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To cite a professional or scientific journal - Day Month Year

{{cite journal |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |accessdate=Template:Currentdaymonth Template:Currentisoyear}}

To cite a professional or scientific journal - Month Day, Year

{{cite journal |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |accessdate=Template:Currentmonthday, Template:Currentisoyear}}

Vancouver system citation of a scientific journal - Year

{{cite journal |author = |year= |title= |url= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |pmc= |pmid= }}
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{{cite journal |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |year= |title= |url= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |pmc= |pmid= | authorformat = vanc | author-separator=, | author-name-separator =   }}

Vancouver system citation of a scientific journal - Day, Month, Year

{{cite journal |author= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |pmc= |pmid= }}
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{{cite journal |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |publisher= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |pmc= |pmid= | authorformat = vanc | author-separator=, | author-name-separator =   }}

To cite a magazine article with a credited author

{{cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |location= |publisher= |accessdate= }}

To cite a magazine article with no credited author

{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= |url= |journal= |location= |publisher= |date= |accessdate= }}

To cite an online magazine article that has been archived

{{cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |deadurl= |journal= |location= |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= }}

To cite a magazine article written in a foreign language

{{cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans_title= |url= |language= |journal= |location= |publisher= |accessdate= }}

To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language magazine article re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans_title= |url= |deadurl= |format= |language= |journal= |location= |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |via= |subscription= |quote= }} |}

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{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |authorlink2= |last3= |first3= |authorlink3= |last4= |first4= |authorlink4= |last5= |first5= |authorlink5= |display-authors= |author-mask= |author-name-separator= |author-separator= |lastauthoramp= |date= |year= |origyear= |chapter= |chapterurl= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |editor3-last= |editor3-first= |editor3-link= |editor4-last= |editor4-first= |editor4-link= |editor5-last= |editor5-first= |editor5-link= |display-editors= |others= |title= |trans_title= |url= |deadurl= |format= |department= |journal= |type= |series= |language= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-date= |volume= |issue= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi_brokendate= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |via= |registration= |subscription= |layurl= |laysource= |laydate= |quote= |separator= |postscript= |ref= }}

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To cite a professional or scientific journal
{{cite journal
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| journal      = 
| publisher    = 
| volume       = 
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}}
Vancouver system citation of a scientific journal
{{cite journal
| last         = 
| first        = 
| last2        = 
| first2       = 
| date         = 
| title        = 
| url          = 
| journal      = 
| publisher    = 
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| pmc          = 
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{{cite journal
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To cite a magazine article with a credited author
{{cite journal
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| date         = 
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To cite a magazine article with no credited author
{{cite journal
| author       =<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
| title        = 
| url          = 
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| location     = 
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| date         = 
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To cite an online magazine article that has been archived
{{cite journal
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| date         = 
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To cite a magazine article written in a foreign language
{{cite journal
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To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language magazine article re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription
{{cite journal
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{{cite journal
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| last3                 = 
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| last4                 = 
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| author-mask           = 
| author-name-separator = 
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| lastauthoramp         = 
| date                  = 
| year                  = 
| origyear              = 
| chapter               = 
| chapterurl            = 
| editor1-last          = 
| editor1-first         = 
| editor1-link          = 
| editor2-last          = 
| editor2-first         = 
| editor2-link          = 
| editor3-last          = 
| editor3-first         = 
| editor3-link          = 
| editor4-last          = 
| editor4-first         = 
| editor4-link          = 
| editor5-last          = 
| editor5-first         = 
| editor5-link          = 
| displayeditors        = 
| others                = 
| title                 = 
| trans_title           = 
| url                   = 
| deadurl               = 
| format                = 
| department            = 
| journal               = 
| type                  = 
| series                = 
| language              = 
| edition               = 
| location              = 
| publisher             = 
| publication-date      = 
| volume                = 
| issue                 = 
| page                  = 
| pages                 = 
| at                    = 
| nopp                  = 
| arxiv                 = 
| asin                  = 
| bibcode               = 
| doi                   = 
| doi_brokendate        = 
| isbn                  = 
| issn                  = 
| jfm                   = 
| jstor                 = 
| lccn                  = 
| mr                    = 
| oclc                  = 
| ol                    = 
| osti                  = 
| pmc                   = 
| pmid                  = 
| rfc                   = 
| ssrn                  = 
| zbl                   = 
| id                    = 
| archiveurl            = 
| archivedate           = 
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 last or last1
 first or first1
 authorlink1
 last2
 first2
 authorlink2
 last3
 first3
 authorlink3
 last4
 first4
 authorlink4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 chapter
 
 
 
 editor1-last
 editor1-first
 editor1-link
 editor2-last
 editor2-first
 editor2-link
 editor3-last
 editor3-first
 editor3-link
 editor4-last
 editor4-first
 editor4-link
 
 
 
 
 title
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 url
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 url
 archiveurl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Examples

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Formal citation

{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Joseph III |date=October 1879 |title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma |journal=The Saints' Herald |volume=26 |page=289}}

Displays as:
  • Joseph III Smith: Last Testimony of Sister Emma. In: The Saints' Herald. 26, October 1879.


