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Citation Style 1 templates

{{Cite arXiv}}	arXiv preprint
{{Cite AV media}}	audio and visual
{{Cite AV media notes}}	audio and visual liner notes
{{Cite book}}	books
{{Cite conference}}	conference papers
{{Cite DVD notes}}	DVD liner notes
{{Cite encyclopedia}}	edited collections
{{Cite episode}}	radio or television episodes
{{Cite interview}}	interviews
{{Cite journal}}	magazines, journals, academic papers
{{Cite mailing list}}	public mailing lists
{{Cite map}}	maps
{{Cite news}}	news articles
{{Cite newsgroup}}	online newsgroups
{{Cite podcast}}	audio or video podcast
{{Cite press release}}	press releases
{{Cite serial}}	audio or video serials
{{Cite sign}}	signs, plaques
{{Cite speech}}	speeches
{{Cite techreport}}	technical reports
{{Cite thesis}}	theses
{{Cite web}}	web sources

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, Wikipedia has 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

Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then the page.

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

To cite a professional or scientific journal {{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date= }} Vancouver system author style for a scientific journal {{cite journal |vauthors= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |pmc= |pmid= |access-date= }} or {{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |pmc= |pmid= |access-date= | name-list-format=vanc }} To cite a journal article with no credited author {{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |title= |url= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date= }} To cite an online article that has been archived {{cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |url-status= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= }} To cite an article written in a foreign language {{cite journal |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |language= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date= }} 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 |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |access-date= |language= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |via= |quote= }}

Full parameter set in horizontal format

{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |author-link1= |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |last3= |first3= |author-link3= |last4= |first4= |author-link4= |last5= |first5= |author-link5= |display-authors= |author-mask= |name-list-format= |last-author-amp= |date= |year= |orig-year= |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= |script-title= |trans-title= |url= |access-date= |url-access= |format= |department= |journal= |type= |series= |language= |edition= |location= |publisher= |publication-place= |publication-date= |volume= |issue= |page= |pages= |at= |nopp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |bibcode-access= |biorxiv= |citeseerx= |doi= |doi-access= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |jstor-access= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |ol-access= |osti= |osti-access= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |via= |layurl= |laysource= |laydate= |quote= |postscript= |ref= }}

Most commonly used parameters in vertical format

To cite a professional or scientific journal {{cite journal | last = | first = | last2 = | first2 = | date = | title = | url = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | doi = | access-date = }} Vancouver system author style for a scientific journal {{cite journal | vauthors = | date = | title = | url = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | doi = | pmc = | pmid = | access-date = }} or {{cite journal | last1 = | first1 = | last2 = | first2 = | date = | title = | url = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | doi = | pmc = | pmid = | access-date = | name-list-format = vanc }} To cite a journal article with no credited author {{cite journal | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date = | title = | url = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | doi = | access-date = }} To cite an online article that has been archived {{cite journal | last = | first = | date = | title = | url = | url-status = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | doi = | archive-url = | archive-date= | access-date = }} 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 = | access-date = }} 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 | last1 = | first1 = | last2 = | first2 = | date = | title = | trans-title = | url = | url-status = | format = | language = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | doi = | archive-url = | archive-date = | access-date = | via = | url-access = | quote = }}

Full parameter set in vertical format

Vertical list	Prerequisites	Brief instructions / notes
{{cite journal | last1 = | first1 = | author-link1 = | last2 = | first2 = | author-link2 = | last3 = | first3 = | author-link3 = | last4 = | first4 = | author-link4 = | last5 = | first5 = | author-link5 = | display-authors = | author-mask = | name-list-format = | last-author-amp = | date = | year = | orig-year = | 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 = | script-title = | trans-title = | url = | url-status = | format = | url-access = | department = | journal = | type = | series = | language = | edition = | location = | publisher = | publication-place = | publication-date = | volume = | issue = | page = | pages = | at = | nopp = | arxiv = | asin = | bibcode = | biorxiv = | citeseerx = | doi = | doi-broken-date = | doi-access = | isbn = | issn = | jfm = | jstor = | jstor-access = | lccn = | mr = | oclc = | ol = | ol-access = | osti = | osti-access = | pmc = | pmid = | rfc = | ssrn = | zbl = | id = | archive-url = | archive-date = | access-date = | via = | registration = | subscription = | lay-url = | lay-source = | lay-date = | quote = | postscript = | ref = }}	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.; Webb, T.; Prentice, I. C. (January 1985). "Quantitative interpretation of fossil pollen spectra: Dissimilarity coefficients and the method of modern analogs". Quaternary Research. 23: 87–108. Bibcode:1985QuRes..23...87O. doi:10.1016/0033-5894(85)90074-2.

