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This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for academic and scientific papers and journals. For articles in magazines and newsletters, use {{cite magazine}}. Note that if you have a Digital Object Identifier (i.e., a DOI) for the journal reference you wish to add, we have a citation bot which will read that DOI and expand it into a full reference with the author's name, journal name, date, volume, issue, pages, etc. You can view instructions on how to add this gadget to your Wikipedia preferences at User:Citation bot/use.
Usage
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To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language journal article re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription
{{cite journal }}
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Full parameter set in horizontal format
{{cite journal }}
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To cite a professional or scientific journal
{{cite journal
| last =
| first =
| last2 =
| first2 =
| date =
| title =
| url =
| journal =
| volume =
| issue =
| pages =
| doi =
| accessdate =
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{{cite journal
| author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| date =
| title =
| url =
| journal =
| volume =
| issue =
| pages =
| doi =
| accessdate =
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To cite an online article that has been archived
{{cite journal
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To cite a journal article written in a foreign language
{{cite journal
| last =
| first =
| date =
| title =
| trans-title =
| url =
| language =
| journal =
| volume =
| issue =
| pages =
| doi =
| accessdate =
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To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language journal article re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription
{{cite journal
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|}
Full parameter set in vertical format
Vertical list
Prerequisites
Brief instructions / notes
{{cite journal
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last1
last1
last2
last2
last3
last3
last4
last4
last5
editor1-last
editor2-last
editor2-last
editor3-last
editor3-last
editor4-last
editor4-last
editor5-last
title or script-title
archive-url
url
url
doi
jstor
ol
osti
url
archive-url
url
If a field name is listed in the Prerequisites column it is a prerequisite for the field to the left.
Examples
Journal article
{{cite journal |last=Overpeck |first=J. T. |last2=Webb |first2=T. |last3=Prentice |first3=I. C. |date=January 1985 |title=Quantitative interpretation of fossil pollen spectra: Dissimilarity coefficients and the method of modern analogs |journal=Quaternary Research |volume=23 |pages=87–108 |bibcode=1985QuRes..23...87O |doi=10.1016/0033-5894(85)90074-2}}
Displays as:
Overpeck, J. T. (January 1985). "Quantitative interpretation of fossil pollen spectra: Dissimilarity coefficients and the method of modern analogs". Quaternary Research23: 87–108. DOI:10.1016/0033-5894(85)90074-2.
Include URL link to article, pre-print or abstract.
{{cite journal |last=Aries |first=Myriam B. C. |last2=Newsham |first2=Guy R. |last-author-amp=yes |date=2008 |title=Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review |url=http://archive.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/irc/doc/pubs/nrcc49212/nrcc49212.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Energy Policy |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=1858–1866 |doi=10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.021 |accessdate=October 18, 2013}}
Specify the DOI to provide a permanent link. Also give the PMID abstract for medical articles, and the URL if the article is free. PubMed Central free full-text repository links may also be supplied and will link the title if the URL is not specified, else as an additional linked PMC value. Note that |accessdate= is not necessary when a permanent identifier is used.
