 1990, Paper 70 CP 637.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Abbreviated Name of Conf., (location of conference is optional), (Month and
day(s) if provided) year, pp. xxx-xxx.
Examples:
• A. Amador-Perez and R. A. Rodriguez-Solis, “Analysis of a CPW-fed annular slot ring antenna using DOE,” in
Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Jul. 2006, pp. 4301–4304.
• G. R. Faulhaber, “Design of service systems with priority reservation,” in Conf. Rec. 1995 IEEE Int. Conf.
Commun., pp. 3–8. *** If the year is given in the conference title, it may be omitted from the end of the reference as
shown here.***
• S. P. Bingulac, “On the compatibility of adaptive controllers,” in Proc. 4th Annu. Allerton Conf. Circuit Syst.
Theory, New York, NY, USA, 1994, pp. 8–16.
• W. D. Doyle, “Magnetization reversal in films with biaxial anisotropy,” in 1987 Proc. INTERMAG Conf., pp. 2.2-
1–2.2-6.
• C. T. Meadow and D. W. Waugh, “Computer assisted interrogation,” in 1991 Fall Joint Comput. Conf., Proc.
AFIPS Conf., vol. 29. Washington, DC, USA: Spartan, 1991, pp. 381–394.
• P. C. Parks, “Lyapunov redesign of model reference adaptive control systems,” in 1993 Joint Automatic Control
Conf., Preprints, pp. 485–491.
• T. S. Hsia, “System identification,” in IEDM Tech. Dig., 1993, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 6–13.
Examples:
• G. Veruggio, “The EURON roboethics roadmap,” in Proc. Humanoids ’06: 6th IEEE-RAS Int. Conf. Humanoid
Robots, 2006, pp. 612–617, doi: 10.1109/ICHR.2006.321337.
• J. Zhao, G. Sun, G. H. Loh, and Y. Xie, “Energy-efficient GPU design with reconfigurable in-package graphics
memory,” in Proc. ACM/IEEE Int. Symp. Low Power Electron. Design (ISLPED), Jul. 2012, pp. 403–408, doi:
10.1145/2333660.2333752.
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Examples:
• A. Amador-Perez and R. A. Rodriguez-Solis, “Analysis of a CPW-fed annular slot ring antenna using DOE,” in
Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., A. Amador-Perez and R. A. Rodriguez-Solis, Eds. Jul. 2006, pp.
4301–4304.
• D. B. Armstrong, G. J. Fogarty, and D. Dingsdag, “Scales measuring characteristics of small business
information systems,” in Proc. Res., Relevance Rigour: Coming of Age: 18th Australasian Conf. Inf. Syst., W-
G. Tan, Ed. 2007, pp. 163–171.
• P. Funes, B. Orme, and E. Bonabeau, “Evolving emergent group behaviors for simple human agents,” in Proc.
7th Eur. Conf. Artif. Life, P. Dittrich and J. T. Kim, Eds. Sep. 2003, pp. 76–89.
Examples:
• L. S. Carmichael, N. Ghani, P. K. Rajan, K. O’Donoghue, and R. Holt, “Characterization and comparison of
modern layer-2 Ethernet survivability protocols,” in Proc. 37th Southeastern Symp. Syst. Theory (SSST 2005),
Tuskegee, AL, USA, Mar. 20–22, 2005, pp. 124–129.
• D. Sarkar and K. V. Srivastava, “SRR-loaded antipodal Vivaldi antenna for UWB applications with tunable notch
function,” in Proc. Int. Symp. Electromagn. Theory, Hiroshima, Japan, 2013, pp. 466–469.
Example:
• A. Amador-Perez and R. A. Rodriguez-Solis, “Analysis of a CPW-fed annular slot ring antenna using DOE,” in
Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., in Slot Ring Antennas II, vol. 3, 2nd ed., Jul. 2006, pp. 4301–4304.
• J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Abbreviated Name of Conf., (location of conference is optional), year, pp. xxx-
xxx. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
Examples:
• T. Schubert, “Real challenges and solutions for validating system-on-chip high level formal verification of next-
generation microprocessors,” in Proc. 40th Design Automat. Conf. (DAC’03), Jun. 2–6, 2003. [Online]. Available:
http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/dac/2003/2394/00/2394001-abs.html
• J. Yanamadala et al., “Segmentation of the visible human project (VHP) female cryosection images within
MATLAB environment,” in Proc. 23rd Int. Meshing Roundtable, London, U.K., Oct. 2014. [Online]. Available:
http://www.imr.sandia.gov/papers/imr23.htm
C. Course
Basic Format:
Name of University. (Year). Title of course. [Online]. Available: URL
Example:
• Argosy University Online. (2012). Information literacy and communication. [Online]. Available:
http://www.myeclassonline.com
Coursepack
Basic Format:
• J. K. Instructor. Title of coursepack. (Semester). Title of course. University/Publisher location:
University/Publisher name.