Vancouver style (common in biomedicine); see Citation Style Vancouver for specific templates

• {{cite journal |vauthors=Bannen R, Suresh V, Phillips GN Jr, Wright S, Mitchell J |date=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=2339–2343 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/btn450 |pmc=2562006 |pmid=18723523}}

Displays as:

• Bannen R, Suresh V, Phillips GN Jr, Wright S, Mitchell J (2008). "Optimal design of thermally stable proteins". Bioinformatics. 24 (20): 2339–2343. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn450. PMC 2562006. PMID 18723523.

or

• {{cite journal |last=Bannen |first=RM |last2=Suresh |first2=V |last3=Phillips |first3=GN Jr |last4=Wright |first4=SJ |last5=Mitchell |first5=JC |date=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=2339–2343 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/btn450 |pmc=2562006 |pmid=18723523 |name-list-format=vanc}}

Displays as:

• Bannen RM, Suresh V, Phillips GN Jr, Wright SJ, Mitchell JC (2008). "Optimal design of thermally stable proteins". Bioinformatics. 24 (20): 2339–2343. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn450. PMC 2562006. PMID 18723523.

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 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}

Displays as:

• Aries, Myriam B. C. & Newsham, Guy R. (2008). "Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review" (PDF). Energy Policy. 36 (6): 1858–1866. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.021. Retrieved October 18, 2013.

Specify the DOI to provide a permanent link, and an URL where the article is free. For medical articles also give the PMID and PubMed Central (PMC) ID

the PMC value will link the free full-text repository and will link the title if the URL is not specified. Note that |access-date= 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 |access-date=2012-11-17}}

Displays as:

• Viollet, Benoît; Andreelli, Fabrizio; Jørgensen, Sebastian B.; Perrin, Christophe; Geloen, Alain; et al. (January 2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111 (1): 91–98. doi:10.1172/JCI16567. PMC 151837. PMID 12511592. Retrieved 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; Andreelli, Fabrizio; Jørgensen, Sebastian B.; Perrin, Christophe; Geloen, Alain; et al. (January 2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111 (1): 91–98. doi:10.1172/JCI16567. PMC 151837. PMID 12511592.

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; Andreelli, Fabrizio; Jørgensen, Sebastian B.; Perrin, Christophe; Geloen, Alain; et al. (January 2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111 (1): 91–98. doi:10.1172/JCI16567 (inactive 2019-01-01). PMC 151837. PMID 12511592.

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.; Lu, J.; Shen, Y. & Lu, J. (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 Jiu (in Chinese). 28 (2): 115–116. PMID 11938998.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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 Logic. 72 (2): 361–417. doi:10.2178/jsl/1185803615. MR 2320282.

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 |date=27 September 2007 not |date=27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)

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. Also, HTML entities, for example  , –, etc, should not be used in parameters that contribute to the metadata.

COinS metadata is created for these parameters:

• |periodical=, |journal=, |newspaper=, |magazine=, |work=, |website=, |encyclopedia=, |encyclopaedia=, |dictionary=
• |chapter=, |contribution=, |entry=, |article=, |section=
• |title=
• |publicationplace=, |publication-place=
• |date=, |year=, |publicationdate=, |publication-date=
• |series=
• |volume=
• |issue=, |number=
• |page=, |pages=, |at=
• |edition=
• |publisher=, |distributor=, |institution=
• |url=
• |chapterurl=, |chapter-url=, |contributionurl=, |contribution-url=, |sectionurl=
• |author#=, |Author#=, |authors#=, |author#-last=, |author-last#=, |last#=, |surname#=
• any of the identifiers (|isbn=, |issn=, |doi=, |pmc=, etc)

What's new

Deprecated

The following parameters are deprecated. Their use will place the page into Category:Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters:

• access-date · accessday · accessdaymonth · accessed · accessmonth · accessmonthday · accessyear: Use accessdate to include the full date of access.
• day: Use date to include the day, month and year.
• dateformat · doilabel: These parameters are no longer supported.

