Citing Images and Tables
Information is taken from IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors.
• IEEE refers to Images as Figures. All tables and figures reproduced in an essay, assignment or presentation must have a full reference included in your reference list. This includes figures and tables reproduced from both others' work and your own previously submitted or published work.
• Name Figures and Tables in text in numerical order, i.e. Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Table 1, Table 2, etc.
• Abbreviate Figure to Fig. at all times when citing in the text.
• Always write Fig. in the singular form - see example below for citations of multiple Figures from the same source.
• Figures and Tables must include a caption.
• Do not use A, An or The at the beginning of a caption.
• At the end of the caption, add the reference number of the original source from which the Figure or Table was taken.
Standard Formats for Figures
• Figure captions are placed below the figure. Use the format:
- Fig. number. Caption text starting with a capital letter.
- If there are multiple parts to the figure, the caption must identify the different parts using the format (a), (b), etc:
- Fig. number. Caption text starting with a capital letter. (a) Caption for first part. (b) Caption for second part.
Placement of Figures in-text:
Fig. 1. Hierarchical assessment of sustainability. [3]
Fig. 2. Proposed wind turbine structure. (a) Body. (b) Propeller. [5]
In-text citation of Figures:
• Refer to Figures in the text using the format:
- in [1, Fig. 2].
- in [1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3].
Do not use the format "in Fig. 2 of reference [1]."
Standard Format for Tables
• Table captions: Above the table, centre the word TABLE in capitals, followed by the table number in Roman Numerals with no full stop at the end. Punctuation may be used within the caption. The text of the caption is also in capital letters and is centred directly below the table number caption:
Placement of Tables in-text:
TABLE IV
CIFAR-10 CONFUSION MATRIX
In-text citation of Tables:
• Refer to Tables in the text using the format:
- in [1, Table IV].
Do not use the format "in Table IV of reference [1]."
Figures or Tables generated by AI tool in response to your prompt
Add a statement at the end of the caption identifying that an AI tool was used to generate the graphic.
Fig. 3. Caption: Figure created using Name of AI tool used. For full credits, please see the reference list.