How to format your references using the AEUE - International Journal of Electronics and Communications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for AEUE - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author
[1]
Jayaraman KS. Indian prime minister pledges to revamp science. Nature 2003;421:101.
A journal article with 2 authors
[1]
Zilles K, Amunts K. Neuroscience. Segregation and wiring in the brain. Science 2012;335:1582–4.
A journal article with 3 authors
[1]
Krishnan M, Ugaz VM, Burns MA. PCR in a Rayleigh-Bénard convection cell. Science 2002;298:793.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
[1]
Zhong TP, Childs S, Leu JP, Fishman MC. Gridlock signalling pathway fashions the first embryonic artery. Nature 2001;414:216–20.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book
[1]
Thornicroft G, Semrau M, Alem A, Drake RE, Ito H, Mari J, et al. Community Mental Health. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2011.
An edited book
[1]
Enders GH, editor. Cell Cycle Deregulation in Cancer. New York, NY: Springer; 2010.
A chapter in an edited book
[1]
Larsen EL. People and Place: The Interrelated Connections Between Interactions, Perceptions and Space. In: Stock C, Ellaway A, editors. Neighbourhood Structure and Health Promotion, Boston, MA: Springer US; 2013, p. 77–90.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for AEUE - International Journal of Electronics and Communications.

Blog post
[1]
Andrews R. Glacial “Aftershock” Causes City-Sized Chunk Of Ice To Break From Antarctica. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/glacial-aftershock-causes-citysized-chunk-of-ice-to-break-from-antarctica/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report
[1]
Government Accountability Office. Financial Markets: Status of Computer Improvements at the New York Stock Exchange. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation
[1]
Jackson M. Creating community in a dual immersion program: A grant writing project. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2013.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article
[1]
Billard M. Yoga’s Serious. Except When It’s Not. New York Times 2010:E6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal titleAEUE - International Journal of Electronics and Communications
AbbreviationInt. J. Electron. Commun.
ISSN (print)1434-8411
ScopeElectrical and Electronic Engineering

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