Online journals

You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)

Format for in-text citation

[#]

In-text citation example

[10]

Information prominent:

Artificial intelligence provides a challenge to society [10]

Author prominent:

According to Rawal et al. [10]...

Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation and capitalisation

[#] A. A. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month. year, doi: xxx.

OR

[#] A. A. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx–xxx, Abbrev. Month, year. [Online]. Available: URL

Reference list example

[10] A. Rawal, J. McCoy, D. B. Rawat, B. M. Sadler and R. S. Amant, "Recent Advances in Trustworthy Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Status, Challenges, and Perspectives," IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 852-866, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TAI.2021.3133846.

Style notes:

    Names

  • In text citations: If there are more than three authors, use the primary author followed by et al.
  • In the reference list: If there are more than six names listed, use the primary author followed by et al.
    • Use a DOI if available. If using the URL, use the journal homepage where possible.
    • Abbreviated Journal titles are used in IEEE. Please see the IEEE Reference Guide and refer to the section on Common Abbreviations of Words in References for non-IEEE titles. Note that periodical titles of only one word should not be abbreviated, but fully spelled out, e.g., Science and Nature.
    • Omit "Abbrev. Month" if unavailable.

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