{{cite journal |last=Viollet |first=Benoît |last2=Andreelli |first2=Fabrizio |last3=Jørgensen |first3=Sebastian B. |last4=Perrin |first4=Christophe |last5=Geloen |first5=Alain |last6=Flamez |first6=Daisy |last7=Mu |first7=James |last8=Lenzner |first8=Claudia |last9=Baud |first9=Olivier |last10=Bennoun |first10=Myriam |last11=Gomas |first11=Emmanuel |last12=Nicolas |first12=Gaël |last13=Wojtaszewski |first13=Jørgen F. P. |last14=Kahn1 |first14=Axel |last15=Carling |first15=David |last16=Schuit |first16=Frans C. |last17=Birnbaum |first17=Morris J. |last18=Richter |first18=Erik A. |last19=Burcelin |first19=Rémy |last20=Vaulont |first20=Sophie |display-authors=5 |date=January 2003 |title=The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity |url=http://www.jci.org/articles/view/16567 |journal=The Journal of Clinical Investigation |volume=111 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.1172/JCI16567 |pmc=151837 |pmid=12511592 |accessdate=2012-11-17}}
Whereas if the URL had not been specified, then the title is linked to the PMC link, which is repeated:
{{cite journal |last=Viollet |first=Benoît |last2=Andreelli |first2=Fabrizio |last3=Jørgensen |first3=Sebastian B. |last4=Perrin |first4=Christophe |last5=Geloen |first5=Alain |last6=Flamez |first6=Daisy |last7=Mu |first7=James |last8=Lenzner |first8=Claudia |last9=Baud |first9=Olivier |last10=Bennoun |first10=Myriam |last11=Gomas |first11=Emmanuel |last12=Nicolas |first12=Gaël |last13=Wojtaszewski |first13=Jørgen F. P. |last14=Kahn1 |first14=Axel |last15=Carling |first15=David |last16=Schuit |first16=Frans C. |last17=Birnbaum |first17=Morris J. |last18=Richter |first18=Erik A. |last19=Burcelin |first19=Rémy |last20=Vaulont |first20=Sophie |display-authors=5 |date=January 2003 |title=The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity |journal=The Journal of Clinical Investigation |volume=111 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.1172/JCI16567 |pmc=151837 |pmid=12511592}}
Displays as:
Viollet, Benoît (January 2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". The Journal of Clinical Investigation111 (1): 91–98. DOI:10.1172/JCI16567.
If the doi link is broken, then use of doi-broken-date unlinks the doi value, indicates when the doi-problem was first noticed, and will also add the page to "Category:Pages with DOIs broken since YYYY":
{{cite journal |last=Viollet |first=Benoît |last2=Andreelli |first2=Fabrizio |last3=Jørgensen |first3=Sebastian B. |last4=Perrin |first4=Christophe |last5=Geloen |first5=Alain |last6=Flamez |first6=Daisy |last7=Mu |first7=James |last8=Lenzner |first8=Claudia |last9=Baud |first9=Olivier |last10=Bennoun |first10=Myriam |last11=Gomas |first11=Emmanuel |last12=Nicolas |first12=Gaël |last13=Wojtaszewski |first13=Jørgen F. P. |last14=Kahn1 |first14=Axel |last15=Carling |first15=David |last16=Schuit |first16=Frans C. |last17=Birnbaum |first17=Morris J. |last18=Richter |first18=Erik A. |last19=Burcelin |first19=Rémy |last20=Vaulont |first20=Sophie |display-authors=5 |date=January 2003 |title=The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity |journal=The Journal of Clinical Investigation |volume=111 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.1172/JCI16567 |doi-broken-date=2019-01-01 |pmc=151837 |pmid=12511592}}
Displays as:
Viollet, Benoît (January 2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". The Journal of Clinical Investigation111 (1): 91–98. DOI:10.1172/JCI16567.
If the article is in a foreign language, and the original title is unknown, enclose the translated title in square brackets and use |title=. Otherwise use |title= for the foreign-language title and |trans-title= for the English-language title.
{{cite journal |last=Huang |first=Y. |last2=Lu |first2=J. |last3=Shen |first3=Y. |last4=Lu |first4=J. |last-author-amp=yes |date=March 1999 |title=[The protective effects of total flavonoids from Lycium Barbarum L. on lipid peroxidation of liver mitochondria and red blood cell in rats] |journal=Wei Sheng Yan Jiu |language=Chinese |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=115–116 |pmid=11938998}}
Displays as:
Huang, Y. (March 1999). "[The protective effects of total flavonoids from Lycium Barbarum L. on lipid peroxidation of liver mitochondria and red blood cell in rats]". Wei Sheng Yan Jiu28 (2): 115–116.
Example using other identifiers
{{cite journal |last=Merimovich |first=C. |date=2007 |title=A power function with a fixed finite gap everywhere |journal=Journal of Symbolic Logic |volume=72 |issue=2 |pages=361–417 |doi=10.2178/jsl/1185803615 |mr=2320282}}
Displays as:
Merimovich, C. (2007). "A power function with a fixed finite gap everywhere". Journal of Symbolic Logic72 (2): 361–417. DOI:10.2178/jsl/1185803615.
Parameters
Syntax
Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:
parent
OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)
Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.
By default, sets of fields are terminated with a period (.). This can be an issue when the last field uses an abbreviation or initial that ends with a period, as then two periods will display (..). The only solution is to not include the last period in the value for the set of fields.