Example:
• Q. Oden. Mud and Bones – Geology Coursepack. (2014, Winter). GEOG 042. Cranbrook, Canada: College of the
Rockies.
D. Datasets
FORCE11 Data Citation Principles
IEEE follows the FORCE11 Data Citation Principles. These principles are as follows (per
https://www.force11.org/datacitationprinciples):
1. Importance: Data should be considered legitimate, citable products of research. Data citations should be
accorded the same importance in the scholarly record as citations of other research objects, such as
publications.
2. Credit and Attribution: Data citations should facilitate giving scholarly credit and normative and legal
attribution to all contributors to the data, recognizing that a single style or mechanism of attribution may not
be applicable to all data.
3. Evidence: In scholarly literature, whenever and wherever a claim relies upon data, the corresponding data
should be cited.
4. Unique Identification: A data citation should include a persistent method for identification that is machine
actionable, globally unique, and widely used by a community.
5. Access: Data citations should facilitate access to the data themselves and to such associated metadata,
documentation, code, and other materials, as are necessary for both humans and machines to make informed
use of the referenced data.
6. Persistence: Unique identifiers, and metadata describing the data, and its disposition, should persist—even
beyond the lifespan of the data they describe.
7. Specificity and Verifiability: Data citations should facilitate identification of, access to, and verification of
the specific data that support a claim. Citations or citation metadata should include information about
provenance and fixity sufficient to facilitate verifying that the specific timeslice, version and/or granular
portion of data retrieved subsequently is the same as was originally cited.
8. Interoperability and Flexibility: Data citation methods should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the
II. Style—9
variant practices among communities, but should not differ so much that they compromise interoperability
of data citation practices across communities.
Note: Reproduced (including references therein) from M. Martone, Ed. “Data Citation Synthesis Group: Joint
Declaration of Data Citation Principles.” San Diego, CA, USA: FORCE11, 2014. [Online]. Available:
https://www.force11.org/group/joint-declaration-data-citation-principles-final
When providing reference details as much information as available should be provided (italics denote that metadata
would benefit from the details, although it is not required for reference listing):
• Published mixed data/software package: author(s), name, unique identifier, location/repository, release
date, license, description, keywords.
The essential components of a citation to a dataset are the following: Author names of each individual or organizational
entity responsible for the creation of the dataset; the date published or disseminated [year and full date (if available)];
the complete title of the dataset, including the edition or version number, if applicable; publisher and/or distributor;
and electronic location or identifier (URL or DOI if applicable). Append the date retrieved if the title and locator are
not specific to the exact instance of the data you used.
Basic Format:
• Author, Date, Year. “Title of Dataset,” distributed by Publisher/Distributor, http://url.com (or if DOI is used,
end with a period)
Example:
• S. Ansolabehere, M. Palmer, and A. Lee, January 20, 2014, “Precinct-Level Election Data. V1,” distributed
by Harvard Election Data Archive, http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/21919
UNF:5:5C9UfGjdLy2ONVPtgr45qA==
Basic Format:
• Author, Date, “Title of Dataset,” Source, doi: xxx.
Example:
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aug. 2013, “Treatment Episode Dataset: Discharges
(TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2009,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, doi: 10.3886/ICPSR30122.v2.
Basic Format:
• Author, Date, “Title of Dataset,” Source, doi: URL.
Example:
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aug. 2013, “Treatment Episode Dataset: Discharges
(TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2009,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30122.v2.
Basic Format:
• Author, Date, “Title of Dataset,” Source. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
Example:
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aug. 2013, “Treatment Episode Dataset: Discharges
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(TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2009,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. [Online]. Available:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/SAMHDA/studies/30122/version/
E. Handbooks
Basic Format:
• Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, year, pp. xxx-xxx.
Examples:
• Transmission Systems for Communications, 3rd ed., Western Electric Co., Winston-Salem, NC, USA,1985,
pp. 44–60.
• Motorola Semiconductor Data Manual, Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA,1989.
• RCA Receiving Tube Manual, Radio Corp. of America, Electronic Components and Devices, Harrison, NJ,
Tech. Ser. RC-23, 1992.
