How to format your references using the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 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]

J. J. Socha, “Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake,” Nature, vol. 418, no. 6898, pp. 603–604, Aug. 2002.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

A. Meibom and R. Frei, “Evidence for an ancient osmium isotopic reservoir in Earth,” Science, vol. 296, no. 5567, pp. 516–518, Apr. 2002.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

D. Hayes, G. B. Griffin, and G. S. Engel, “Response to Comment on ‘Engineering coherence among excited states in synthetic heterodimer systems,’” Science, vol. 344, no. 6188, p. 1099, Jun. 2014.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

H. A. Zebker, B. Stiles, S. Hensley, R. Lorenz, R. L. Kirk, and J. Lunine, “Size and shape of Saturn’s moon Titan,” Science, vol. 324, no. 5929, pp. 921–923, May 2009.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

J. Dosil, Eating Disorders in Athletes. Chichester, West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Y. Chen, P. Ienne, and Q. Ji, Eds., Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies: 11th International Symposium, APPT 2015, Jinan, China, August 20-21, 2015, Proceedings, 1st ed. 2015., vol. 9231. in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9231. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

V. I. Lakshmanan, M. A. Halim, and S. Vijayan, “Chemical Processing: Hydrometallurgy,” in Innovative Process Development in Metallurgical Industry: Concept to Commission, V. I. Lakshmanan, R. Roy, and V. Ramachandran, Eds., Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 91–108.

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 Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

J. Fang, “How A Panda Mom’s Milk Changes As Her Cub Grows,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-panda-moms-milk-changes-her-cub-grows/

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, “Federal Vehicle Fleets: GSA Has Opportunities to Further Encourage Cost Savings for Leased Vehicles,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-14-443, May 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

J. A. Packard, “Analyzing the intersection of leadership practices, emotional intelligence, and coping responses in women -owned small businesses,” Doctoral dissertation, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, 2008.

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]

M. Fernandez and R. Pérez-Peña, “Fraternity Vows Broader Look Into Use of Racist Chant,” New York Times, p. A14, Mar. 10, 2015.

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 Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Abbreviation	IEEE J. Transl. Eng. Health Med.
ISSN (print)	2168-2372
Scope	Biomedical Engineering General Medicine