How to format your references using the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems citation style

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

L. M. Witmer, “Nostril position in dinosaurs and other vertebrates and its significance for nasal function,” Science, vol. 293, no. 5531, pp. 850–853, Aug. 2001.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S. McLaughlin and D. Murray, “Plasma membrane phosphoinositide organization by protein electrostatics,” Nature, vol. 438, no. 7068, pp. 605–611, Dec. 2005.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

S. Yuasa, T. Nagahama, and Y. Suzuki, “Spin-polarized resonant tunneling in magnetic tunnel junctions,” Science, vol. 297, no. 5579, pp. 234–237, Jul. 2002.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

K. G. Miller et al., “The Phanerozoic record of global sea-level change,” Science, vol. 310, no. 5752, pp. 1293–1298, Nov. 2005.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

J. Cornier, A. Owen, A. Kwade, and M. Van de Voorde, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology: Innovation and Production. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2017.

An edited book

[1]

J. C. Brada and P. Wachtel, Eds., Global Banking Crises and Emerging Markets. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

E. Norling, “Contrasting a System Dynamics Model and an Agent-Based Model of Food Web Evolution,” in Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VII: International Workshop, MABS 2006, Hakodate, Japan, May 8, 2006, Revised and Invited Papers, L. Antunes and K. Takadama, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. , Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2007, pp. 57–68.

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 Power Systems.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, “Awesome Timelapse Of A Resurrection Plant,” IFLScience. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/awesome-timelapse-resurrection-plant/

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, “Financial Management Systems: Lack of Disciplined Processes Puts Implementation of HHS’ Financial System at Risk,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-04-1008, Sep. 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

E. O. Kidder, “Self-administered HPV Testing as a Cervical Cancer Screening Option: Exploring the Perspectives of Hispanic and Arab Women in the United States,” Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2014.

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. Cooper, “Bolshoi’s Plans for New York Remain Unclear,” New York Times, p. C3, Oct. 29, 2013.

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 Power Systems
Abbreviation	IEEE Trans. Power Syst.
ISSN (print)	0885-8950
Scope	Energy Engineering and Power Technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering