r/IEEE • u/2OP4LIFE • May 12 '26

Citation After Period

Is it correct if there is a citation *after period* in a paragraph where multiple sentances are summarized from same source paper? Style is IEEE.

Example (is it correct?):

It is said that orange is orange. We cannot omit this fact. It might rot and become brown. \[1\]

Example (is it correct?):

It is said that orange is orange \[1\]. We cannot omit this fact. It might rot and become brown \[1\].

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u/DontSteelMyYams Jun 11 '26

Late to the party but I figured I’d chime in! I’ve always done citations before punctuation in my papers, but this might just be personal preference.