F. Lectures
Lecture Notes
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author. (Year). Title of lecture [Type of Medium]. Available: URL
Examples:
• J. Barney. (2011). Documenting literature [PowerPoint slides]. Available: http://moodle.cotr/english/gill
• Z. Yardish. Tumbling past data [Online]. Available: http://www.statistics.cotr.ca/classes/statistics/Yardish/index.
html
Lecture Online
Basic Format:
• University name. (year). Title of lecture. [Type of Medium]. Available: URL
Example:
• Argosy University Online. (2012). Information literacy and communication: Module 2 filing and organization.
[Online]. Available: http://www.myeclassonline.com
G. Legal Citations
Note: In text, italicize the names of court cases.
Lower-Court Decisions
• U.S. v. Councilman, Federal Supplement, 2nd Series, vol. 245, 2003, p. 321 (U.S. District Court for the
District of Mass.).
• U.S. v. Councilman, Federal Reporter, 3rd Series, vol. 373, 2004, p. 204 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit).
U.S. Laws
• U.S. Code, Title 18, section 3123(a)(1),(2), 2000 and 2002 Supplement.
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• Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism,
Public Law No. 107-56, section 209, U.S. Statutes at Large, vol. 115, 2001, p. 285.
• Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Public Law No. 90-351, sections 801– 804, U.S.
Statutes at Large, vol. 82, pp. 211–223 (codified as amended in US Code, Title 18, sections 2510–2522, 2000
and 2002 Supplement).
H. Manuals
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author (or Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co. Abbrev. State, Country). Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed.
(year). Accessed: Date. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
Examples:
• L. Breimann. Manual on Setting Up, Using, and Understanding Random Forests v4.0. (2003). Accessed: Apr.
16, 2014. [Online]. Available: http://oz.berkeley.edu/users/breiman/Using_random_forests_v4.0.pdf
• M. Kuhn. The Caret Package. (2012). [Online]. Available: http://cranr-
project.org/web/packages/caret/caret.pdf
• Antcom, Torrance, CA, USA. Antenna Products. (2011). Accessed: Feb. 12, 2014. [Online]. Available:
http://www.antcom.com/documents/catalogs /L1L2GPSAntennas.pdf
Manual (Print)
Basic Format:
• Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, Country, year, pp. xxx–xxx.
Examples:
• Transmission Systems for Communications, 3rd ed., Western Electric Co., Winston-Salem, NC, USA,1985, pp.
44–60.
• Motorola Semiconductor Data Manual, Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA,1989.
• RCA Receiving Tube Manual, Radio Corp. of America, Electronic Components and Devices, Harrison, NJ, USA,
Tech. Ser. RC23, 1992.
• Microsoft Office 97 Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide, Microsoft Professional Editions Series, Microsoft,
Redmond, WA, USA, 1997.
Manual (Online)
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author (or Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co. Abbrev. State, Country). Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed.
(year). Accessed: Date. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
Examples:
• L. Breimann. Manual on Setting Up, Using, and Understanding Random Forests v4.0. (2003). Accessed: Apr.
16, 2014. [Online]. Available: http://oz.berkeley.edu/users/breiman/Using_random_forests_v4.0.pdf
• M. Kuhn. The Caret Package. (2012). [Online]. Available: http://cranr-project.org/web/packages/caret/caret.pdf
Basic Format:
• Video Owner/Creator, Location (if available). Title of Video: In Initial Caps. (Release date). Accessed:
Month Day, Year. [Online Video]. Available: http://URL.onlinevideo.org
Examples:
• mtaOnline1, Fazi Mosque, U.K. An Occasionally Accurate History of Australia: Part I. (Oct. 23, 2006).
Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010. [Online Video]. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJjNsCVHc34
• Doane Academy, Burlington, NJ, USA. Second Grade Bossy R. (Feb. 28, 2013). Accessed: Jun. 3, 2018.
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J. Patent
Retain or request the day of the month when referencing a patent.
NOTE: Use “issued date” if several dates are given.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of patent,” U.S. Patent x xxx xxx, Abbrev. Month, day, year.
• J. K. Author, “Title of patent,” Country Patent xxx, Abbrev. Month, day, year.
Examples:
• J. P. Wilkinson, “Nonlinear resonant circuit devices,” U.S. Patent 3 624 125, Jul. 16, 1990.
• T. Mei and T. Yang, “Circuit and method for average–current regulation of light-emitting diodes,” U.S. Patent
7 898 187 B1, 2011, Mar. 1, 2012.
• W. W. Black and A. Clavin, “Dipole augmented slot radiating element,” U.S. Patent 3594806, Jul. 1971.
• S. P. Voinigescu et al., Direct m-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) operating in saturated power
mode,” U.S. Patent Appl. 20110013726A1, Jan. 20, 2011.
• K. Klionovski, “Broadband dual-band microstrip antenna,” (in Russian), RU Patent Utility Model 167296, Dec.
27, 2016.