COinS
This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See: Wikipedia:COinS. As a general rule, only one data item per parameter. Do not include explanatory or alternate text:
Use of templates within the citation template, is generally discouraged as many of these templates will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the metadata.
any of the identifiers (|isbn=, |issn=, |doi=, |pmc=, etc)
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Description
Authors
last: Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, use last or one of its aliases (e.g. |author=Bono). Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1.
author: this parameter is used to hold the complete name of a single author (first and last) or to hold the name of a corporate author. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead.
first: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: given, first1, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through lastn, firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each firstn requires a corresponding lastn, but not the other way around). ទំព័រគំរូ:Crossref Aliases: surname1, given1 through surnamen, givenn, or author1 through authorn. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use |first1=...|last1=...|author2=....
author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: author-link1, author1-link, authorlink.
OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-linkn. Aliases: author1-link through authorn-link.
name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to amp, ampersand, or &, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to and, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to vancdisplays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters.
vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in |vauthors= as described above
authors: Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of last.
translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-surname, translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1.
translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-given, translator1-first, translator-first1.
OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-lastn, translator-firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-firstn requires a corresponding translator-lastn, but not the other way around). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translatorn-last, translatorn-first, or translator1 through translatorn.
translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link.
OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-linkn. Aliases: translator1-link through translatorn-link.
collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list.
others: To record other contributors to the work, including illustrators. For the parameter value, write Illustrated by John Smith.
Note: When using shortened footnotes or ទំព័រគំរូ:Paren styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.
Date
date: Date of referenced source. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, season and year, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.[date ១] Required when year is used to disambiguate {{sfn}} links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.[more] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after the publisher. ទំព័រគំរូ:Crossref
For approximate year, precede with "c. ", like this: |date=c. 1900.
For no date, or "undated", use |date=n.d.
Automatic date formatting: Citation Style 1 and 2 templates, including this template, automatically render dates in all date parameters (such as |date=, |publication-date=, |access-date=, |archive-date=, etc.) except for |orig-date= in the style specified by the article's {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template. See those templates' documentation for details.
year: Year of source being referenced. The usage of this parameter is discouraged; use the more flexible |date= parameter instead unless both of the following conditions are met:
orig-date: Original publication date or year; displays in square brackets after the date (or year). For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: |orig-date=First published 1859 or |orig-date=Composed 1904. As |orig-date= does not support automatic date formatting, use the same date format as defined by |df= (or, if it exists in the article, by |cs1-dates= of a {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template), or as used in the |date= parameter. Alias: orig-year
df: date format; sets rendered dates to the specified format; does not support date ranges or seasonal dates; overrides the automatic date formatting described above. Accepts one value which may be one of these:
dmy – set publication dates to day month year format; access- and archive-dates are not modified;
mdy – as above for month day, year format
ymd – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
dmy-all – set publication, access-, and archive-dates to day month year format;
mdy-all – as above for month day, year format
ymd-all – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
↑Publication dates in references within an article should all have the same format. This may be a different format from that used for archive and access dates. ទំព័រគំរូ:Crossref
Editors
editor-last: surname of editor. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Where the surname is usually written first—as in Chinese—or for corporate authors, simply use editor-last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: editor-last1, editor1-last, editor-surname, editor-surname1, editor1-surname, editor, editor1.
editor: This parameter is used to hold the complete name of a single editor (first and last), or the name of an editorial committee. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one editor.
editor-first: given or first names of editor, including title(s); example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Aliases: editor-first1, editor1-first, editor-given, editor-given1, editor1-given.
OR: for multiple editors, use editor-last1, editor-first1 through editor-lastn, editor-firstn (Aliases: editorn-last, editor-surnamen or editorn-surname; editorn-first, editor-givenn or editorn-given; editorn). For an individual editor plus an institutional editor, you can use |editor-first1=...|editor-last1=...|editor2=....
editor-link: title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor—not the editor's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: editor-link1.
OR: for multiple editors, use editor-link1 through editor-linkn (alias editorn-link).
name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to amp, ampersand, or &, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to and, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to vancdisplays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters.
veditors: comma separated list of editor names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
|veditors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
editor-linkn and editor-maskn may be used for the individual names in |veditors=, as described above
Display:
Use display-editors to control the length of the displayed editor name list and to specify when "et al." is included.
