IEEE Citation Style

Title and author(s)

• Title : 24pt font size, centred at the top of the fist page
• Author name(s): 10pt font below title
• Course name or number: 10 pt font below author name
• Email address(es): 10pt font below course number

Main body of paper

• 10pt font size
• Lay out your text in two columns.
• Both columns on the last page should be the same length
• Begin your paper with a regularly formatted abstract
• Then provide an alphabetized list index terms describing the paper. The first term should be capitalized; the rest in lowercase
• There are rules around formatting section headings and subheadings in your paper. If you are using one or both, please consult the rules here.

Reference List

• The reference list should appear at the end of your paper. Begin the list on a new page.
• The title References should be either left justified or centered on the page.
• The hanging indent for each reference makes the numerical sequence more obvious
• The entries should appear as one numerical sequence in the order that the material is cited in the text of your assignment.

More Detailed Guidance

• For more specifics on formatting IEEE papers, please consult this document

Sample Formatted Paper

• An example of how to lay out your IEEE formatted paper

Standard abbreviations may be used in your citations.

A list of appropriate abbreviations can be found below:

• Well known cities may be cited without any additional information.

• The names of US states and territories are abbreviated in the reference list; use the official two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviations.

• Include country names for less well known towns and cities located outside of the USA.

• The names of Canadian provinces may be abbreviated using standard postal abbreviations.

Some examples:

New York: IEEE Computer Society

London: Taylor & Francis

Clevedon, UK: Channel View Publications

Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia

Pretoria, South Africa: Unisa