How to format your references using the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine citation style

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

M. Humayun, “Planetary science. A unique piece of Mars,” Science, vol. 339, no. 6121, pp. 771–772, Feb. 2013.

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]

S. Tuljapurkar, N. Li, and C. Boe, “A universal pattern of mortality decline in the G7 countries,” Nature, vol. 405, no. 6788, pp. 789–792, Jun. 2000.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

T. I. Prigozy et al., “Glycolipid antigen processing for presentation by CD1d molecules,” Science, vol. 291, no. 5504, pp. 664–667, Jan. 2001.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

S. R. Brown, W. M. Gregory, C. Twelves, and J. Brown, A Practical Guide to Designing Phase II Trials in Oncology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014.

An edited book

[1]

M. Zhu, Distributed Optimization-Based Control of Multi-Agent Networks in Complex Environments. in SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

B. Akesson and K. Goossens, “Predictable SDRAM Back-End,” in Memory Controllers for Real-Time Embedded Systems: Predictable and Composable Real-Time Systems, K. Goossens, Ed., in Embedded Systems. , New York, NY: Springer, 2012, pp. 63–103.

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 Signal Processing Magazine.

Blog post

[1]

S. Luntz, “Giant Stars Form The Same Way As Their Smaller Relatives,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/space/all-stars-form-alike/

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 Research: Actions to Enhance the Effectiveness of FAA’s Research Activities,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, T-RCED-93-40, May 1993.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

A. B. Mhatre, “Zone-Clipper,” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 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]

M. W. Walsh, “False Rumors Are Flying About Insurance Claims,” New York Times, p. A18, Aug. 29, 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 Signal Processing Magazine
Abbreviation	IEEE Signal Process. Mag.
ISSN (print)	1053-5888
Scope	Signal Processing Electrical and Electronic Engineering Applied Mathematics