Patent Online
Basic Format:
• Name of the invention, by inventor’s name. (year, month day). Patent Number [Type of medium]. Available:
site/path/file
Examples:
• Musical toothbrush with adjustable neck and mirror, by L. M. R. Brooks. (1992, May 19). Patent D 326 189
[Online]. Available: NEXIS Library: LEXPAT File: DESIGN
• Screwless clip mounted computer drive, by D. Williams. (2005, Apr. 26). U.S. Patent 6,885,550 [Online].
Available: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/6,885,550
K. Periodicals
Periodicals
Refer to the section on Common Abbreviations of Words in References for non-IEEE titles. Note that periodical
titles of only one word should not be abbreviated, but fully spelled out, e.g., Science and Nature.
Prior to 1988, the volume number of IEEE Transactions/Journals carried the acronym of the journal. For example,
an issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL would read: IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr., vol. AC-
26, no. 1, pp. 1–34, Jan. 1981. When referencing IEEE Transactions, both the issue number and month are included
upon verification of frequency and starting month. DOIs are included, when provided by the author.
NOTE: The only exception to this rule is PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, which never carried an acronym on the
masthead.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month, year.
• J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month, year,
doi: xxx.
Examples:
• M. M. Chiampi and L. L. Zilberti, “Induction of electric field in human bodies moving near MRI: An
efficient BEM computational procedure,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 58, pp. 2787–2793, Oct. 2011, doi:
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10.1109/TBME.2011.2158315.
• M. Ito et al., “Application of amorphous oxide TFT to electrophoretic display,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, vol.
354, no. 19, pp. 2777–2782, Feb. 2008.
• R. Fardel, M. Nagel, F. Nuesch, T. Lippert, and A. Wokaun, “Fabrication of organic light emitting diode
pixels by laser-assisted forward transfer,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 91, no. 6, Aug. 2007, Art. no. 061103.
• J. Zhang and N. Tansu, “Optical gain and laser characteristics of InGaN quantum wells on ternary InGaN
substrates,” IEEE Photon. J., vol. 5, no. 2, Apr. 2013, Art no. 2600111.
• S. Preu, G.H.Döhler, S.Malzer, L.J.Wang, and A. C. Gossard,“Tunable continuous-wave terahertz photo
mixer sources and applications,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 109, Mar. 2011, Art. no. 061301.
• S. Azodolmolky et al., Experimental demonstration of an impairment aware network planning and operation
tool for transparent/translucent optical networks,” J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 439–448, Sep. 2011.
• H. Eriksson and P. E. Danielsson, “Two problems on Boolean memories,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices,
vol. ED-11, no. 1, pp. 32–33, Jan. 1959.
• F. Aronowitz, “Theory of traveling-wave optical maser,” Phys. Rev., vol. 134, pp. A635–A646, Dec. 8,
1965.
• Ye. V. Lavrova, “Geographic distribution of ionospheric disturbances in the F2 layer,” Tr. IZMIRAN, vol.
19, no. 29, pp. 31–43, 1961 (Transl.: E. R. Hope, Directorate of Scientific Information Services, Defence
Research Board of Canada, Rep. T384R, Apr. 1963).
• E. P. Wigner, “On a modification of the Rayleigh–Schrodinger perturbation theory,” (in German), Math.
Naturwiss. Anz. Ungar. Akad. Wiss., vol. 53, p. 475, 1935.
• E. H. Miller, “A note on reflector arrays,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., to be published.*** Always use
this style when the paper has been accepted or scheduled for a future publication, and early access details
are not available, i.e., do not use “to appear in.”***
• F. Vatta, A. Soranzo, and F. Babich, “More accurate analysis of sum-product decoding of LDPC codes
using a Gaussian approximation,” Commun. Lett., early access, Dec. 11, 2018.
doi: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2158315. ***Always state if the paper is early access and include its online
version date and doi. The doi is essential as it will not change, though the date may.***
• C. K. Kim, “Effect of gamma rays on plasma,” submitted for publication. *** Always use this style when
the paper has not yet been accepted or scheduled for publication, i.e., do not use “to appear in.” ***
• W. Rafferty, “Ground antennas in NASA’s deep space telecommunications,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 82, no. 5,
pp. 636-640, May 1994.
• P. Kopyt et al., “Electric properties of graphene-based conductive layers from DC up to terahertz range,”
IEEE THz Sci. Technol., to be published. doi: 10.1109/TTHZ.2016.2544142.
• T. Brunschwiler et al., “Formulation of percolating thermal underfills using hierarchical self-assembly of
microparticles and nanoparticles by centrifugal forces and capillary bridging,” J. Microelectron. Electron.
