• IEEE Referencing
• Citing sources in the text
• Resources used in the creation of this guide
• The Reference List
• Single citation in the text
• Multiple citations in the text
• How to use quotes in IEEE
• Paraphrasing in IEEE
• Secondary sources
• Month abbreviations
• Page numbers
• Citing the same source multiple times
• Place of publication
• DOI in IEEE

When referencing a journal article, please check a list of standard journal title abbreviations at either IEEE Abbreviations for Transactions, Journals, Letters, and Magazines or CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool.

For example, the official title abbreviation for the ‘Information Processing & Management’ journal, as cross-checked in CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool, is ‘Inf. Process. Manage.’. Other examples include:

• Information Processing & Management = Inf. Process. Manage.
• Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics = Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech.
• Journal of Documentation = J. Doc.

If the publication you are looking for is not included in these two databases, spell out the name of journal title in full.

If referencing articles found in IEEE Transactions Journals that were published prior to 1988, also provide the acronym of the Journal that features along with the volume number, e.g., vol. AC–28. 

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of the article,” Abbrev. Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, Abbrev. Month, Year.

Referencing elements to cite:

• [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
• Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
• Title of the article in double quotation marks, in lower case
• Title of the Journal, in italics. Important words of the title are capitalised, but not minor ones, such as ‘and’, ‘of’, ‘on’, etc. Refer to the Journal titles abbreviations section on this page for further information.
• Volume, issue and page number(s)
• Abbreviated month and year of publication. Refer to the Abbreviated month section for further information.

Example:

[1]     T. Kaczorek, "Minimum energy control of fractional positive electrical circuits", Archives of Electrical Engineering, vol. 65, no. 2, pp.191–201, 2016.

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of the electronic article,” Abbrev. Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, Abbrev. Month. Year. Accessed on: Abbrev. Month. Day, Year. [Online]. Available: site/path/file (doi:xxxxx, database or URL) 

Referencing elements to cite:

• [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
• Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
• Title of the article in double quotation marks, in lower case
• Title of the Journal, in italics. Important words of the title are capitalised, but not minor ones, such as ‘and’, ‘of’, ‘on’, etc. Refer to the Journal titles abbreviations section on this page for further information.
• Volume, issue and page number(s)
• Abbreviated month and year of publication. Refer to the Abbreviated month section for further information.
• Accessed on: Month, Day, Year. Where there is a DOI available, do not include the Access Date
• [Online]
• Available: site/path/file location of an electronic book, which can be a DOI, a library database provider or a full URL. 
  • It is preferable to provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) 
  • If a DOI of the journal article is not available, provide the Victoria University database provider. Refer to DOI in IEEE section on this guide for further information.
  • For electronic resources found on the Internet include the full URL

Example:

[2]     A. Vaskuri, H. Baumgartner, P. Kärhä, G. Andor, and E. Ikonen, "Modeling the spectral shape of InGaAlP-based red light-emitting diodes," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 118, no. 20, pp. 203103-1–203103-7, Jul. 2015. Accessed on Feb. 9, 2017. [Online]. Available doi: 10.1063/1.4936322

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