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IEEEtran not working as expected with fontsize of tables,figures and references. In some places unnecessary whitespaces are created before and after section headings. Is the use of some package interfering with the IEEEtran class. I have provided the list of the package i have used below.

documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}

%usepackage[papersize={8.5in,11in}]{geometry}



ifCLASSINFOpdf

else

fi



usepackage{dblfloatfix} 

usepackage{blindtext}

usepackage{graphicx}

%usepackage{subcaption}

usepackage{subfig}

usepackage[font=scriptsize]{caption}

usepackage{float}

%usepackage{cite}

usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e}

usepackage{colortbl}

usepackage{forest}

usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage{lmodern}

usepackage{float}

usepackage{multirow}

usepackage{array, hhline, cellspace,  booktabs}

usepackage{float}

%usepackage{cite}

usepackage[numbers]{natbib}

usepackage{pifont}

usepackage{makecell}

usepackage{breakcites}

%usepackage{breakurl}

usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e}

usepackage[export]{adjustbox}

usepackage{microtype}

usepackage[11pt]{moresize}

%usepackage{refstyle}

usepackage{pifont}% http://ctan.org/pkg/pifont

newcommand{cmark}{ding{51}}%

newcommand{xmark}{ding{55}}%

newcommand{tabitem}{textbullet~~}





renewcommandtheadalign{l}

renewcommandtheadfont{}

renewcommandtheadgape{Gape[4pt]}

renewcommandcellgape{Gape[4pt]}

renewcommand{bibfont}{scriptsize}

%%setlength{parindent}{10ex}





%% Sets page size and margins

%usepackage[a4paper,top=3cm,bottom=2cm,left=3cm,right=3cm,marginparwidth=1.75cm]{geometry}



%% Useful packages

usepackage{amsmath}

usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage[colorinlistoftodos]{todonotes}

usepackage[colorlinks=true, allcolors=blue]{hyperref}