Description

Authors

• <span id="csdoc_author" />last: Surname of author. Do not wikilink—use authorlink instead. Where the surname is usually written first—as in Chinese—or for corporate authors, simply use last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: last1, author, authors, author1.
  • first: Given or first names of author, including title(s); for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use authorlink instead. Aliases: first1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
  • OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through last9, first9 for up to nine authors. By default, if nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and "et al." will show in place of the last author. See the display parameters to change. Aliases: author1 through author9.

• authorlink: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: authorlink1, author-link, author1-link, author1link.
• OR: for multiple authors, use authorlink1 through authorlink9. Aliases: author1-link through author9-link.

• <span id="csdoc_others" />others: To record other contributors to the work, such as Illustrated by John Smith or Translated by John Smith.

When using shortened footnotes or parenthetical referencing styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field or else the anchor will not match the inline link.

Date

• <span id="csdoc_date" />date: Date of source being referenced. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.<ref name="date" group="date"></ref> 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 publisher.

• <span id="csdoc_year" />OR:
  • year: Year of source being referenced. Required with some types of {{sfn}} citations;^[more] otherwise use date.
  • <span id="csdoc_month" />month: Name of the month or season of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Do not wikilink.
• <span id="csdoc_origyear" />origyear: Original publication year; displays after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: |origyear=First published 1859 or |origyear=Composed 1904.

Editors

• <span id="csdoc_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: editor1-last, editor, editors.
  • 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: editor1-first.
  • OR: for multiple editors, use editor1-last, editor1-first through editor4-last, editor4-first for up to four editors.

• editor-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor—not the editor's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: editor1-link.
• OR: for multiple editors, use editor1-link through editor4-link.

Display:

If authors: Authors are first, followed by the editors and the included work, 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."; more than three editors will be followed by "et al., eds."

Title

• 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.
  • 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 display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded.

newline	[	]	|
space	[	]	|

• When the title you are citing contains quotations marks or apostrophes at the beginning, end or both, you can use   to place a separation between that punctuation and the quotation marks this template automatically provides around the title, to avoid a non-ideal display such as '''.

• For example instead of title='name' which will display on many browsers with the quotation marks surrounding it as '''name''', use |title=&thinsp;'name'&thinsp;, which will display as " 'name' ".

• type: Provides additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case. Displays in parentheses following the title. Examples: Thesis, Booklet, CD liner, Press release.

• 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

• <span id="csdoc_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. Remove spurious tracking parameters from URLs, e.g. #ixzz2rBr3aO94 or ?utm_source=google&utm_medium=...&utm_term=...&utm_campaign=.... Do not link to any commercial booksellers, such as Amazon.com. See: WP:PAGELINKS.
  • <span id="csdoc_accessdate" />accessdate: Full date when original URL was accessed; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations; requires url.<ref name="date" group="date"></ref> 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.
  • <span id="csdoc_archiveurl" />archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite (see: Wikipedia:Using WebCite) and Internet Archive (see: Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine); requires archivedate and url.
    • <span id="csdoc_archivedate" />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. This does not necessarily have to be the same format that was used for citing publication dates.<ref name="date" group="date"></ref> Do not wikilink.
    • <span id="csdoc_deadurl" />deadurl: When the URL is still live, but pre-emptively archived, then set |deadurl=no. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
  • <span id="csdoc_template doc demo" />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.
• <span id="csdoc_format" />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.

URLs must begin with a supported URI scheme. http:// and https:// will be supported by all browsers; however, ftp://, gopher://, irc://, ircs://, mailto: and news: will require a plug-in or an external application and should normally be avoided. IPv6 host-names are currently not supported.

If URLs in citation template parameters contain certain characters, then they will not display and link correctly. Those characters need to be percent-encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by %20. To encode the URL, replace the following characters with:

sp	"	'	<	>	[	]	{	|	}
%20	%22	%27	%3c	%3e	%5b	%5d	%7b	%7c	%7d

Single apostrophes do not need to be encoded; however, unencoded multiples will be parsed as italic or bold markup. Single curly closing braces also do not need to be encoded; however, an unencoded pair will be parsed as the double closing braces for the template transclusion.

