IEEE Referencing: Journal and magazine articles

Journal and magazine articles

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Basic format to reference an electronic journal article

[#]    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: Abbrev. Month. Day, Year. doi:xxxxx. [Online]. Available: site/path/file (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: Month, Day, Year. Where there is a DOI available, the Access Date can be omitted.
  • DOI (Digital Object Identifier), if available. It is preferable to provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), if available.
    • 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.
  • [Online]
  • Available: site/path/file location of an article, which can be a library database provider or a full URL. 
    • 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. 203103-1203103-7, Jul. 2015. Accessed: Feb. 9, 2017. doi: 10.1063/1.4936322. [Online]. Available: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4936322

Basic format to reference a print journal article

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

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
  • DOI (Digital Object Identifier), if available.

Example:

[1]     T. Kaczorek, "Minimum energy control of fractional positive electrical circuits," Archives of Electrical Engineering, vol. 65, no. 2, pp.191201, Oct. 2016.

Basic format to reference an electronic magazine article

[#]    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: Abbrev. Month. Day, Year. doi:xxxxx. [Online]. Available: site/path/file (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: Month, Day, Year. Where there is a DOI available, the Access Date can be omitted.
  • DOI (Digital Object Identifier), if available. It is preferable to provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), if available.
    • 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.
  • [Online]
  • Available: site/path/file location of an electronic book, which can be a library database provider or a full URL. 
    • 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: Nov. 26, 2021. doi: 10.1109/MWC.2018.1700360. [Online]. Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8443597

Basic format to reference a print magazine article

[#]    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.19–20, Oct. 2018.

Material type In-text example Reference List example

Print journal article: Single author

This suggests that high temperature superconductivity [15] is more effective ...                         

[15]    G. P. Luth, “Chronology and context of the Hyatt Regency Collapse,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 51-61, 2013.

Print journal article: Two or three authors

Fidel and Green [6] suggested that the computer age ...

[6]    M. Fidel and H. M. Green, “Engineers perception of information sources,” Inf. Process. Manage., vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 225-256, May 2015.

Note: Refer to the Journal titles abbreviations section on this page for information on when to use journal abbreviations.

Print journal article: Four to six authors

Chanson et al. concluded that accessibility is the key factor that influences engineers’ information seeking behaviour [1].   

[1]     F. Chanson, L. W. Burton, H. Cleveland, G. P. Luth, T. McCarthy, and H. M. Green,The information-seeking practices of engineers,” J. Doc., vol. 34, no. 43, pp. 120-144, Apr. 2013.

Print journal article: More than six authors

Similar observations were reported by Akbar et al. [4]. 

[4]     M. A. Akbar et al.,Improving the quality of software development process by introducing a new methodology: A-Z model,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 4811-4823, Dec. 2017.

Electronic journal article: With DOI

It was shown in [2, p. 165] that the temperature of the panel changes ...

[2]     J. Carlson, D. Menicucci, P. Vorobieff, A. Mammoli, and H. He, "Infrared imaging method for flyby assessment of solar thermal panel operation in field settings," Appl. Therm. Eng., vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 163-171, Sept. 2014. Accessed Mar. 19, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.05.008. [Online]. Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431114003561

Note: Refer to DOI in IEEE section in this guide for information regarding the use of Document Object Identifiers.

Electronic journal article: From library database As in [3], with the help of the integrated theory, ...

[3]      M. Frishberg and M. M. Gobble, "Quantum dots: beyond solar cells," Research Technology Management, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 7-8, May/June 2015. Accessed: Oct. 13, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://ebscohost.com 

Note: Refer to DOI in IEEE section in this guide for information regarding shortening library database urls.

Electronic journal article: Internet article                                            

 ... and the major factor of underlying environmental conditions [1].                                                  

[1]     C. H. Mounika, K. S. Roy, and M. Ali, "Motor speed control based on temperature using CAN protocol," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, vol. 4. no. 4, Apr. 2013,  pp. 1249-1252. Accessed: Oct. 28, 2015. [Online]. Available: http://www.ijettjournal.org/volume-4/issue-4/IJETT-V4I4P348.pdf

Print magazine article                                           

 ARIAH proposed a new Australian standard covering the full requirements of residential air conditioning systems [3].                                                

[3]     A. King, "Standards keep a cool head," Electrical Connection, pp. 40–41, Spring 2018.

Electronic magazine article                                           

 The performance factor for magnetic materials [4] consists of a plot ...                                                

[4]     W. G. Hurley, T. Merkin, and M. Duffy, "The Performance factor for magnetic materials revisited: The effect of core losses on the selection of core size in transformers," IEEE Power Electron. Mag., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 26–34, Sep. 2018. Accessed: Nov. 22, 2018. doi: 10.1109/MPEL.2018.2848738 [Online]. Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8458291

 

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