How to format your references using the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 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:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX 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]

N. K. Logothetis, “Bold claims for optogenetics,” Nature, vol. 468, no. 7323, pp. E3-4; discussion E4-5, Nov. 2010.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

M. Watanabe and S. Kondo, “Fish pigmentation. Comment on ‘Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish,’” Science, vol. 348, no. 6232, p. 297, Apr. 2015.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

B. T. Ho, M. Basler, and J. J. Mekalanos, “Type 6 secretion system-mediated immunity to type 4 secretion system-mediated gene transfer,” Science, vol. 342, no. 6155, pp. 250–253, Oct. 2013.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

S. Han, R. Tang, L. K. Anderson, T. E. Woerner, and Z.-M. Pei, “A cell surface receptor mediates extracellular Ca(2+) sensing in guard cells,” Nature, vol. 425, no. 6954, pp. 196–200, Sep. 2003.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

D. W. Rogers, Concise Physical Chemistry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010.

An edited book

[1]

P. Kalck, Ed., Homo- and Heterobimetallic Complexes in Catalysis: Cooperative Catalysis, 1st ed. 2016., vol. 59. in Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 59. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

L. Y. Fouché-Weber and R. P. Dutton, “Blood Transfusion and Coagulation Disorders,” in Anesthesia for Trauma: New Evidence and New Challenges, C. S. Scher, Ed., New York, NY: Springer, 2014, pp. 67–79.

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 IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, “Missing: Major Light Source In Universe,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/space/missing-major-light-source-universe/

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, “Information on Prime Sponsor CETA Expenditures Related to Membership Organizations,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, HRD-82-5, Oct. 1981.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

P. M. Dues, “Quantitative correlation of enterprise resource planning type, success, and technology leadership style in local government,” Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 2010.

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]

B. Hubbard, “Saudi Prince Rejects Talks With Iran,” New York Times, p. A9, May 02, 2017.

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], [2], [3], [4].

About the journal

Full journal title	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
ISSN (print)	1058-6180
Scope