If authors: Authors are first, followed by the included work, then "In" and the editors, then the main work.
If no authors: Editors appear before the included work; a single editor is followed by "ed."; multiple editors are followed by "eds."
title: Title of source. Can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in quotes. If script-title is defined, use title to hold a Romanization (if available) of the title in script-title.
script-title: Original title for languages that do not use a Latin-based script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.); not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in title (if present). Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script:
trans-title: English translation of the title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after title; if url is defined, then trans-title is included in the link. Use of the language parameter is recommended.
Titles containing certain characters will not display and link correctly unless those characters are encoded.
title-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the source named in title – do not use a web address; do not wikilink.
Some identifiers (specifying free resources) will automatically be linked to the title when |url= and |title-link= are not used to specify a different link target. This behaviour can be overridden by one out of a number of special keywords for |title-link= to manually select a specific source (|title-link=pmc or |title-link=doi) for auto-linking or to disable the feature (|title-link=none).
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language: The language the source is written in, if not English. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name. Use the full language name; do not use icons or templates.
URL
url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Cannot be used if title is wikilinked. If applicable, the link may point to the specific page(s) referenced. Do not link to any commercial booksellers, such as Amazon.com. See: WP:PAGELINKS.
accessdate: Full date when original URL was accessed; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.[១] Do not wikilink. Not required for web pages or linked documents that do not change; mainly for use of web pages that change frequently or have no publication date. Can be hidden or styled by registered editors.
archivedate: Date when the original URL was archived; preceded by default text "archived from the original on". Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.[១] Do not wikilink.
deadurl: When the URL is still live, but preemptively archived, then set |deadurl=no. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
template doc demo: The archive parameters will be error checked to ensure that all the required parameters are included, or else {{citation error}} is invoked. With errors, main, help and template pages are placed into Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set |template doc demo=true to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
format: Format of the work referred to by url; for example: PDF, DOC, or XLS; displayed in parentheses after title. HTML is implied and should not be specified. Does not change the external link icon. Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add format information for the visually impaired.
↑ ១,០១,១Accessdate and archivedate in references should all have the same format – either the format used for publication dates, or YYYY-MM-DD. See: .
Periodical
work (required by {{cite journal}} and {{cite magazine}}): Name of the work containing the source; may be wikilinked if relevant. Displays in italics. If the name of the periodical changed over time use the name at the time of the source's publication. If script-work is defined, use work to hold a Romanization (if available) of the title in script-work. Aliases: journal, newspaper, magazine, periodical, website. Use Latin script. For languages written in non-Latin based scripts (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Indic, Japanese, Korean, etc.) use a standard Romanization in this field.
script-work: Work title in its original, non-Latin script; not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in work (if present). Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script. Leave empty for Latin-based scripts (Czech, French, Turkish, Vietnamese, etc.). Aliases: script-journal, script-newspaper, script-magazine, script-periodical, script-website.
trans-work: English translation of the work title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after work or script-work. Aliases: trans-journal, trans-newspaper, trans-magazine, trans-periodical, trans-website.
issue: When the publication is one of a series that is published periodically. Alias: number. When the issue has a special title of its own, this may be given, in italics, along with the issue number, e.g. |issue=2, ''Modern Canadian Literature''. Please choose either |issue= or |number= depending on what is used in the actual publication. If a publication carries both, issue and number designations (typically one being a year-relative and the other an absolute value), provide them both, for example |issue=2 #143. Displayed in parentheses following volume.
department: Title of a regular department, column, or section within the periodical or journal. Examples include "Communication", "Editorial", "Letter to the Editor", and "Review". Displays after title and is in plain text.
When set, work changes the formatting of other parameters in the same citation:
title is not italicized and is enclosed in quotes.
chapter does not display (and will produce an error message).