Packag., vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 149–159, 2012, doi: 10.4071/imaps.357.
• L. T. Wu et al., “Real-time analytic sensitivity method for transient security assessment and prevent
control,” Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng., vol. 135, pt. C, pp. 107-117, Mar. 1988.
***Authors may refer to this journal as Proc. IEE, but the abbreviation must be as listed above. Proc. IEE is
printed in the U.K. and must not be confused with the Proc. IEEE.***
• Special Issue on Artificial Neural Network Applications, Proc. IEEE, vol. 84, pp. 1353-1576, Oct. 1996.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, Abbrev. month, year, Art. no. xxx.
Examples:
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• J. Zhang and N. Tansu, “Optical gain and laser characteristics of InGaN quantum wells on ternary InGaN
substrates,” IEEE Photon. J., vol. 5, no. 2, Apr. 2013, Art no. 2600111.
• R. Fardel, M. Nagel, F. Nuesch, T. Lippert, and A. Wokaun, “Fabrication of organic light emitting diode
pixels by laser-assisted forward transfer,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 91, no. 6, Aug. 2007, Art. no. 061103.
• S. Preu, G. H. Döhler, S. Malzer, L. J. Wang, and A. C. Gossard, “Tunable continuous-wave terahertz photo
mixer sources and applications,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 109, Mar. 2011, Art. no. 061301.
• L. Kuang et al., “A numerical method for analyzing electromagnetic scattering properties of a moving
conducting object,” Int. J. Antennas Propag., vol. 2014, 2014, Art. no. 386315, doi: 10.1155/2014/386315.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical., Abbrev. month, year. doi: xxx.
Example:
• F. Vatta, A. Soranzo, and F. Babich, “More accurate analysis of sum-product decoding of LDPC codes using
a Gaussian approximation,” Commun. Lett., early access. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2158315.
Periodicals Online
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, Abbrev. Month, year.
Accessed: Month, Day, Year. doi: 10.1109.XXX.123456. [Online]. Available: site/path/file
Examples:
• P. Kopyt et al., “Electric properties of graphene-based conductive layers from DC up to terahertz range,”
IEEE THz Sci. Technol., to be published. doi: 10.1109/TTHZ.2016.2544142. [Online]. Available:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7463081
• W. P. Risk, G. S. Kino, and H. J. Shaw, “Fiber-optic frequency shifter using a surface acoustic wave
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incident at an oblique angle,” Opt. Lett., vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 115–117, Feb. 1986. [Online]. Available:
http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-11-2-115
• R. Zhang and F. Gao, “Two-dimensional iterative learning model predictive control for batch processes: A
new state space model compensation approach,” IEEE Trans. Syst., Man, Cybern., Syst., to be published.
Accessed: Jun. 26, 2019. doi: 10.1109/TSMC.2018.2883754. [Online]. Available:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8575166
Virtual Journal
Basic Format:
• Name(s) of Ed(s)., “Title of Issue,” in Title of Journal, Abbrev. month year. [Online]. Available: URL
Examples:
• J. Smith, T. Jones, and B. Simpson, Eds., “IEEE Biometrics Compendium Issue 30 December 2017,” in IEEE
Biometrics Compendium, Dec. 2017. [Online]. Available: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/virtual-journals/biocomp/
issue/30/
• T. Robertson, Ed., “RFIC Virtual Journal–Issue 6,” in IEEE RFIC Virtual Journal, Oct. 2014. [Online].
Available: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/virtual-journals/rfic/issue/6/
• “RFID Virtual Journal–Issue 10,” in IEEE RFID Virtual Journal, Nov. 2015. [Online]. Available:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/virtual-journals/rfid/issue/10/
L. Reports
The general form for citing technical reports is to place the name and location of the company or institution after the
author and title and to give the report number and date at the end of the reference.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of report,” Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, Country, Rep. xxx, year.
Examples:
• E. E. Reber, R. L. Michell, and C. J. Carter, “Oxygen absorption in the earth’s atmosphere,” Aerospace
Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA,Tech. Rep. TR-0200 (4230-46)-3, Nov. 1988.
• J. H. Davis and J. R. Cogdell, “Calibration program for the 16-foot antenna,” Elect. Eng. Res. Lab., Univ.
Texas, Austin, Tech. Memo. NGL-006-69-3, Nov. 15, 1987.
• R. E. Haskell and C. T. Case, “Transient signal propagation in lossless isotropic plasmas,” USAF Cambridge
Res. Labs., Cambridge, MA, USA, Rep. ARCRL-66-234 (II), 1994, vol. 2.