Vancouver style (common in biomedicine); see Template:Vcite for specific templates

{{cite journal |author=Bannen R, Suresh V, Phillips GJ, Wright S, Mitchell J |year=2008 |title=Optimal design of thermally stable proteins |url=http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/24/20/2339 |journal=Bioinformatics |volume=24 |issue=20 |pages=2339–43 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/btn450 |pmc=2562006 |pmid=18723523 }}
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{{cite journal |last=Bannen |first=RM |last2=Suresh |first2=V |last3=Phillips |first3=GN Jr |last4=Wright |first4=SJ |last5=Mitchell |first5=JC |year=2008 |title=Optimal design of thermally stable proteins |url=http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/24/20/2339 |journal=Bioinformatics |volume=24 |issue=20 |pages=2339–43 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/btn450 |pmc=2562006 |pmid=18723523 | authorformat = vanc | author-separator=, | author-name-separator = }}

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Include URL link to free-article, pre-print or abstract; also supply access date unless the URL is known to be stable.

{{cite journal |last=Aries |first=Myriam B. C. |last2=Newsham |first2=Guy R. |lastauthoramp=yes |year=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}}

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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 URL not specified, else as additional linked PMC value at the end of the citation

{{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=91–8 |doi=10.1172/JCI16567 |pmc=151837 |pmid=12511592 |accessdate=2012-11-17}}

Displays as:


Whereas if the url had not been specified, then the title is linked to PubMed Central's copy of the article and no duplicate PMC link is shown for compactness:
{{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=91–8 |doi=10.1172/JCI16567 |pmc=151837 |pmid=12511592}}

Displays as:
  • Benoît Viollet, Fabrizio Andreelli, Sebastian B. Jørgensen, Christophe Perrin, Alain Geloen, Daisy Flamez, James Mu, Claudia Lenzner, Olivier Baud, Myriam Bennoun, Emmanuel Gomas, Gaël Nicolas, Jørgen F.P. Wojtaszewski, Axel Kahn1, David Carling: The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity. In: The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111, Nr. 1, January 2003, S. 91–8. Script error: No such module "Vorlage:Handle".. PMID 12511592. PMC: 151837 (freier Volltext).


If the doi link is broken, then use of doi_brokendate 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=91–8 |doi=10.1172/JCI16567 |doi_brokendate=June 18, 2008 |pmc=151837 |pmid=12511592}}

Displays as:
  • Benoît Viollet, Fabrizio Andreelli, Sebastian B. Jørgensen, Christophe Perrin, Alain Geloen, Daisy Flamez, James Mu, Claudia Lenzner, Olivier Baud, Myriam Bennoun, Emmanuel Gomas, Gaël Nicolas, Jørgen F.P. Wojtaszewski, Axel Kahn1, David Carling: The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity. In: The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111, Nr. 1, January 2003, S. 91–8. Script error: No such module "Vorlage:Handle".. PMID 12511592. PMC: 151837 (freier Volltext).


If the article is in a foreign language, and the original title is unknown

Enclose the translated title in square brackets and use |title=.

  • {{cite journal |last=Huang |first=Y. |last2=Lu |first2=J. |last3=Shen |first3=Y. |last4=Lu |first4=J. |lastauthoramp=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=115–6 |pmid=11938998}}
Displays as:
Y. Huang, J. Lu, Y. Shen, J. Lu: [The protective effects of total flavonoids from Lycium Barbarum L. on lipid peroxidation of liver mitochondria and red blood cell in rats]. In: Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 28, Nr. 2, March 1999, S. 115–6. PMID 11938998.


Other examples

{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Joseph III |authorlink=Joseph Smith |date=October 1879 |title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma |journal=The Saints' Herald |volume=26 |page=289}}

Displays as:
  • Joseph III Smith: Last Testimony of Sister Emma. In: The Saints' Herald. 26, October 1879.


{{cite journal |last=Woodin |first=W. Hugh |year=2001 |title=The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I |url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200106/fea-woodin.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Notices of the AMS |location=Providence, Rhode Island, United States |publisher=American Mathematical Society |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=567–576 |issn=1088-9477 |oclc=34550461}}

Displays as:


{{cite journal |title=Disney Releases 10 Titles on Laser Videodisc |journal=Videodisc/Videotex |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=175 |year=1982}}

Displays as:
  • : Disney Releases 10 Titles on Laser Videodisc. In: Videodisc/Videotex. 2, Nr. 3, 1982.

Parameters

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Syntax

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Description

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Authors

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Title

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Periodical

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Publisher

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Edition, series, volume

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In-source locations

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Identifiers

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Subscription or registration required

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Laysummary

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Quote

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Anchor

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Display options

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Notes

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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.