Publisher
publisher: Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant. The publisher is the company that publishes the work being cited. Do not use the publisher parameter for the name of a work (e.g., a book, encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, journal, website). Not normally used for periodicals. Corporate designations such as "Ltd", "Inc" or "GmbH" are not usually included. Omit where the publisher's name is substantially the same as the name of the work (for example, The New York Times Co. publishes The New York Times newspaper, so there is no reason to name the publisher). Displays after title; if work is defined, then publisher is enclosed in parentheses.
place: Geographical place of publication; generally not wikilinked; omit when the name of the work includes the location; examples: The Boston Globe, The Times of India. Displays after the title; if work is defined, then location is enclosed in parentheses. Alias: location
publication-place: If any one of publication-place, place or location are defined, then the location shows after the title; if publication-place and place or location are defined, then place or location are shown before the title prefixed with "written at" and publication-place is shown after the title.
publication-date: Date of publication when different from the date the work was written. Displays only if year or date are defined and only if different, else publication-date is used and displayed as date. Use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Follows publisher; if work is not defined, then publication-date is preceded by "published" and enclosed in parenthesis.
Edition, series, volume
edition: When the publication has more than one edition; for example: "2nd", "Revised", and so forth. Appends the string " ed." after the field, so |edition=2nd produces "2nd ed." Does not display if a periodical field is defined.
series or version: When the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal where the issue numbering has restarted.
volume: For one publication published in several volumes. Displays after the title and series fields; volume numbers should be entered just as a numeral (e.g. 37). Volume values that are wholly digits, wholly uppercase Roman numerals, or fewer than five characters will appear in bold. Any alphanumeric value of five or more characters will not appear in bold. In rare cases, publications carry both, an ongoing volume and a year-related value; if so, provide them both, for example |volume=IV / #10.
In-source locations
page: The number of a single page in the source that supports the content. Use either |page= or |pages=, but not both. Displays preceded by p. unless |nopp=y or work is defined.
OR: pages: A range of pages in the source that supports the content. Use either |page= or |pages=, but not both. Separate using an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,); do not use to indicate the total number of pages in the source. Displays preceded by pp. unless |nopp=y or work is defined.
nopp: Set to y to suppress the p. or pp. notations where this is inappropriate; for example, where |page=Front cover.
OR: at: For sources where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient. Overridden by |page= or |pages=. Use only one of |page=, |pages=, or |at=.
id: A unique identifier, used where none of the specialized identifiers are applicable; wikilink or use a template as applicable.
These identifiers create links and are designed to accept a single value. Using multiple values or other text will break the link and/or invalidate the identifier.
asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values: ca, cn, co.jp, co.uk, de, es, fr, it
bibcode: Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; for example: 1974AJ.....79..819H
doi: Digital object identifier; for example: 10.1038/news070508-7. It is checked to ensure it begins with (10.).
doi_brokendate: Date the DOI is broken; use the same format as other dates in the article.
isbn: International Standard Book Number; for example: 978-0-8126-9593-9. (See: Wikipedia:ISBN and ISBN). Dashes in the ISBN are optional, but preferred. Use the 13-digit ISBN wherever possible; this can normally be found beneath the barcode as a number beginning with 978 or 979 (barcodes beginning with any other numbers are not ISBNs). For sources with the older 9 digit SBN system, prefix the number with a zero; thus, SBN 902888-45-5 should be entered as |isbn=0-902888-45-5. It is checked for length, invalid characters and the proper check digit.
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Lay summary
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Quote
quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote must include terminating punctuation. If script-quote is defined, use quote to hold a Romanization (if available) of the text in script-quote.
script-quote: Original quotation for languages that do not use a Latin-based script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.); not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in quote (if available). Alias: none. Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script:
trans-quote: English translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets. Alias: none.
quote-page: The number of a single page quoted in |quote=. Use either |quote-page= or |quote-pages=, but not both. Should be a subset of the page(s) specified in |page=, |pages= or |at=. Displays preceded by p. unless |no-pp=yes. If hyphenated, use {{hyphen}} to indicate this is intentional (e.g. |quote-page=3{{hyphen}}12). Alias: none.
OR: quote-pages: A list or range of pages quoted in |quote=. Use either |quote-page= or |quote-pages=, but not both. Should be a subset of the pages specified in |pages= or |at=. Separate using an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,). Displays preceded by pp. unless |no-pp=yes is defined. Hyphens are automatically converted to en dashes; if hyphens are appropriate because individual page numbers contain hyphens, for example: pp. 3-1–3-15, use double parentheses to tell the template to display the value of |quote-pages= without processing it, and use {{hyphen}} to indicate to editors that a hyphen is really intended: |quote-pages=((3{{hyphen}}1{{ndash}}3{{hyphen}}15)). Alias: none.
