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IEEE Citation Generator

Give a source its reference number, enter its details, and get its IEEE citation and numbered reference entry. In IEEE style, numbers follow the order sources are first cited in your paper.

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Reference number

The first source you cite in your paper is [1], the next new source [2], and so on. A source keeps its number every time you cite it.

A whole number from 1, such as 1. ResearchKit can't see your paper, so enter the number this source has in your reference list.

What are you citing?
Authors

In the order shown on the source. Leave blank if no person or organization is named.

Author 1
Author type

Full names or initials; IEEE uses initials.

As it appears on the source. IEEE capitalizes article and paper titles in sentence style.

City, state for U.S. cities, and country, such as Cambridge, MA, USA.

Date of publication

Leave blank if the source shows no date.

More details (optional)

A number, such as 2. Leave blank for a first edition.

Such as 10.1109/TBME.2011.2158315, or the full https://doi.org/ link.

IEEE gives it after the DOI when both exist.

IEEE citation in the text

Fill in the form, or load the example, to see the citation and reference entry.

Cite several references at once

When one statement draws on several sources, give each number in its own brackets, separated by commas. Enter the reference numbers; no source details are needed.

Separate numbers with commas, such as 1, 3, 7. A range such as 4-7 stands for every number in it.

Consecutive numbers

Citation of several references

Enter two or more reference numbers to see the citation.

How references and citations are formatted

  • A citation is the reference's number in square brackets, such as [1]. Numbers follow the order sources are first cited in your paper, and a source keeps its number every time it is cited.
  • Several references are each bracketed and separated by commas: [2], [4], [5]. The current IEEE Reference Guide writes consecutive numbers out rather than as a range.
  • Part of a reference is cited inside the brackets: [3, p. 24], [3, pp. 5–10], [3, Ch. 2], [3, Sect. 4.5].
  • Authors' initials come before their surnames. Up to six authors are listed; with more, the first and “et al.”.
  • Book, journal and conference names are italicized; article and paper titles are in quotation marks. Volume, issue and pages are labeled vol., no. and pp.
  • A DOI is written “doi:” followed by the DOI. Every reference ends with a period, except one ending with a URL.

What the generator can't do

  • Your paper's citation order. The generator can't see your paper, so it uses the reference number you give and can't renumber your list.
  • Abbreviations. IEEE abbreviates journal and conference names from its own lists; enter the abbreviations yourself.
  • Conference dates. Day ranges such as Mar. 20–22 aren't supported; the month and year are given.
  • Other sources and contributors. Chapters, editors, translators, theses, reports, standards, patents and datasets aren't supported yet.
  • Your instructions. A publisher or instructor may require changes to standard IEEE style; their instructions come first.
  • Whether the details are right. The generator formats what you enter; check names, dates and numbers against the source.

Privacy

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