Standards for References

Incorrectly identified references are the major cause of publication delays and delays in reviewing.  Please put special attention into correctly identifying your references.  Please use the following guidelines

Always use month and year of publication in references and abbreviate months. Use initials for the first names of authors in your list of references. Include all authors' names in your references.

** Periodicals:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of paper," Title of Periodical, vol #, issue #, pp. xx-xx, Abbrev. Month, Year.

(Please note that  any IEEE Transactions that was published prior to 1988 (with the exception  of Proc. IEEE) must carry the transactions acronym, e.g. Vol. MTT25).

Note that the correct reference for the Transactions is ' <start italic>  IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Tech.  <end italic> '

** Books:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of chapter in book (if applicable)," Title of Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, State/Country: Abbrev. name of Publisher, Year, Chapter X (if applicable), Section X (if applicable), pp. xx-xx.

** Reports:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of report," Name of Company, City of Company, State/Country of Company, Report number, Year.

** Handbook (generally "book"  published by a company as opposed to a publisher):

Title of Manual/Handbook, x edition, Abbrev. Name of Company, City of Company, State/Country of Company, Year, pp. xx-xx.

** Published Conference Proceedings:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of paper," Unabbreviated Name of Conference, City of Conference, State/Country, Abbrev. Month Year, pp. xx-xx (published conf. proc. MUST include page numbers).

Note that the correct reference for the 2004 IMS Symposium is 'in  <start italic> 2004 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig.  <end italic> ' . 

Note that the correct reference for the 2004 EuMC Conference is 'in  <start italic> Proc. 34 th European Microwave Conf."  <end italic> ' .

Do not use acronyms for conferences, spell the full name of the conference out (e.g. instead of IEDM use Int. Electron Devices Meeting)

** Unpublished Papers Presented at Conference:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of paper," presented at the Name of Conference, City of Conference, State/Country, Year.

Note that the correct reference for the Transactions is ' <start italic>  IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techn.  <end italic> '

** Patents:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of patent," U.S. Patent # xxxxx, Abbrev. Month, Day, Year.

** Theses (M.S.) and Dissertations (Ph.D.):

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of  thesis," Abbrev. Department, University, City of Univ., State/Country, Year.

** Unpublished References:

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), private communication, Abbrev. Month, Year.

or

Author(s) Initial(s), Sur Name(s), "Title of paper," unpublished.

** Standards:

Title of Standard, Standard number, Date/Year.