IEEE Citation Generator
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[1] J. Goodall, "The effects of climate change on coral reefs," National Geographic, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/coral-reefs
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[1] R. Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
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[1] J. A. Doudna and E. Charpentier, "A programmable dual-RNA–guided DNA endonuclease," Science, vol. 346, no. 6213, pp. 1258096, 2014, doi: 10.1126/science.1258096.
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What is IEEE citation style?
IEEE style is used across engineering and computer science. References are numbered in the order they appear and cited in text with bracketed numbers like [1].
How are authors written in IEEE?
IEEE uses first and middle initials before the surname, e.g. 'J. A. Smith'. For more than six authors, list the first author followed by 'et al.'
What does an IEEE in-text citation look like?
IEEE in-text citations are bracketed numbers, e.g. [1], that match the numbered reference list.
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