IEEE Citation Reference Guide

Citations in Document

It is important as you write to provide credit to the work of others by providing both an in-text citation and full reference at the end of your paper. [1]

IEEE citation style uses a numerical system of citation:

• Citations are numbered in the order in which they appear. 
• Once cited, the same number is used for all additional references in paper/report
• Each reference number should be enclosed in brackets [ ]
  • brackets appear on same line as text
  • before punctuation
  • space before the bracket.
• Each citation corresponds to a numbered reference containing the publication information about source in reference list at end of document.
• When referencing multiple sources:
  • List each reference number separately with a comma -  [2], [4], [5] or [2, 4, 5]
  • Dash between each reference - [6] - [10] or [6-10]
• When citing different pages within a source use the following:  [2, pp. 17-26], [2, Ch. 5, pp. 136-149] or [2, Fig. 5]

Reference Lists [1]

Reference Entry information:

• Author(s) names - First Initial and full last name
• Title of item (article, patent, book chapter, conference paper, etc.) in quotation marks " "
• Title of journal or book in italics

Reference List is:

• A numbered list of detailed references for all items identified in document appearing at the end of the document
• List is compiled numerically beginning with [1]

Reference List page format:

• Bracketed number Reference number placed at left margin, followed by reference details
• Single-spaced entries with double spaces between.