IEEE Paper Format Template

Paper Title
Given Name Surname

dept. name of organization
(of Affiliation)
name of organization
(of Affiliation)
City, Country
email address or ORCID
Abstract—IEEE format requires you to include an abstract It’s recommended to insert figures inside a text box. So
at the start of your paper, followed by a list of keywords. In the
your figure would go here (adjusting the text box to the
“Styles” section in Microsoft Word, you can find the
appropriate styles for all the different sections and headings in
appropriate size to match).
the paper, which are already applied here. For example, the appropriate style is still applied to each section, reapplying
“abstract” style is applied to this text, the “keywords” style to styles if necessary.
the next section. Note that the titles “Abstract” and “Keyword”
should remain as they are written here: italicized and followed b) This is another level 4 heading: It’s also possible to
by an em dash. add bullet points when appropriate, using the “bullet list”
style:
Keywords—template, Scribbr, IEEE, format
 Treat the word “data” as plural, not singular.
I. THIS IS A LEVEL 1 HEADING  For example, “the data indicate that …”
This is the start of the body text of your paper. You can
use headings like the one above to divide your paper into sub- B. This Is Another Level 2 Heading
topics. Use level 1 headings first, then level 2 headings if you Place any figures or tables you use at the top or bottom of
need further divisions inside those, and so on. Don’t use a a column. Don’t place them in the middle of a column. If
level of heading unless there will be at least two headings of particularly wide, a table or figure can span across both
that level. You don’t have to use any headings at all if it columns. Insert a table or figure after the point where it is first
doesn’t make sense to divide your paper in that way. cited in the text.
Appropriate numbering is automatically applied to headings. When inserting a figure, such as a photograph or
You don’t have to number them yourself, just make sure the
infographic, use 8 pt. Times New Roman for any labeling text
right heading style is applied to each one. Level 1 and 2 within the image and for the figure caption. You can see an
headings (as well as the paper title) should be written with title example of a figure caption in Fig. 1, above. Refer to figures
case capitalization, while level 3 and 4 headings are written in
like that, using the abbreviation “Fig.” and the figure’s
sentence case. number.
Use the enter key to start a new paragraph. The appropriate
A table heading (using the “table head” style) appears
spacing and indent are automatically applied. above a table. This will automatically number the table for
A. This Is a Level 2 Heading you. Any footnotes appear below the table, using the “table
footnote” style. Footnotes are indicated by superscript
1) And this is a level 3 heading: Equations should be
lowercase letters within the table. An example of a table can
typed in either Times New Roman or Symbol font, or, if the be seen in Table I, below.
equation is multileveled, inserted into your text as a graphic
instead. On the far right of the line containing the equation, II. THIS IS ANOTHER LEVEL 1 HEADING
number it in parentheses, and use this number to refer to it in All the headings in the main body of your paper are
the text (1). numbered (automatically).
 ab  Another type of heading is the “component heading”,

which is used for other components that aren’t part of the
main text. These are usually your acknowledgments and your
2) This is another level 3 heading: The body text is references, which you can see examples of below. These
divided into two columns on each page, written in 10 pt. headings are not numbered. The correct styling for them can
Times New Roman, and justified (meaning that the text is be applied using the “Heading 5” style, which is the same as
spaced in a way that makes the right edge line up neatly). All the “Heading 1” style but without numbering.
the appropriate formatting is automatically applied in this
template. If anything goes wrong, you can reapply it using the TABLE I. THIS IS THE HEADING FOR A TABLE
“styles” section in Word. a. This is a table footnote.
a) And this is a level 4 heading: It’s recommended to

Table Table Column Head
write your text in a separate document and then add it to this
Head Table column subhead Subhead Subhead
template once it’s complete. When copying text into the
template from another document, make sure that the text Texta
You can cite your references in text by including the
corresponding number, in square brackets [1]. If you need to
Fig. 1. This is a figure caption. It appears directly underneath the figure.
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cite a specific part of the source, you can include a page [1] D. V. Lindberg and H. K. H. Lee, “Optimization under constraints by
number [2, p. 13] or range [3, pp. 41–56]. applying an asymmetric entropy measure,” J. Comput. Graph. Statist.,
vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 379–393, Jun. 2015, doi:
10.1080/10618600.2014.901225.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
[2] B. Rieder, Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic
“Acknowledgment(s)” is spelled without an “e” after the Techniques. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2020.
“g” in American English. [3] I. Boglaev, “A numerical method for solving nonlinear integro-
differential equations of Fredholm type,” J. Comput. Math., vol. 34, no.
As you can see, the formatting ensures that the text ends in 3, pp. 262–284, May 2016, doi: 10.4208/jcm.1512-m2015-0241.
two equal-sized columns rather than only displaying one
column on the last page.
Make sure to remove all placeholder and explanatory
This template was adapted from those provided by the text from the template when you add your own text.
IEEE on their own website. This text should not be here in the final version!
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 ab  Another type of heading is the “component heading”,

a) And this is a level 4 heading: It’s recommended to

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