How to format your references using the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Computational Intelligence 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]

P. Boyd, “Ocean science. Ironing out algal issues in the Southern Ocean,” Science, vol. 304, no. 5669, pp. 396–397, Apr. 2004.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

T. Lechler and E. Fuchs, “Asymmetric cell divisions promote stratification and differentiation of mammalian skin,” Nature, vol. 437, no. 7056, pp. 275–280, Sep. 2005.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

L. Deslauriers, E. Schelew, and C. Wieman, “Improved learning in a large-enrollment physics class,” Science, vol. 332, no. 6031, pp. 862–864, May 2011.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

C. Bachran et al., “Reductive methylation and mutation of an anthrax toxin fusion protein modulates its stability and cytotoxicity,” Sci. Rep., vol. 4, p. 4754, Apr. 2014.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

S. K. Das, Mobile Handset Design. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2010.

An edited book

[1]

S. Möller and A. Raake, Eds., Quality of Experience: Advanced Concepts, Applications and Methods. in T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Q. Zhu, “Rainwater Harvesting Techniques for Irrigation,” in Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture and Water Supply, Q. Zhu, J. Gould, Y. Li, and C. Ma, Eds., Singapore: Springer, 2015, pp. 165–194.

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 Computational Intelligence Magazine.

Blog post

[1]

J. O`Callaghan, “Stunning New Vista Of Pluto Reveals Features Hidden In Darkness,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/space/stunning-new-vista-pluto-reveals-features-hidden-darkness0/

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, “Reclaim for Mileage and Relocation Expenses,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, B-177671, May 1973.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

D. A. Hsieh, “Informed Technology Adoption Decisions Based on Innovation-Related Factors,” Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2019.

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]

G. Vecsey, “Bradley Logs Miles Before World Cup,” New York Times, p. B18, Feb. 25, 2010.

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 Computational Intelligence Magazine
Abbreviation	IEEE Comput. Intell. Mag.
ISSN (print)	1556-603X
Scope	Artificial Intelligence Theoretical Computer Science