How to format your references using the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 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]

R. M. Canup, “Solar System: An incredible likeness of being,” Nature, vol. 520, no. 7546, pp. 169–170, Apr. 2015.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

E. J. Calabrese and L. A. Baldwin, “Toxicology rethinks its central belief,” Nature, vol. 421, no. 6924, pp. 691–692, Feb. 2003.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

B. D. Hoffman, C. Grashoff, and M. A. Schwartz, “Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction,” Nature, vol. 475, no. 7356, pp. 316–323, Jul. 2011.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

F. A. Samatey et al., “Structure of the bacterial flagellar hook and implication for the molecular universal joint mechanism,” Nature, vol. 431, no. 7012, pp. 1062–1068, Oct. 2004.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

A. L. Porter and S. W. Cunningham, Tech Mining. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004.

An edited book

[1]

R. Rozzi, S. T. A. Pickett, C. Palmer, J. J. Armesto, and J. B. Callicott, Eds., Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World: Values, Philosophy, and Action, vol. 1. in Ecology and Ethics, vol. 1. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

D. H. Phan, D. Pointcheval, and M. Strefler, “Message-Based Traitor Tracing with Optimal Ciphertext Rate,” in Progress in Cryptology – LATINCRYPT 2012: 2nd International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security in Latin America, Santiago, Chile, October 7-10, 2012. Proceedings, A. Hevia and G. Neven, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. , Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012, pp. 56–77.

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 Biomedical Circuits and Systems.

Blog post

[1]

S. Luntz, “Amazing 3D Fractals Inspired By Faberge Eggs,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/amazing-3d-fractals-inspired-faberge-eggs/

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, “Screening Partnership Program: TSA Should Issue More Guidance to Airports and Monitor Private versus Federal Screener Performance,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-13-208, Dec. 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

A. E. Simonsen, “Risk and resilience: Girls’ experiences navigating space and relationships in a secure residential facility,” Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2010.

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]

B. Detrick, “Not Everyone Is a Football Fan,” New York Times, p. D10, Sep. 15, 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 Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Abbreviation	IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
ISSN (print)	1932-4545
Scope	Biomedical Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering