How to format your references using the IEEE Internet Computing citation style

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

J. P. Hassett, “Chemistry. Dissolved natural organic matter as a microreactor,” Science, vol. 311, no. 5768, pp. 1723–1724, Mar. 2006.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

B. J. Frey and D. Dueck, “Clustering by passing messages between data points,” Science, vol. 315, no. 5814, pp. 972–976, Feb. 2007.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

D. Comas, F. Petit, and T. Preat, “Drosophila long-term memory formation involves regulation of cathepsin activity,” Nature, vol. 430, no. 6998, pp. 460–463, Jul. 2004.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

A. Miserez, T. Schneberk, C. Sun, F. W. Zok, and J. H. Waite, “The transition from stiff to compliant materials in squid beaks,” Science, vol. 319, no. 5871, pp. 1816–1819, Mar. 2008.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

J.-H. Woo, J.-H. Sohn, B.-G. Nam, and H.-J. Yoo, Mobile 3D Graphics SoC. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2010.

An edited book

[1]

W. Rathgeber, K.-U. Schrogl, and R. A. Williamson, Eds., The Fair and Responsible Use of Space: An International Perspective, vol. 4. in Studies in Space Policy, vol. 4. Vienna: Springer, 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

E. Anderson and M. McCormack, “Bisexuality as a Unique Social Problem,” in The Changing Dynamics of Bisexual Men’s Lives: Social Research Perspectives, M. McCormack, Ed., in Focus on Sexuality Research. , Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 49–67.

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 Internet Computing.

Blog post

[1]

D. Andrew, “Turkish Lake Has Turned Blood Red,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/turkish-lake-has-turned-bright-red/

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, “NASA: Better Mechanisms Needed for Sharing Lessons Learned,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-02-195, Jan. 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

B. B. Bourne, “Phenomenological study of response to organizational change: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y,” Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 2009.

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]

K. Crow, “For N.Y.U.’s Senior Revels, Is Quieter Quiet Enough?,” New York Times, p. 145, Mar. 02, 2003.

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 Internet Computing
Abbreviation	IEEE Internet Comput.
ISSN (print)	1089-7801
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications