5 IEEEtran.bst is the official BibTeX style for authors of the Institute of
6 Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions journals and
9 It also may have applications for other academic work such as theses and
10 technical reports. The alphanumeric and natbib variants extend the
11 applicability of the IEEEtran bibstyle family to the natural sciences
14 The IEEEtran bibstyle is a very comprehensive BibTeX style which provides
15 many features beyond the standard BibTeX styles, including full support
16 for references of online documents, patents, periodicals and standards.
17 See the provided user manual for detailed usage information.
19 The latest version of the IEEEtran BibTeX style can be found at CTAN:
21 http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/IEEEtran/bibtex/
23 as well as within IEEE's site:
27 Note that the packages at IEEE's site do not contain the natbib and
28 alphanumeric variants (e.g., IEEEtranN.bst, etc.) as these are not used
29 for IEEE related work. These files can be obtained on CTAN.
31 For helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions and other support,
32 visit the IEEEtran home page at my website:
34 http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/
40 http://www.michaelshell.org/
43 Version 1.12 (2007/01/11) changes:
45 1. Fixed bug with unwanted comma before "et al." when an entry contained
46 more than two author names. Thanks to Pallav Gupta for reporting this.
48 2. Fixed bug with anomalous closing quote in tech reports that have a
49 type, but without a number or address. Thanks to Mehrdad Mirreza for
52 3. Use braces in \providecommand in begin.bib to better support
53 latex2html. TeX style length assignments OK with recent versions
54 of latex2html - 1.71 (2002/2/1) or later is strongly recommended.
55 Use of the language field still causes trouble with latex2html.
56 Thanks to Federico Beffa for reporting this.
58 4. Added IEEEtran.bst ID and version comment string to .bbl output.
60 5. Provide a \BIBdecl hook that allows the user to execute commands
61 just prior to the first entry.
63 6. Use default urlstyle (is using url.sty) of "same" rather than rm to
64 better work with a wider variety of bibliography styles.
66 7. Changed month abbreviations from Sept., July and June to Sep., Jul.,
67 and Jun., respectively, as IEEE now does. Thanks to Moritz Borgmann
70 8. Control entry types should not be considered when calculating longest
73 9. Added alias www for electronic/online.
75 10. Updated full and abbreviated journal name string definitions in
76 IEEEfull.bib and IEEEabrv.bib.
78 11. New IEEEtranSA.bst, IEEEtranN.bst, and IEEEtranSN.bst variants for
79 alphanumeric citation tags and natbib compatibility.
82 ********************************** Files **********************************
86 IEEEtran_bst_HOWTO.pdf - The user manual.
88 IEEEtran.bst - The standard IEEEtran BibTeX style file. For use
91 IEEEtranS.bst - A version of IEEEtran.bst that sorts the entries.
92 Some IEEE conferences/publications may use/allow
93 sorted bibliographies.
95 IEEEexample.bib - An example BibTeX database that contains the
96 references shown in the user manual.
98 IEEEabrv.bib - String definitions for the abbreviated names of
99 IEEE journals. (For use with IEEE work.)
101 IEEEfull.bib - String definitions for the full names of IEEE
102 journals. (Do not use for IEEE work.)
105 Carried on CTAN only, for non-IEEE related work:
107 IEEEtranSA.bst - Like IEEEtranS.bst, but with alphanumeric citation
108 tags like alpha.bst. Not for normal IEEE use.
110 EEEtranN.bst - Like IEEEtran.bst, but based on plainnat.bst and
111 is compatible with Patrick W. Daly's natbib
112 package. Not for normal IEEE use.
114 IEEEtranSN.bst - Sorting version of IEEEtranN.bst. Not for normal
117 ***************************************************************************
119 This code is offered as-is without any warranty either expressed or
120 implied; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
121 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE!
122 User assumes all risk.
123 In no event shall IEEE or any contributor to this code be liable for
124 any damages or losses, including, but not limited to, incidental,
125 consequential, or any other damages, resulting from the use or misuse
126 of any information contained here.
128 All comments are the opinions of their respective authors and are not
129 necessarily endorsed by the IEEE.
131 This work is distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL)
132 ( http://www.latex-project.org/ ) version 1.3, and may be freely used,
133 distributed and modified. A copy of the LPPL, version 1.3, is included
134 in the base LaTeX documentation of all distributions of LaTeX released
136 Retain all contribution notices and credits.
137 ** Modified files should be clearly indicated as such, including **
138 ** renaming them and changing author support contact information. **
140 File list of work: IEEEtran_bst_HOWTO.pdf, IEEEtran.bst, IEEEtranS.bst,
141 IEEEtranSA.bst, IEEEtranN.bst, IEEEtranSN.bst,
142 IEEEexample.bib, IEEEabrv.bib, IEEEfull.bib
144 ***************************************************************************