How to format your references using the IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development. 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]

A. P. Dobson, “Virology. What links bats to emerging infectious diseases?,” Science, vol. 310, no. 5748, pp. 628–629, Oct. 2005.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

M. Luksza and M. Lässig, “A predictive fitness model for influenza,” Nature, vol. 507, no. 7490, pp. 57–61, Mar. 2014.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

C. Baldi, S. Cho, and R. E. Ellis, “Mutations in two independent pathways are sufficient to create hermaphroditic nematodes,” Science, vol. 326, no. 5955, pp. 1002–1005, Nov. 2009.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

J. Gros, K. Feistel, C. Viebahn, M. Blum, and C. J. Tabin, “Cell movements at Hensen’s node establish left/right asymmetric gene expression in the chick,” Science, vol. 324, no. 5929, pp. 941–944, May 2009.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

J. Guzinski, H. Abu-Rub, and P. Strankowski, Variable Speed AC Drives with Inverter Output Filters. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015.

An edited book

[1]

T. Feldman, O. Franzen, R. Low, J. Rogers, and K. K. Yeo, Eds., Atlas of Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair. London: Springer, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

B. Aparicio Diaz and T. Fent, “An Agent-Based Simulation Model of Age-at-Marriage Norms,” in Agent-Based Computational Modelling: Applications in Demography, Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences, F. C. Billari, T. Fent, A. Prskawetz, and J. Scheffran, Eds., in Contributions to Economics. , Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD, 2006, pp. 85–116.

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 Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, “Solar Technology Could Make Underground Parks In Cramped Cities Possible,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-technology-could-make-underground-parks-cramped-cities-possible/

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, “[Response to Request for Views on Application of P.L. 99-177 to Teacher Loan Cancellations],” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, B-221498.20, Sep. 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

J. C. Holler, “A phenomenological case study of finding meaning through the developmental nature of a doctoral program in organization change,” Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, 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]

J. Rutenberg, E. Steel, and J. Koblin, “Kisses and Fear for the Women From Fox News,” New York Times, p. A1, Jul. 23, 2016.

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 Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development
Abbreviation	IEEE Trans. Auton. Ment. Dev.
ISSN (print)	1943-0604
Scope	Artificial Intelligence Software