• M. A. Brusberg and E. N. Clark, “Installation, operation, and data evaluation of an oblique-incidence
ionosphere sounder system,” in “Radio Propagation Characteristics of the Washington-Honolulu Path,”
Stanford Res. Inst., Stanford, CA, USA, Contract NOBSR-87615, Final Rep., Feb. 1995, vol. 1.
• P. Diament, S. L. Richert, and W. L. Lupatkin, “V-line surface-wave radiation and scanning,” Dept. Elect.
Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA, Sci. Rep. 85, Aug. 1991.
Report Online
Ensure a year is included and add the URL to the end of the reference.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of report,” Company, City, State, Country, Rep. no., (optional: vol./issue), Date. Accessed:
Date. [Online]. Available: site/path/file
Examples:
• R. J. Hijmans and J. van Etten, “Raster: Geographic analysis and modeling with raster data,” R Package
Version 2.0-12, Jan. 12, 2012. [Online]. Available: http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=raster
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• “Teralyzer,” Lytera UG, Kirchhain, Germany. Accessed: Jun. 5, 2014. [Online]. Available:
http://www.lytera.de/Terahertz_THz_Spectroscopy.php?id=home
• F. Zhao, “Smartphone solutions white paper,” Shenzhen, China, Huawei, White Paper, 2012. [Online].
Available: http://www.huawei.com/ilink/en/download/HW_193034
• Bureau of Meteorology, “Bureau of Meteorology: Measuring Rainfall in Australia,” 2009. [Online].
Available: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/definitionsrain.shtml#meanrainfall
• GeoBasisNRW HYPERLINK "http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-11-2-115", “ATKIS—Digitale
Topographische Karte 1:25.000 (DTK25),” Bezirksregierung Köln, Cologne, Germany, 2012. [Online].
Available: http://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de/brkinternet/presse/publikationen/geobasis/fal HYPERLINK
"http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-11-2-115"tblatt_geobasis_ HYPERLINK
"http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-11-2-115"atkis01.pdf
• K. Kagaku, "Multipurpose chest phantom: Lungman.” Accessed: Apr. 17, 2014. [Online]. Available:
http://www.kyotokagaku.com/products/detail03/pdf/ph-1_catalog.pdf
• “Apple iPhone,” Apple Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA. Accessed: Feb. 25, 2013. [Online]. Available:
http://apple.com/iphone/
• S. Urazhdin, N. O. Birge, W. P. Pratt Jr., and J. Bass, “Current-driven magnetic excitations in permalloy-
based multilayer nanopillars,” 2003. [Online]. Available: http://arXiv:cond-mat/0303149
M. Software
Note: IEEE follows the Force 11 Citation Principles. These principles are as follows (per https://www.force11.org/):
1. Importance: Software should be considered a legitimate and citable product of research. Software citations
should be accorded the same importance in the scholarly record as citations of other research products, such as
publications and data; they should be included in the metadata of the citing work, for example in the reference
list of a journal article, and should not be omitted or separated. Software should be cited on the same basis as
any other research product such as a paper or a book, that is, authors should cite the appropriate set of software
products just as they cite the appropriate set of papers.
2. Credit and Attribution: Software citations should facilitate giving scholarly credit and normative, legal
attribution to all contributors to the software, recognizing that a single style or mechanism of attribution may
not be applicable to all software.
3. Evidence: In scholarly literature, whenever and wherever a claim relies upon data, the corresponding data
should be cited.
4. Unique Identification: A software citation should include a method for identification that is machine
actionable, globally unique, interoperable, and recognized by at least a community of the corresponding
domain experts, and preferably by general public researchers.
5. Persistence: Unique identifiers and metadata describing the software and its disposition should persist – even
beyond the lifespan of the software they describe.
6. Accessibility: Software citations should facilitate access to the software itself and to its associated metadata,
documentation, data, and other materials necessary for both humans and machines to make informed use of the
referenced software.
7. Specificity: Software citations should facilitate identification of, and access to, the specific version of software
that was used. Software identification should be as specific as necessary, such as using version numbers,
revision numbers, or variants such as platforms.
8. Interoperability and Flexibility: Data citation methods should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the
variant practices among communities, but should not differ so much that they compromise interoperability of
data citation practices across communities.
***When providing reference details as much information as noted below should be provided (italics denote that
metadata would benefit from the details, although it is not required for reference listing):
1) Use software for papers: author(s), software name, location/repository, version number, release date,
unique identifier. Use software for papers: author(s), software name, location/repository, version
number, release date, unique identifier.
2) Use software in/with new software: author(s), software name, location/repository, version number,
release date, unique identifier, software licensure, description.
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3) Contribute to software: author(s), software name, location/repository, version number, release date,
unique identifier, contributor role, software license, description.
