RIS to IEEE Converter
Paste RIS records and get IEEE Editorial Style Manual numbered references for your engineering manuscript. Works with exports from IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, ScienceDirect. Free, no signup.
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How it works
Step 1
Paste your RIS
Copy RIS records from IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, ScienceDirect, EndNote, Mendeley, or Zotero. Each record starts with TY and ends with ER.
Step 2
Convert to IEEE
CiteMe parses RIS tags (TY, AU, TI, JO, PY, VL, IS, SP, EP, DO) and builds an IEEE Editorial Style Manual reference numbered in your input order.
Step 3
Copy your IEEE references
Get numbered IEEE references for your engineering manuscript. [1] J. D. Smith and M. R. Johnson, "Article title," IEEE Trans. ML, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 123-145, Apr. 2024.
Why use CiteMe for RIS to IEEE?
IEEE Editorial Style Manual
Initials-first author names, "quoted titles," italic journal/conference names, vol./no./pp. format, month-year publication. Numbered references in citation order — the IEEE standard.
All RIS Record Types
TY=JOUR (journal), TY=CONF (conference proceedings), TY=BOOK, TY=CHAP, TY=THES, TY=ELEC (web) — each formatted with the IEEE rule for that source kind.
IEEE Xplore, ACM, ScienceDirect
Built for engineering researchers. Drop in a 200-record IEEE Xplore export, an ACM Digital Library bulk download, or a ScienceDirect export and get a complete numbered reference list.
Numbered in Citation Order
IEEE numbering is assigned in the order you cite — paste records in the order they appear in your manuscript and the converter assigns numbers automatically. No reordering needed.
RIS to IEEE — example
RIS input (IEEE Xplore export)
TY - JOUR
AU - Smith, John D.
AU - Johnson, Maria R.
TI - Deep Learning Architectures
for Image Segmentation
JO - IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal.
Mach. Intell.
PY - 2024
VL - 46
IS - 4
SP - 123
EP - 145
DO - 10.1109/TPAMI.2024.0001
ER -IEEE output
In-text: as shown in [1]
Works with RIS exports from engineering databases
IEEE Xplore
Click Export > "RIS" on a search result page. Up to 200 records exported at once.
ACM Digital Library
Select records > Export Citations > Format: RIS. Useful for HCI / software engineering papers.
EndNote
File > Export > Output Style: RIS. Save the .ris file and paste its contents here.
Mendeley
Right-click selected references > Export > RIS. Open the .ris file and copy the records.
Zotero
Right-click items > Export Items > Format: RIS. Save and paste the file content.
ScienceDirect
Save selected citations > Format: RIS. Bulk-export multiple Elsevier articles at once.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I convert RIS to IEEE format?
Paste your RIS records (lines starting with TY, AU, TI, JO, PY, DO) into CiteMe. Each record is parsed into an IEEE numbered reference — initials-surname authors, "Title in quotes", italic abbreviated journal name, volume, number, pages, month and year — exactly the IEEE Editorial Style Manual format.
Which IEEE variant does this output?
IEEE Editorial Style Manual (the variant used in IEEE Transactions and most engineering conferences). Output format: [1] J. D. Smith and M. R. Johnson, "Article title," IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 123–145, Apr. 2024. doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2024.0001.
Where do RIS files come from for engineering research?
RIS is exported by IEEE Xplore (Export > "RIS"), ACM Digital Library, ScienceDirect, EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and most engineering databases. Look for "Export" > "RIS" or ".ris" — the file you download contains one or more records ready to convert.
Does it abbreviate journal titles per IEEE?
CiteMe preserves the journal title as supplied in the RIS record. For IEEE Xplore exports, journal titles already arrive in IEEE-abbreviated form (e.g., "IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory"). For other databases, double-check abbreviations against the IEEE Reference Preparation guide before submitting your manuscript.
How does IEEE differ from APA on the same record?
IEEE uses bracketed numbers in-text (e.g., "as shown in [1]") instead of author-year. The reference list is numbered in citation order, not alphabetical. Authors appear as "F. Last" (initials-first) instead of "Last, F." Article titles are in quotation marks; journal names are italicised and abbreviated.
Does it handle conference papers correctly (TY=CONF)?
Yes. TY=CONF formats as "[1] J. D. Smith and M. R. Johnson, 'Paper title,' in Proc. Conf. Name, City, Country, 2024, pp. 123–145." with conference name, location, and proceedings page range pulled from RIS tags.
Can I paste a full IEEE Xplore export at once?
Yes. IEEE Xplore exports up to 200 records as RIS via the "Export" button. Paste the entire file. On the free plan you can convert up to 3 records per submission; Pro converts your full Xplore export in one batch — useful for large literature reviews.
Keep the engineering reference workflow moving
After converting RIS to IEEE, the next step is usually checking citations against your manuscript draft, exporting to BibTeX for your IEEE Overleaf template, or formatting an EndNote library for a separate APA-required submission.
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