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How to Cite a Conference Paper in IEEE

The format, a real copy-ready example, and a free tool that builds the citation for you. Updated for 2026.

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IEEE format for a conference paper

J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Proc. Abbrev. Conf. Title, City, State, Country, year, pp. xxx–xxx.

Example

A. Vaswani et al., “Attention is all you need,” in Proc. Adv. Neural Inf. Process. Syst., Long Beach, CA, USA, 2017, pp. 5998–6008.

In-text citation

IEEE uses a numbered in-text citation in square brackets, e.g. [1], placed where you refer to the source. Reuse the same number every time you cite that conference paper, and cite ranges as [1]–[3].

Handling missing information

Use “in” before the proceedings title. Include the conference location when available.

FAQ

What is the IEEE format for a conference paper?

IEEE numbers references in the order they appear and lists them in square brackets, e.g. [1]. See the format pattern and example above for the conference paper fields and their order.

Do I need a DOI to cite a conference paper in IEEE?

A DOI helps but is optional for conference papers. The essential fields are the authors, paper title, proceedings title, location and year.

Is this conference paper citation generator free?

Yes. You can generate, copy and export IEEE, APA and Harvard citations for free, with no account required.