4) Determine use/citations of software: software name, unique identifier, indexed citations.
5) Get credit for software development: author(s), software name, location/repository, release date, unique
identifier, contributor role, indexed citations.
6) “Reproduce analysis”: software name, location/repository, version number, release date, unique
identifier, software license, description.
7) Find software to implement task: author(s), software name, location/repository, location/repository,
unique identifier, indexed citations, software license, description, keywords.
8) Publish software paper: author(s), software name, location/repository, version number, release date,
unique identifier.
9) Publish papers that cite software: author(s), software name, location/repository, version number,
release date, unique identifier, indexed citations.
10) Build catalog of software: author(s), software name, location/repository, version number, release date,
unique identifier, indexed citations, software license, description, keywords.
11) Build software catalog/registry: author(s), software name, location/repository, unique identifier,
description, keywords.
12) Show scientific impact of holdings: software name, unique identifier, indexed citations.
13) Show how funded software has been used: software name, unique identifier, indexed citations.
14) Evaluate contributions of researcher: author(s), unique identifier, release date, indexed citations,
contributor role.
15) Store software entry: author(s), software name, unique identifier, location/repository, release date,
indexed citations, description, keywords.
16) Published mixed data/software package: author(s), software name, unique identifier,
location/repository, release date, software license, description, keywords.
Note: Reproduced (including references therein) from A. M. Smith, D. S. Katz, K. E. Niemeyer, and the
FORCE11 Software Citation Working Group. “Software citation principles,” PeerJ Comp. Sci., vol. 2, 2016,
Article no. e86, doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.86
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author. Title of Software. Date Repository or Archive. (version or year). Publisher Name. Accessed: Date
(when applicable). [Type of Medium]. Global Persistent Identifier. Available: site/path/file
Examples:
• Antenna Products. (2011). Antcom. Accessed: January 11, 2019. [Online]. Available:
https://www.antcom.com/products
• D. W. Arning et al. Mixed Mode–Mixed level Circuit Simulator. (2011). Ngspice. Accessed: Jan. 11, 2019.
[Online]. Available: http://ngspice.sourceforge.net
• MSDN Library Visual Studio 6.0. (2001). Microsoft.
N. Standards
Basic Format:
• Title of Standard, Standard number, Corporate author, location, date.
• Title of Standard, Standard number, date.
Examples:
• Parameter Values for Ultra-High Definition Television Systems for Switzerland, Production and
International Programme Exchange, Rec. ITU-R BT.2020-2, International Telecommunications Union,
Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 2015.
• IEEE Criteria for Class IE Electric Systems, IEEE Standard 308, 1969.
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Standard Online
Basic Format:
• Title of Standard, Standard number, Corporate author, location, date. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
• Title of Standard, Standard number, date. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
Example:
• Frequency Response and Bias, NERC Reliability Standard BAL-003-0.1b, May 2009. [Online]. Available:
http://www.nerc.com/files/BAL-003-0_1b.pdf
Thesis Online
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, “Title of thesis,” M.S. thesis, Abbrev. Dept., Abbrev. Univ., City of Univ., Abbrev. State, Country,
year. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
• J. K. Author, “Title of dissertation,” Ph.D. dissertation, Abbrev. Dept., Abbrev. Univ., City of Univ., Abbrev.
State, Country, year. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com
Examples:
• F. Jensen, “Electromagnetic near-field far-field correlations,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Tech. Univ.
Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, 1970. [Online]. Available: www.tud.ed/jensen/diss
• D. Schwartz, “Development of a computationally efficient full human body finite element model,” M.S. thesis,
Virginia Tech – Wake Forest Univ. School of Biomed. Eng. Sci., Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 2015. [Online].
Available: https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/57119/Schwartz_wfu_0248M_10697.pdf
Approval of Military Action. [Online]. Available: LEXIS Library: GENFED File: BILLS
Government Online
Basic Format:
• Legislative body. Number of Congress, Session. (year, month day). Number of bill or resolution, Title. [Type of
medium]. Available: site/path/file
Example:
• U.S. House. 102nd Congress, 1st Session. (1991, Jan. 11). H. Con. Res. 1, Sense of the Congress on Approval of
Military Action. [Online]. Available: LEXIS Library: GENFED File: BILLS
Q. Unpublished
The two most common types of unpublished references are private communications and papers still in preparation.
Basic Format:
• J. K. Author, private communication, Abbrev. Month, year.
• J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” unpublished.
Examples:
• A. Harrison, private communication, May 1995.
• B. Smith, “An approach to graphs of linear forms,” unpublished.
