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1. References should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) and the year of publication of the reference such as The work (Morris and Horward, 1971) or Morris and Horward (1971) had . 2. For three or more names, use the form Huang et al. (1995) in the text. When two or more references have the same text identification, please distinguish them by appending a, b, etc, to the year of publication. 3. References should be listed in alphabetical order, according to the last name of first author, at the end of the paper.4. References should include the complete title(s), number of volume and page(s) of the information cited.
Note: To facilitate your preparation, some sample references are listed on the back side of this page.
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( ) IX. On the paper, please list full names and affiliations of all authors, contact information (phone, fax numbers and email address) of corresponding author.( ) X. Post mail CD-ROM to the Editorial Office promptly before the deadline.( ) XI. Please provide contact number with the details of manuscript .If possible, please cite the related papers published in the Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers in order to enhance the citation rate of this journal.
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Samples for listing your references1. BookCutler, T., Williams, K., and Williams, J., 1986. Keynes, Beveridge and beyond. London:
Routledge.Four or more authorsPearce, I.F., et al., 1976. A model of output, employment, wages and prices in the UK.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Edited bookChester, D.N., ed., 1951. Lessons of the British war economy. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press.Corporate authorName of issuing body, Year. Title of publication. Place: Publisher, Report Number (where
relevant).ChapterAuthor, A., 2006. Chapter title. In: B.B. Editor and C.C. Editor, eds. Title of book. Place:
Publisher, page numbers.Place of publicationGive the city. If more than one city is listed, give the first one or the location of the
publishers head office. If the city is not well known, add a country, region or state.
States should be denoted by a two-letter code, e.g. Hillsdale, NJ.Publishers nameOmit superfluous terms such as Publishers, Co, Inc., but retain the words Books or
Press. Where the publisher is a university and the place or location is included in the
name of the university, do not repeat the place of publication.2. British standards.British Standards Institution, 1989. BS 1629: 1989. Recommendations for references to
published material.3. CD-ROM or DVD.Hawking, S.W., 1994. A brief history of time: an interactive adventure. [CD-ROM]. Crunch
media.Bibliographic databaseDatabase [CD-ROM]. (dates). Place: Publisher4. Conference proceedings.Author, A.A., Year. Title of contribution. In: B.B. Editor, ed. (if applicable) Title of conference
proceedings including date and place of conference. Place: Publisher, page numbers.5. Dissertation or thesis.Agutter, A.J., 1995. The linguistic significance of current British slang. Thesis (PhD).
Edinburgh University.6. Encyclopedia.Reference by the title.7. Film, video, TV.FilmMacbeth, 1948. Film. Directed by Orson Welles. USA: Republic Pictures.TV broadcastYes, Prime Minister, 1986. Episode 1, The Ministerial Broadcast. TV, BBC2. Jan 16.8. Government document.School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 1997. Guide to national tests. London: The
Stationery Office.9. Illustration.
Sandby, P, 1746. A bandit with a halbert. Pen and ink. At: London: British Museum
Department of Prints and Drawings. Register number 1880-9-11-1773.10. Internet.
Web page, website, e-bookHolland, M., 2004. Guide to citing Internet sources [online]. Poole, Bournemouth University.
Available from:
http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/guide_to_citing_internet_sourc.html [Accessed 4
November 2004].If no author, reference by title.Mailbase, listserv, email list
It should be noted that items may only be kept on discussion group servers for a short
time and hence may not be suitable for referencing. A local copy could be kept by the
author, with a note to this effect.Brack, E.V., 2 May 2004. Re: Computing short courses. Lis-link [online]. Available from:
[email protected] [Accessed 17 Jun 2004].Email
Author, B. (email address), 4 Jan 2006. RE: Harvard references. email to C. Author (email
address).11. Journal article.
Evans, W.A., 1994. Approaches to intelligent information retrieval. Information processing and
management, 7 (2), 147168.Online journal
Korb, K.B., 1995. Persons and things: book review of Bringsjord on Robot-Consciousness.
Psycoloquy [online], 6 (15). Available from:
http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000462/ [Accessed 20 May 2004].Volume and issue details can be omitted if you cant find them, and pages are often
not given for electronic journals. Give the paragraph number if available.12. Legal reference.
Act of Parliament
Include the chapter number if possible.Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13).
Parliamentary Bill
For House of Commons Bills use square brackets for the serial number, and for House
of Lords Bills use no brackets.
Education (Student Loans) Bill HC Bill (198990) [66].Statutory Instrument
Include short title, SI, year of publication, number.Law report
Include abbreviation of law report series, the year that the case was reported, the
volume number if appropriate, and the starting page number.
[1989] I WLR 675.13. Map.
Authors surname, first name or initials (may be cartographer, surveyor, compiler, engraver,
etc.) year of publication. Title, Scale. Place: Publisher.14. Music.
Stravinsky, I., 1920. Three pieces for clarinet solo. London: Chester.15. Newspaper.
Author, P. (or paper title), Year. Title of article. Newspaper, day month, page and column.16. Official publication.
Command paper
Royal Commission on Local Government, 19661969 (Cmnd. 4040, 1969).European Union publication
Proposal for a Council directive establishing a European Fund to promote cinema production,
COM (95)546, final.Hansard
HC Deb (199091) 195 col. 311.
Official journal
OJ No. C311, 17.11.93, p. 6.
Parliamentary paper
1st Report of the Select Committee of The House of Lords on Televising the Proceedings of
the House HL (213) (198485).
Standing Committee
Stg Co Deb (198081) Co E Finance Bill col. 46.17. Patent.
Originator, (name of applicant) Year of publication. Title of patent. Series designation.18. Personal communication.
As these do not provide recoverable data, they should not be included in the reference
list. Cite personal communications in the text only. Give initials as well as the
surname of the communicator and provide as exact a date as possible.
According to J. Green (personal communication, 19 Jan 2007).Corrections to be made for references in your paper due to the following incomplete information: All names of authors _________________ ___
Year of publication of reference(s) _________ ___
Titles of the reference cited __________________
Publication information _____________________
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