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IEEE Citation Generator

Create IEEE reference entries for journal articles, conference papers, books, standards, patents and web pages, and build a numbered reference list.

Authors — IEEE puts initials before the surname

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Type the given names in full and they are converted to initials. More than six authors collapses to the first name plus “et al.”

Italics are shown on screen but lost when you copy plain text — re-apply them to the journal, book, proceedings or standard title in your word processor. Journal and conference names should be abbreviated the IEEE way; this tool prints exactly what you type rather than guessing an abbreviation. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Month names use the IEEE abbreviations Jan., Feb., Mar.… with May never abbreviated.

What is the IEEE Citation Generator?

An IEEE citation generator formats references with initials before surnames, the article title in quotation marks and the journal in italics, ordered as volume, number, pages and date, numbered in the order they are first cited.

  • Six IEEE source types including standards and patents, not just articles
  • Initials-before-surname author formatting with the et al. rule beyond six names
  • Running reference list numbered in citation order, with per-entry removal
  • IEEE month abbreviations applied automatically, with May left unabbreviated
  • DOI appended in the style's own doi: form for journal and conference entries
  • Manual entry only — nothing is looked up and nothing leaves your browser

How to use the IEEE Citation Generator

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    Choose the source type — journal, conference paper, book, standard, patent or web page.

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    Add each author with their given names in full; they are converted to initials.

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    Fill in the title and the publication details for that source type.

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    Copy the finished entry, or press Add to list to build a numbered reference list.

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    Add entries in the order you first cite them, then copy the whole list.

About the IEEE Citation Generator

The ByteTools IEEE Citation Generator builds reference-list entries in the format IEEE journals and conferences expect: initials before the surname, the paper title in quotation marks, the journal or proceedings name in italics, then volume, number, pages and abbreviated month and year in that order.

Six source types are covered — journal articles, conference papers, books, standards, patents and web pages — with the field list changing to match. Standards drop the author entirely, because IEEE cites them by title and number. Author lists collapse to the first name plus et al. beyond six, exactly as the style requires.

Because IEEE numbers references in citation order rather than alphabetically, you can add each finished entry to a running list and the bracketed numbers stay in step with your text. Everything runs in your browser: no lookups, no uploads, nothing transmitted.

Frequently asked questions

How do you write an IEEE reference for a journal article?

Author initials and surname, the paper title in quotation marks, the abbreviated journal title in italics, then vol., no., pp. and the abbreviated month and year. For example: M. M. Chiampi and L. L. Zilberti, "Induction of electric field...," IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 58, pp. 2787-2793, Oct. 2011.

How many authors before et al. in IEEE style?

IEEE lists up to six authors in full. From seven onward you give only the first author's name followed by et al. This tool applies that threshold automatically as you add author rows.

How are IEEE references numbered?

In the order they are first cited in your text, not alphabetically. Each entry gets a bracketed number that you reuse for every later mention, which is why this page lets you build the list in citation order.

How do you cite a standard in IEEE format?

By title and number rather than by author: the standard's title in italics, then its designation and year, as in IEEE Criteria for Class IE Electric Systems, IEEE Standard 308, 1969. The author boxes are hidden for this source type.

Should I abbreviate journal names in IEEE style?

Yes, IEEE uses standard abbreviations such as IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. This tool prints exactly what you type rather than guessing an abbreviation, so enter the abbreviated form from the journal's own guidance.

Is anything uploaded when I use this generator?

No. The formatting is done by JavaScript in your browser tab and no request is made to any server. That also means the tool cannot look up a DOI for you, so the details you type are the details you get.

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