IEEE multiple reference citation style with memoir class

Question

IEEE wants each of a reference in separate brackets (like this: [1],[3]-[5]). How can I achieve this style with memoir class?

I used cite and natbib packages but I get [1,3-5] instead of [1],[3]-[5]....

Ex:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,reqno,oneside,openbib]{memoir}
\usepackage[square,numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}
\begin{document}
as in \cite{ref1,ref3,ref4,ref5}
\end{document}

and I get:

as in [1,3-5]

instead of:

as in [1],[3]-[5]

Answer 1

Here is one approach, using \citenumfont to set brackets around each number and using \setcitestyle to kill the outermost brackets that would otherwise be placed around the whole group.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,reqno,oneside,openbib]{memoir}

\usepackage[square,numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}

\setcitestyle{open={},close={}}
\def\citenumfont#1{[#1]}

\begin{document}

As in
\cite{article-minimal,incollection-minimal,manual-full,booklet-full}.

\nocite{booklet-minimal}

\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{xampl}

\end{document}