• A. Brahms, “Representation error for real numbers in binary computer arithmetic,” IEEE Computer Group
Repository, Paper R-67-85.
• S. Urazhdin, N. O. Birge, W. P. Pratt Jr., and J. Bass, “Current-driven magnetic excitations in permalloy-based
multilayer nanopillars,” 2003, arXiv:0303149.
R. Websites
The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), page title, website title, web address, and date
accessed:
First Name Initial(s) Last Name. “Page Title.” Website Title. Date Accessed. [Online]. Available: Web Address.
J. Smith. “Obama inaugurated as President.” CNN.com. Accessed: Feb. 1, 2009. [Online.] Available:
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/ index.html
The first author’s name should be first initial(s) and then the last name and a period. Titles and affiliations associated
with the author should be omitted. A suffix, such as a roman numeral or Jr./Sr., should appear after the author’s
given name, preceded by a comma.
For a page with two or more authors, list them in the order as they appear on the website. Separate author names by
a comma.
J. Smith and J. Doe. “Obama inaugurated as President.” CNN.com. Accessed: Feb. 1, 2009. [Online.] Available:
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/01/21/ obama_inaugurated/index.html
Next, place the title of the online article or the title of the webpage itself. Then, the text “Accessed:” and the date on
which you accessed the website (written in the format of “month day, year”). The text “[Online.] Available:” is then
inserted with the complete URL after the colon.
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P. Costanzo, “Clemson orange uniforms are messing with the color on my TV. And apparently messing with the ND
offense, too.” Twitter. Accessed Apr. 19, 2021. [Online.] Available:
https://twitter.com/PaulCostanzo/status/817826295707041793
Query the author for the website title if not provided. (For informal websites (such as home page or fan websites) or
websites without formal titles, descriptive phrases may be used in place of page or website titles.).
There are various options for including a URL in a reference. Follow the order of details and whether a period needs
to be placed at the end of the reference. The style of the accessed date is “Accessed: Abbrev. month and day, year.” The
placement of the accessed date within the reference should match how it is provided in the final author-submitted version.
B. List of Publishers
NOTE: Each publisher’s complete title is shown, but do not use what is in parentheses. This is just to show the
entire title.
A
Abelard-Schuman (Ltd.), New York, NY, USA
Abingdon (Press), Nashville, TN, USA
Ablex (Publishing Corp.), Norwood, NJ, USA
Harry N. Abrams (Inc.), New York, NY, USA
Academic (Press Inc.), New York, NY, USA; Orlando, FL, USA; San Diego, CA, USA
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B
Babson (Statistical Organization, Inc.), Wellesley Hills, MA, USA
(Karl) Baedeker, Leipzig, Germany
Bailliere (Tindall & Cox, Ltd.), London, U.K.
W. H. Baker (Co.), Boston, MA, USA
Ballentine (Books, Inc.), New York, NY, USA
Bankers (Publishing Co.), Boston, MA, USA
Banta (George Banta Publishing Co. - The Collegiate Press), Menasha, WI, USA
A. S. Barnes (& Co., Inc.), Cranbury, NJ, USA
Barnes & Noble (Inc.), New York, NY, USA
Barren (Educational Series, Inc.), Woodbury, NY, USA
(M.) Barrows (& Co., Inc.), New York, NY, USA
(Johann Ambrosius) Barth, Munich, Germany
Basic Books (Inc.), New York, NY, USA
Battelle (Press), Columbus, OH, USA
Baylor Univ. Press, Waco, TX, USA
Beacon (Press), Boston, MA, USA
G. Bell (& Sons, Ltd.), London, U.K.
J. P. Bell (Co.), Lynchburg, VA, USA
(Matthew) Bender (& Co., Inc.), New York, NY, USA
W. A. Benjamin (Inc.), New York, NY, USA
Benjamin Cummings (Publishing Co.), Redwood City, CA, USA
(Ernest) Benn (Ltd.), London, U.K.
(Charles A.) Bennett (Co.), Peoria, IL, USA
Benziger (Brothers, Inc.), New York, NY, USA
(Librairie Polytechnique Charles) Beranger, Paris, France
Berlinische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin, Germany
Beuth Vertrieb, G.m.b.H., Berlin, Germany
Birkhaüser, Cambridge, MA, USA
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C
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K.
(Jonathon) Cape (Ltd.), London, U.K.
Carnegie Endowment (for International Peace), New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Foundation (for the Advancement of Teaching), New York, NY, USA
Carnegie Press, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Cassell (& Co., Ltd.), London, U.K.
Catholic Univ. of America Press, Washington, DC, USA
Caxton (Printers, Ltd.), Caldwell, ID, USA
Century House, Watkins Glen, NY, USA
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