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IEEE Style Citation

In-text Citations

 

Paraphrasing example

The reference number is treated as a noun in the sentence (in square brackets) and reference ranges need to be written out (no dash).

Narrative citation
[11] argues strongly in favor of this method. The theory is supported by [3], [7], [8], [9].

 

Parenthetical citation
This method is the standard approach [11]. 

 

 Direct quote example

Include the page number in the brackets of the reference number for quotes in your text.

It is reported that "numbers will increase” [3, p. 57].