How to format your references using the IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. 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]

D. Holmes, “The cancer that rises with the sun,” Nature, vol. 515, no. 7527, pp. S110-1, Nov. 2014.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

D. R. Green and G. Kroemer, “The pathophysiology of mitochondrial cell death,” Science, vol. 305, no. 5684, pp. 626–629, Jul. 2004.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

B. R. Jasny, L. M. Zahn, and E. Marshall, “Complex systems and networks. Connections. Introduction,” Science, vol. 325, no. 5939, p. 405, Jul. 2009.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

S. Schoch et al., “SNARE function analyzed in synaptobrevin/VAMP knockout mice,” Science, vol. 294, no. 5544, pp. 1117–1122, Nov. 2001.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

C. O. Kappe, A. Stadler, and D. Dallinger, Microwaves in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2012.

An edited book

[1]

M. Fränzle, D. Kapur, and N. Zhan, Eds., Dependable Software Engineering: Theories, Tools, and Applications: Second International Symposium, SETTA 2016, Beijing, China, November 9-11, 2016, Proceedings, vol. 9984. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

C.-L. Hsu, Y.-L. Lin, T.-C. Wu, and C.-H. Su, “Threshold Convertible Authenticated Encryption Scheme for Hierarchical Organizations,” in Communication and Networking: International Conference, FGCN 2010, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2010, Jeju Island, Korea, December 13-15, 2010. Proceedings, Part I, T.-H. Kim, A. C.-C. Chang, M. Li, C. Rong, C. Z. Patrikakis, and D. Ślęzak, Eds. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2010, pp. 23–36.

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 Terahertz Science and Technology.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, “This Lamp Runs On Only Two Teaspoons Of Salt And A Glass Of Water,” IFLScience, Aug. 04, 2015.

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, “Query Regarding Department of Education Regulations,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, B-210733, Feb. 1983.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

M. K. Guillory, “An Analysis of Corporal Punishment Practices in the State of Tennessee,” Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 2017.

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]

W. Neuman, “In Colombia, an Election May Turn on a Dirty War,” New York Times, p. A12, May 16, 2014.

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]–[4].

About the journal

Full journal title	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
Abbreviation	IEEE Trans. Terahertz Sci. Technol.
ISSN (print)	2156-342X
Scope	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Radiation

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