Template data

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This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

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.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
URLurl

The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found

Stringoptional
Titletitle

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.

Stringrequired
Last namelast last1 author author1 authors

The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Lineoptional
First namefirst first1

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

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Page nameoptional
Last namelast2 author2

The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst2

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink2 author2-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.

Page nameoptional
Source datedate

Full date of the source; do not wikilink

Stringrequired
Journaljournal

Name of the source journal; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'work'

Stringoptional
Publisherpublisher

Name of the publisher; displays after title

Stringoptional
URL access dateaccessdate

The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Issueissue

Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically

Stringoptional
DOIdoi

Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'

Stringoptional
DOI broken datedoi_brokendate

The date that the DOI was determined to be broken

Stringoptional
Othersothers

Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'

Stringoptional
Year of publicationyear

Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month or season is also known

Stringoptional
Original yearorigyear

Original year of publication; provide specifics

Stringoptional
Editor last nameeditor-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', and 'editors'

Lineoptional
Editor first nameeditor-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'

Lineoptional
Editor linkeditor-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'

Page nameoptional
Seriesseries

Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal; alias of 'version'

Stringoptional
Departmentdepartment

Department within the periodical

Stringoptional
Location of publicationlocation

Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'

Stringoptional
Place of publicationpublication-place

Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'

Stringoptional
Publication datepublication-date

Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Editionedition

When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'

Stringoptional
Volumevolume

For one publication published in several volumes

Stringoptional
Pagepage

Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'

Stringoptional
Pagespages

Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'

Stringoptional
No ppnopp

Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')

Stringoptional
Atat

May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient

Stringoptional
Languagelanguage

The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates

Stringoptional
Translated titletrans_title

An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended

Stringoptional
Typetype

Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case

Stringoptional
Formatformat

Format of the work referred to by 'url' ('url' is required when using 'format'); examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML

Stringoptional
arXiv identifierarxiv

An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers

Stringoptional
AZINasin

Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters

Stringoptional
AZIN TLDasin-tld

ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US

Stringoptional
Bibcodebibcode

Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters

Stringoptional
ISBNisbn

International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible

Stringoptional
ISSNissn

International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen

Stringoptional
jfm codejfm

Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code

Stringoptional
JSTORjstor

JSTOR identifier

Stringoptional
LCCNlccn

Library of Congress Control Number

Stringoptional
MRmr

Mathematical Reviews identifier

Stringoptional
OCLCoclc

Online Computer Library Center number

Stringoptional
OLol

Open Library identifier

Stringoptional
OSTIosti

Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier

Stringoptional
PMCpmc

PubMed Center article number

Stringoptional
PMIDpmid

PubMed Unique Identifier

Stringoptional
RFCrfc

Request for Comments number

Stringoptional
SSRNssrn

Social Science Research Network

Stringoptional
Zblzbl

Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier

Stringoptional
idid

A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable

Stringoptional
Archive URLarchiveurl

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'

Stringoptional
Archive datearchivedate

Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Dead URLdeadurl

If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live

Stringoptional
Quotequote

Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation

Stringoptional
Refref

An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template

Stringoptional
Separatorseparator

The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark

Default
.
Stringoptional
Postscriptpostscript

The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined

Default
.
Stringoptional
Lay URLlayurl

URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'

Stringoptional
Lay sourcelaysource

Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash

Stringoptional
Lay datelaydate

Date of the summary; displays in parentheses

Stringoptional
Last namelast3 author3

The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst3

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink3 author3-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.

Page nameoptional
Last namelast4 author4

The surname of the forth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst4

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the forth author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink4 author4-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the forth author.

Page nameoptional
Last namelast5 author5

The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst5

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink5 author5-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.

Page nameoptional
Last namelast6 author6

The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst6 author6-link

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink6

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.

Page nameoptional
Last namelast7 author7

The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst7

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink7 author7-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.

Page nameoptional
Last namelast8 author8

The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.

Lineoptional
First namefirst8

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink8 author8-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.

Page nameoptional
Last namelast9 author9

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.

Lineoptional
First namefirst9

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.

Lineoptional
Author linkauthorlink9 author9-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.

Page nameoptional
Author maskauthor-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

Stringoptional
Author name separatorauthor-name-separator

Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark

Default
,
Stringoptional
Author separatorauthor-separator

Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark

Default
;
Stringoptional
Display authorsdisplay-authors displayauthors

number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed;

Default
8
Numberoptional
Last author ampersandlastauthoramp

When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'

Stringoptional

Alternate usages

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If the work has any of the following identifiers, then one of these specific templates may be used:

However, because these templates can be user-filled, they are prone to user error, and they generate a style that may not be compatible with other citations in the article (see WP:CITEVAR), so using the full cite journal template may be preferable, depending on the content area. For medical articles, this citation-filling template can be used to generate a cite journal template from a PubMed identified (PMID).

See also

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This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.