How to format your references using the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 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]

P. Herrling, “Experiments in social responsibility,” Nature, vol. 439, no. 7074, pp. 267–268, Jan. 2006.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

M. Srinivasan and A. Ruina, “Computer optimization of a minimal biped model discovers walking and running,” Nature, vol. 439, no. 7072, pp. 72–75, Jan. 2006.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

B. C. Dian, J. R. Clarkson, and T. S. Zwier, “Direct measurement of energy thresholds to conformational isomerization in tryptamine,” Science, vol. 303, no. 5661, pp. 1169–1173, Feb. 2004.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Y. Tan, S. Zhang, S. Zhang, Y. Zhang, and N. Liu, “Response of microchip solid-state laser to external frequency-shifted feedback and its applications,” Sci. Rep., vol. 3, p. 2912, Oct. 2013.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

A. Zecchina and S. Califano, The Development of Catalysis. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.

An edited book

[1]

P. Wißmann, Electrical Resistivity of Thin Metal Films, vol. 223. in Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol. 223. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

S. Dhanireddy, A. Maghsoudlou, J. M. Preble, M. D. Ratwatte, and C. S. Foster, “Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid,” in Autoimmune Bullous Diseases: Approach and Management, N. Sami, Ed., Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 75–97.

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 Visualization and Computer Graphics.

Blog post

[1]

S. Luntz, “New Theory Could Rewrite Our Understanding Of Volcanoes,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/volcanic-forces-not-what-you-were-taught/

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, “Student Loans: Default Rates Need To Be Computed More Appropriately,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, HEHS-99-135, Jul. 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

C. Kirk, “Early Maladaptive Attachment Styles and Psychological Aggression in Romantic Relationships: A Content Analysis, 2006-2016,” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 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]

L. Saslow, “Citing Taxes, Some Seek Fire District’s Demise,” New York Times, p. LI5, Mar. 22, 2009.

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 Visualization and Computer Graphics
Abbreviation	IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.
ISSN (print)	1077-2626
Scope	Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Signal Processing Software