• 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
• Word abbreviations in references
• Common IEEE abbreviations and acronyms
• Page numbers
• Citing the same source multiple times
• Place of publication
• DOI in IEEE

When referencing any IEEE journals or magazine titles, then refer to the list of standard journal title abbreviations at ‘IEEE Journal Titles and Reference Abbreviations​’.

If the publication you are referencing is not published by the IEEE, then spell out the journal's title in full.

[#]    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, the Access Date can be omitted.
• [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

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of the magazine article,” Abbrev. Title of Magazine (in italics), 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 magazine article in double quotation marks, in lower case
• Title of the Magazine, in italics. Important words of the title are capitalised, but not minor ones, such as ‘and’, ‘of’, ‘on’, etc.
• Volume, issue and page number(s)
• Abbreviated month and year of publication. Refer to the Abbreviated month section for further information.

Example:

[3]     M. Patrick, "The origins of today's industrial robots, and where they're headed next," Electronics World, vol. 124, no. 1987, pp.19–19, Oct. 2018.

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of the magazine article,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical (Magazine), 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 magazine article in double quotation marks, in lower case
• Title of the Periodical (Magazine), 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, the Access Date can be omitted.
• [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 magazine 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:

[4]     D. T. Hoang, D. Niyato, D. N. Nguyen, E. Dutkiewicz, P. Wang, and Z. Han, "A dynamic edge caching framework for mobile 5G networks," IEEE Wireless Communic., vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 95–103, Aug. 2018. Accessed on: Nov. 26, 2018. [Online]. Available doi: 10.1109/MWC.2018.1700360

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