How to format your references using the IEEE Internet of Things Journal citation style

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

W. A. Herrmann, “Obituary: Ernst Otto Fischer (1918-2007),” Nature, vol. 449, no. 7159, p. 156, Sep. 2007.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S. Maheswaran and D. A. Haber, “Cell fate: Transition loses its invasive edge,” Nature, vol. 527, no. 7579, pp. 452–453, Nov. 2015.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

X. Li, Y. Yang, and J. D. Ashwell, “TNF-RII and c-IAP1 mediate ubiquitination and degradation of TRAF2,” Nature, vol. 416, no. 6878, pp. 345–347, Mar. 2002.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

S. G. Sokolovski, S. A. Zolotovskaya, A. Goltsov, C. Pourreyron, A. P. South, and E. U. Rafailov, “Infrared laser pulse triggers increased singlet oxygen production in tumour cells,” Sci. Rep., vol. 3, p. 3484, Dec. 2013.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

U. Martinsen, Kostenrechnung in der Bauwirtschaft. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2017.

An edited book

[1]

C. Gram, P. Rasmussen, and S. D. Østergaard, Eds., History of Nordic Computing 4: 4th IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC 4, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13-15, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, vol. 447. in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 447. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

C. Gentile, N. Alsindi, R. Raulefs, and C. Teolis, “Cellular Localization,” in Geolocation Techniques: Principles and Applications, N. Alsindi, R. Raulefs, and C. Teolis, Eds., New York, NY: Springer, 2013, pp. 137–159.

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 of Things Journal.

Blog post

[1]

T. Hale, “Beavers Are Awesome For Ecological Conservation,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/beavers-are-awesome-ecological-conservation/

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, “Selected FCC Regulatory Policies: Their Purpose and Consequences for Commercial Radio and TV,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, CED-79-62, Jun. 1979.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

P. J. Miranda, “Tightly-coupled sulfur-cycling microbial mats of the White Point hydrothermal vent field, CA: An analog for deep-sea vents,” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2015.

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, “Ah, Spring, When Street Fairs Battle Each Other for Permits,” New York Times, p. 146, Apr. 13, 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 of Things Journal
Abbreviation	IEEE Internet Things J.
ISSN (print)	2327-4662
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications Computer Science Applications Hardware and Architecture Information Systems Signal Processing