Citation Guidelines
The Transformation Management Institute publishes an open-access, versioned scientific canon across multiple research programs and maintains a separate applied discipline for standards and diagnostics.
These guidelines define the Institute’s preferred citation formats for academic publications, professional materials, organizational documents, and research datasets.
Attribution must be preserved. Citation does not grant rights for commercial reuse.
1. Preferred default format
Use this format unless your style guide requires a different standard.
Vallejo, J. (Year). Title. Transformation Management Institute. URL
If a publication year is not shown, use (n.d.) and include an access date when required by your style guide.
2. Citing Institute research programs and disciplines
Use these formats when referencing a program or discipline as a whole.
Research programs
Vallejo, J. (Year). System Existence Theory (SET). Transformation Management Institute. URL
Vallejo, J. (Year). Physics of Becoming (POB). Transformation Management Institute. URL
Vallejo, J. (Year). General Theory of Interpretation (GTOI). Transformation Management Institute. URL
Vallejo, J. (Year). Transformation Science. Transformation Management Institute. URL
Coordination science published under GTOI
Vallejo, J. (Year). Meaning System Science (MSS). Transformation Management Institute. URL
Applied discipline
Vallejo, J. (Year). Transformation Management. Transformation Management Institute. URL
3. Citing the Institute website
General site citation
Transformation Management Institute. (Year). Transformation Management Institute. URL
Use the Institute homepage URL.
Specific page citation
Vallejo, J. (Year). Page title. Transformation Management Institute. URL
4. Citing monographs and series documents
Use these formats when citing a specific monograph or standards document, including A, B, and C series items.
APA
Vallejo, J. (Year). [Series code] · Title. Transformation Management Institute. URL
MLA
Vallejo, Jordan. [Series code] · Title. Transformation Management Institute, Year. URL.
Chicago
Vallejo, Jordan. [Series code] · Title. Transformation Management Institute, Year. URL.
IEEE
J. Vallejo, “[Series code] · Title,” Transformation Management Institute, Year. URL.
5. Citing Interpretation Field Studies (IFS)
Standard format
Vallejo, J. (Year). IFS-[Number] · Title. Interpretation Field Studies. Transformation Management Institute. URL
Use IFS papers when citing applied cases, observed coordination conditions, or domain-specific field analysis. Use monographs when citing theory, variables, constraints, or canonical structure. Cite both when a claim depends on both structure and applied observation.
6. Citing Canonical Definitions
Definitions collection
Transformation Management Institute. (Year). Canonical Definitions. URL
Individual definition page
Vallejo, J. (Year). Term. Transformation Management Institute. URL
7. Citing applied standards, diagnostics, and classification instruments
Use this format for Institute instruments used in Transformation Management.
Vallejo, J. (Year). Instrument name. Transformation Management Institute. URL
Examples include:
3E Standard
3E Method
Transformation Breakdown Signatures
Trademark symbols are optional in citations and not required in dataset metadata.
8. AI research, embeddings, and dataset attribution
If Institute materials are included in datasets, embeddings, evaluation sets, or research pipelines, attribution must appear in dataset documentation or metadata.
Recommended dataset attribution
Vallejo, J. (Year). Title. Transformation Management Institute. URL
Where scope is limited, list the specific pages, monographs, or series items used.
Commercial model training, commercial embeddings, or AI systems designed to output or operationalize Institute formulations may require a license under Terms of Use and Research Licensing.
9. Citation support
For questions about citation formats, attribution standards, or licensing requirements:
research@3ETMI.org