Forcing page numbers with IEEEtran
Put this right after \maketitle
:
\thispagestyle{plain}
\pagestyle{plain}
For bare_journal_comsoc.tex
with IEEEtran.cls
, the following works.
Put this after \maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty} %--to make title page number less
\pagestyle{empty} % -- to make other pages number less.
If you put
\thispagestyle{plain}
\pagestyle{plain}
then, numbers are still coming but at the center of the footer as in IEEE published papers.