How to format your references using the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

W. P. Hanage, “Microbiology: Microbiome science needs a healthy dose of scepticism,” Nature, vol. 512, no. 7514, pp. 247–248, Aug. 2014.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Y. Xiang and B. K. Kobilka, “Myocyte adrenoceptor signaling pathways,” Science, vol. 300, no. 5625, pp. 1530–1532, Jun. 2003.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

L. Sack, T. Marañón, and P. J. Grubb, “Global allocation rules for patterns of biomass partitioning,” Science, vol. 296, no. 5575, p. 1923, Jun. 2002.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

J. M. Erlandson et al., “Paleoindian seafaring, maritime technologies, and coastal foraging on California’s Channel Islands,” Science, vol. 331, no. 6021, pp. 1181–1185, Mar. 2011.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

A. Neuber and T. Nuttall, Diagnostic Techniques in Veterinary Dermatology. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2017.

An edited book

[1]

D. Rosenberg, Agile Development with ICONIX Process: People, Process, and Pragmatism. Berkeley, CA: A-Press, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

M. Saska, J. Langr, and L. Přeučil, “Plume Tracking by a Self-stabilized Group of Micro Aerial Vehicles,” in Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems: First International Workshop, MESAS 2014, Rome, Italy, May 5-6, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, J. Hodicky, Ed., in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. , Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014, pp. 44–55.

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/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

Blog post

[1]

B. Taub, “‘Cuckoo Mafia’ Goes After Victims’ Families,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/avian-mafia-goes-after-victims-families/

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, “Aviation Finance: Observations on Potential FAA Funding Options,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-06-973, Sep. 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

L. Hansell, “Perceptions of Supervisor Ethical Behavior by Psychology Interns,” Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, 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]

K. Kelly and M. Haberman, “Condemnation For President By a Top Aide,” New York Times, p. A1, Aug. 25, 2017.

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/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Abbreviation	IEEE ASME Trans. Mechatron.
ISSN (print)	1083-4435
Scope	Computer Science Applications Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering