How to format your references using the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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]

D. Draaisma, “The tracks of thought,” Nature, vol. 414, no. 6860, p. 153, Nov. 2001.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

C. Beveridge and S. Morris, “Order of merit,” Nature, vol. 448, no. 7152, p. 508, Jul. 2007.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

A. J. Cohen, P. Mori-Sánchez, and W. Yang, “Insights into current limitations of density functional theory,” Science, vol. 321, no. 5890, pp. 792–794, Aug. 2008.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

H. Zhou, H. Wang, H. Niu, and T. Lin, “Superphobicity/philicity Janus fabrics with switchable, spontaneous, directional transport ability to water and oil fluids,” Sci. Rep., vol. 3, p. 2964, Oct. 2013.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

J. Berthier, K. A. Brakke, and E. Berthier, Open Microfluidics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

An edited book

[1]

B. Falkenburg and M. Morrison, Eds., Why More Is Different: Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems. in The Frontiers Collection. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

M. P. Smidt, J. Peter, and H. Burbach, “Terminal Differentiation of Mesodiencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons:,” in Development and Engineering of Dopamine Neurons, R. J. Pasterkamp, M. P. Smidt, and J. P. H. Burbach, Eds., in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. , New York, NY: Springer, 2009, pp. 47–57.

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 Antennas and Propagation Magazine.

Blog post

[1]

J. Fang, “Nemo’s Dad Should Have Become His Mom, And Other Lies Children’s Movies Told You,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/nemos-dad-should-have-become-his-mom-and-other-lies-childrens-movies-told-you/

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, “Aviation Safety Hazards,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 121320, Aug. 1982.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

E. A. Wright, “Assessing Leadership Behaviors and Demographic Characteristics of Project Managers Associated Through LinkedIn,” Doctoral dissertation, Northcentral University, Scottsdale, AZ, 2012.

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]

J. F. Peters, J. Nikas, and E. Lyons, “Youth in San Diego: Skateboards, Beach Hangs and Chicano Culture,” New York Times, p. ST4, Sep. 09, 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]–[4].

About the journal

Full journal title	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Abbreviation	IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag.
ISSN (print)	1045-9243
Scope	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Condensed Matter Physics