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Computing: IEEE Referencing

Referencing

The information on this page is for guidance only, it outlines the general features of the IEEE referencing style but variations are available. 

Always check with academic staff (lecturers/supervisors) before you begin to reference; ask which specific variation of the IEEE referencing style you are required to use. 


This guide has been created by the CEBE Library Team using the guidance published by IEEE and other institutions.

Find general advice and help for referencing and plagiarism on the Harvard referencing guide.
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Reference list examples

Books with one author
H. Witten, Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, 4th ed. Cambridge: Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier, 2017.

Books with up to six authors
B.D. Agarwal, L.J Broutman, and K. Chandrashekhara, Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2018.

For sources with more than six authors use et al. E.g. A.J. Campbell, et al.

Edited book
W.F. Lawless and I.S. Moskowitz, Eds. Artificial Intelligence for the Internet of Everything, London: Academic Press, 2019.

Dataset
S. Bansal, Netflix movies and tv shows, Flixable, 2018. [Online]. Available from: https://www.kaggle.com/shivamb/netflix-shows

Journal article
S.A. Bennett, "Pilot workload and fatigue on short-haul routes: an evaluation supported by instantaneous self-assessment and ethnography," ‎J. Risk Res., vol. 21, no. 4, pp.645-677, May. 2018.

Website with an author
C. Yapp. "The road ahead: navigating AI's pitfalls," The Chartered Institute for IT. Available: https://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/59312 (accessed May 16, 2020).

Avoiding plagiarism

Plagiarism is a form of cheating. It essentially boils down to inappropriate use of  information in your work or failing to provide an complete citation for material you have used, leading to the impression that it entirely your own creation.

It is often a result of poor referencing skills or not realising what you are doing is actually wrong.

Have a look at the links below, which explain what plagiarism IS and provide tips on how to avoid it.

General information

IEEE Referencing guidelines have been developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and are widely used in engineering and computing publications.

IEEE is a numbered style with two parts:

  1. In-Text Citations: Sources used are numbered in square brackets e.g. [1], in the order they appear in the work. If the same source is cited later in the text, the same number is given.
  2. Reference List: Full references that include detailed information about the sources cited are listed at the end of the work. The reference list will match the numerical order that sources appear not alphabetically by authors name.

Useful Links
IEEE Editorial Style manual Webpage
IEEE Reference Guide pdf from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Editorial Style Manual pdf This style manual provides general writing guidelines for IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Letters

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