We provide the code for IEEE and INFORMS styles. See the sub-tabs in the top navigation.
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Contact: thesisprocessingoffice@nps.edu
Each of the following NPS departments has a required or preferred citation style for theses, dissertations, capstone project reports, and final project reports. If you do not see your department or program listed, check with your thesis advisor before the thesis proposal stage to determine the style best suited to your academic field.
Department or Program |
Citation Style |
|---|---|
| Acquisition Research Program (ARP) |
APA preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) | |
| Cyber Systems and Operations (CSO/MACO) |
IEEE preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Defense Analysis (DA) |
Chicago Notes & Bibliography preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Department of Defense Management (DDM) | APA preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | IEEE |
| Engineering (if not listed separately) | IEEE |
| Human Systems Integration (HSI) | APA |
| Information Sciences (IS) | APA preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) | ASME, AIAA, or IEEE preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Meteorology & Oceanography (METOC) | AMS |
| National Security Affairs (NSA) | Chicago Notes & Bibliography |
| Operations Research (OR) | Some OR advisors require INFORMS |
| Physics (PH) | IEEE preferred, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Space Systems Academic Group (SSAG) | IEEE or Chicago Author-Date, but advisors may choose another citation style |
| Systems Engineering (SE) | Chicago Author-Date; IEEE if using LaTeX |
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