IEEE citation generator
Paste DOIs or a reference list and get references in the IEEE Reference Style Guide format, numbered in the order you cite them. The examples below are the IEEE guide’s own, produced by this tool.
Free · no signup · works instantly. References are looked up, then formatted in your browser; nothing you paste is stored.
The rules this generator applies
- Authors: initials before the surname (J. U. Duncombe). List up to six; with more than six, give the first author followed by "et al."
- Article titles go in quotation marks; the journal abbreviation goes in italics.
- Then vol., no., pp. and the abbreviated month and year (Jan. 1959). A DOI, when present, goes last.
- Books: title in italics, then city, state or country: publisher, year.
- Numbered in the order cited, so the list keeps the order you paste.
Examples from the style guide
Each example is the guide's own reference, entered as data and produced by this generator.
- Journal article (IEEE Reference Style Guide example)
- J. U. Duncombe, “Infrared navigation—Part I: An assessment of feasibility,” IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. ED-11, no. 1, pp. 34–39, Jan. 1959.
- Book (IEEE Reference Style Guide example)
- B. Klaus and P. Horn, Robot Vision. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 1986.
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Paste references
DOIs, PubMed IDs, a plain-text list, BibTeX, RIS or CSL-JSON, up to 100 at a time.
Check the style
The style is already set; switch to any of the seven styles if your journal asks for another.
Copy or download
Copy with italics and bold kept, or download Word (.rtf), plain text, BibTeX or RIS.
What this tool does not do
- • It does not hold journal-specific variants of the style; the journal notes below list the ones we know, and your target journal’s instructions have the rest.
- • Article titles keep the source record’s capitalisation; it does not convert to sentence or title case.
- • A plain-text reference is matched to a Crossref record by title and author. A reference with no confident match is listed, not guessed.
- • It does not check whether a reference is retracted or supports your claim. The Reference Checker and Citation Claim Checker do that.
Frequently asked questions
How does IEEE handle more than six authors?
Give the first author’s name followed by "et al." With six or fewer, list them all, with "and" before the last.
Does IEEE use journal abbreviations?
Yes. IEEE references use the abbreviated journal title in italics. The generator uses the abbreviation in the journal’s source record.
Can I export IEEE references to BibTeX for LaTeX?
Yes. Download BibTeX from the generator and use your template’s IEEE bibliography style (IEEEtran) to number them.
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