Anchor
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Display options
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Notes
Although it may appear redundant to include multiple ids for articles, it is helpful for many editors who only have access to a certain resource. If only one ID is to be included, the DOI should be used, as this is the universal standard preferred by professional publications. Specifying a link as a DOI, PMID, etc. is always preferable to including it as a URL parameter, as it makes it clear that the link is accurate and stable, but not necessarily openly accessible. Note that |accessdate= is not necessary when a permanent identifier is used.
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TemplateData for Cite journal
This template formats a citation to an article in a magazine or journal, using the provided source information (e.g. journal name, author, title, issue, URL) and various formatting options.
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Last name
lastauthorauthor1authorslast1
The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
Line
suggested
First name
firstfirst1
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
Line
suggested
Author link
author-linkauthorlink
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
Page name
optional
Last name 2
last2author2
The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.
Line
optional
First name 2
first2
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 2
author-link2author2-linkauthorlink2
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.
Page name
optional
Last name 3
last3author3
The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.
Line
optional
First name 3
first3
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 3
author-link3author3-linkauthorlink3
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.
Page name
optional
Last name 4
last4author4
The surname of the forth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.
Line
optional
First name 4
first4
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the forth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 4
author-link4author4-linkauthorlink4
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the forth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 5
last5author5
The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.
Line
optional
First name 5
first5
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 5
author-link5author5-linkauthorlink5
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 6
last6author6
The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.
Line
optional
First name 6
first6
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 6
author-link6author6-linkauthorlink6
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 7
last7author7
The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.
Line
optional
First name 7
first7
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 7
author-link7author7-linkauthorlink7
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.
Page name
optional
Last name 8
last8author8
The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.
Line
optional
First name 8
first8
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 8
author-link8author8-linkauthorlink8
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 9
last9author9
The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.
Line
optional
First name 9
first9
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 9
author-link9author9-linkauthorlink9
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.
Page name
optional
Display authors
displayauthorsdisplay-authors
number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;
Number
optional
Author mask
author-mask
Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead
String
optional
Last author ampersand
last-author-amplastauthoramp
When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'
Boolean
optional
Author separator
author-separator
Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as  
Default
;
Line
optional
Author name separator
author-name-separator
Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as  
Default
,
Line
optional
Vancouver style authors
vauthors
comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses
Line
optional
Source date
date
Date of the source; do not wikilink. As listed in the publication
Example
Summer 2017
Date
suggested
Year of publication
year
Year of the source being referenced; recommended only when date parameter format is YYYY-MM-DD and a CITEREF disambiguator is needed
Number
optional
Original year
orig-yearorigyear
Original year of publication; provide specifics
Number
optional
Editor last name
editor-lasteditor1-last
The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-last', 'editor'
Line
optional
Editor first name
editor-firsteditor1-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'
Line
optional
Editor link
editor-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'
Page name
optional
Editor last name 2
editor2-lasteditor2
The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 2
editor2-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 2
editor2-linkeditor2linkeditorlink2
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 3
editor3-lasteditor3
The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 3
editor3-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 3
editor3-linkeditor3linkeditorlink3
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 4
editor4-lasteditor4
The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 4
editor4-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 4
editor4-linkeditor4linkeditorlink4
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 5
editor5-lasteditor5
The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 5
editor5-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 5
editor5-linkeditor5linkeditorlink5
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 6
editor6-lasteditor6
The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 6
editor6-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 6
editor6-linkeditor6linkeditorlink6
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 7
editor7-lasteditor7
The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 7
editor7-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 7
editor7-linkeditor7linkeditorlink7
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 8
editor8-lasteditor8
The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 8
editor8-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 8
editor8-linkeditor8linkeditorlink8
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 9
editor9-lasteditor9
The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 9
editor9-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 9
editor9-linkeditor9linkeditorlink9
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.
Page name
optional
Others
others
Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'
Content
optional
Title
title
The title of the article; can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in quotes.
Content
required
Script title
script-title
For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...
Line
optional
Translated title
trans-titletrans_title
An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended
Content
optional
URL
urlURL
The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found. Requires schemes of the type "http://..." or maybe even the protocol relative scheme "//..."
Example
https://www.nytimes.com/...
Line
suggested
Dead URL
dead-urldeadurl
If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live
Line
optional
Format
format
Format of the work referred to by 'url' ('url' is required when using 'format'); examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML
Content
optional
Department
department
Department within the periodical
String
optional
Journal
journal
Name of the source journal; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'work'
Content
required
Chapter
chapter
The chapter heading of the source
String
optional
Type
type
Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case
Content
optional
Series
seriesversion
Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal; alias of 'version'
Content
optional
Language
language
The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates
Content
optional
Edition
edition
When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'
Line
optional
Location of publication
location
Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'
String
optional
Publisher
publisher
Name of the publisher; displays after title
Content
optional
Place of publication
publication-place
Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'
Content
optional
Publication date
publication-date
Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink
Date
optional
Volume
volume
For one publication published in several volumes
Line
suggested
Issue
issue
Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically
Line
optional
Page
page
Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'
Line
optional
Pages
pages
Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'
Line
suggested
At
at
May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient
Line
optional
No pp
nopp
Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')
Line
optional
arXiv identifier
arxiv
An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers
Line
optional
ASIN
asin
Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters
Line
optional
ASIN TLD
asin-tld
ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US
CiteSeerX identifier; found after the 'doi=' query parameter
Line
optional
DOI
doi
Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'
String
optional
DOI broken date
doi-broken-date
The date that the DOI was determined to be broken
Date
optional
ISBN
isbn
International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible
Line
optional
ISSN
issn
International Standard Serial Number (print); 8 characters; usually split into two groups of four using a hyphen
Line
optional
eISSN
eissn
International Standard Serial Number (online); 8 characters; usually split into two groups of four using a hyphen
Line
optional
jfm code
jfm
Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code
Line
optional
JSTOR
jstor
JSTOR identifier
Line
optional
LCCN
lccn
Library of Congress Control Number
Line
optional
MR
mr
Mathematical Reviews identifier
Line
optional
OCLC
oclc
Online Computer Library Center number
Number
optional
OL
ol
Open Library identifier
Line
optional
OSTI
osti
Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier
Line
optional
PMC
pmc
PubMed Center article number
Number
optional
PMID
pmid
PubMed Unique Identifier
Line
optional
RFC
rfc
Request for Comments number
Number
optional
SSRN
ssrn
Social Science Research Network
Line
optional
Zbl
zbl
Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier
Line
optional
id
id
A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable
Line
optional
URL access level
url-access
Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited')
String
optional
Archive URL
archive-urlarchiveurl
The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'
Line
optional
Archive date
archive-datearchivedate
Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink
Date
optional
URL access date
accessdateaccessdate
The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink
Date
optional
Registration
registration
If the reference requires registration, type 'yes' to notify the reader.
String
optional
Subscription
subscription
If the reference requires a subscription, type 'yes' to notify the reader.
String
optional
Lay summary URL
lay-urllayurllaysummary
URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'
Line
optional
Lay source
lay-sourcelaysource
Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash
String
optional
Lay date
lay-datelaydate
Date of the summary; displays in parentheses
Date
optional
Quote
quote
Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation
Content
optional
Postscript
postscript
The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none'
Default
.
Line
optional
Ref
ref
An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv and sfn templates
Line
optional
Separator
separator
The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as   to suppress use reserved keyword 'none'
Default
.
Line
optional
Content deliverer (i.e. Database)
via
Provider of the article (not the publisher), usually an aggregator of journal articles or a repository
Example
JSTOR, Project MUSE, Elsevier Science Direct
String
suggested
Bibcode access level
bibcode-access
If the full text is available from ADS via this Bibcode, type 'free'.
String
optional
DOI access level
doi-access
If the full text is free to read via the DOI, type 'free'.
String
optional
HDL access level
hdl-access
If the full text is free to read via the HDL, type 'free'.
String
optional
Jstor access level
jstor-access
If the full text is free to read on Jstor, type 'free'.
String
optional
OpenLibrary access level
ol-access
If the full text is free to read on OpenLibrary, type 'free'.
String
optional
HDL access level
osti-access
If the full text is free to read on OSTI, type 'free'.