Periodical

• work: Name of the source periodical; may be wikilinked if relevant. Displays in italics. Aliases: journal, newspaper, magazine, periodical.
  • issue: When the publication is one of a series that is published periodically. Alias: number.
  • department: Regular department within the periodical. Displays after title and is in plain text.

When set, work changes the formatting of other parameters:

title is not italicized and is enclosed in quotes.

chapter is italicized and is not enclosed in quotes.

location and publisher are enclosed in parentheses.

page and pages do not show p. or pp.

edition does not display.

type does not display.

Publisher

• <span id="csdoc_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.
• <span id="csdoc_location" /><span id="csdoc_place" />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
• <span id="csdoc_publication-place" />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.
• <span id="csdoc_publication-date" />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" etc. Displays " ed." after this 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.

• <span id="csdoc_volume" />volume: For one publication published in several volumes. Displays after the title and series fields; displays in bold— if bolding is not desired, then include the volume information in the title field.

In-source locations

• <span id="csdoc_page" />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 <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">p.</syntaxhighlight> unless |nopp=y or work is defined.
• <span id="csdoc_pages" />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 <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">pp.</syntaxhighlight> unless |nopp=y or work is defined.
  • <span id="csdoc_nopp" />nopp: Set to y to suppress the <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">p.</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">pp.</syntaxhighlight> notations where this is inappropriate; for example, where |page=Front cover.
• <span id="csdoc_at" />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=.

Examples: page (p.) or pages (pp.); section (sec.), column (col.), paragraph (para.); track; hours, minutes and seconds; act, scene, canto, book, part, folio, stanza, back cover, liner notes, indicia, colophon, dust jacket, verse.

Identifiers

• <span id="csdoc_id" />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.

• <span id="csdoc_arxiv" />arxiv: arXiv identifier; for example: arxiv=hep-th/9205027
• <span id="csdoc_asin" />asin: Amazon Standard Identification Number
  • <span id="csdoc_asin-tld" />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
• <span id="csdoc_bibcode" />bibcode: Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; for example: 1974AJ.....79..819H
• <span id="csdoc_doi" />doi: Digital object identifier; for example: 10.1038/news070508-7. It is checked to ensure it begins with (<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">10.</syntaxhighlight>).
  • <span id="csdoc_doi_brokendate" />doi_brokendate: Date the DOI is broken; use the same format as other dates in the article.
• <span id="csdoc_isbn" />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 ISBN actually printed on or in the book. Use the 13-digit ISBN – beginning with 978 or 979 – when it is available. If only a 10 digit ISBN is printed on or in the book, use it. ISBNs can be found on the page with the publisher's information – usually the back to the title page – or 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. Do not convert a 10 digit ISBN to 13 digit by just adding the 978 prefix; the last digit is a calculated check digit and just making changes to the numbers will make the ISBN invalid. This parameter should hold only the ISBN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than [0123456789 -] with "X" permitted as the last character in a 10 digit ISBN – and the proper check digit. Alias: ISBN
• <span id="csdoc_issn" />issn: International Standard Serial Number; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen, but not an en dash or a space.
• <span id="csdoc_jfm" />jfm: Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik
• <span id="csdoc_jstor" />jstor: JSTOR abstract; for example: "jstor=3793107" will generate JSTOR 3793107.
• <span id="csdoc_lccn" />lccn: Library of Congress Control Number
• <span id="csdoc_mr" />mr: Mathematical Reviews
• <span id="csdoc_oclc" />oclc: OCLC
• <span id="csdoc_ol" />ol: Open Library
• <span id="csdoc_osti" />osti: Office of Scientific and Technical Information
• <span id="csdoc_pmc" />pmc: PubMed Central; use article number for full-text free repository of a journal article.
• <span id="csdoc_pmid" />pmid: PubMed; use unique identifier.
• <span id="csdoc_rfc" />rfc: Request for Comments
• <span id="csdoc_ssrn" />ssrn: Social Science Research Network
• <span id="csdoc_zbl" />zbl: Zentralblatt MATH

Subscription or registration required

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These parameters add a link note to the end of the citation:

• registration: For online sources that require registration, set |registration=yes; superseded by subscription if both are set.
• subscription: For online sources that require a subscription, set |subscription=yes; supersedes registration if both are set.

Lay summary

• <span id="csdoc_lay" />laysummary: URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; the URL title is set to "Lay summary".
  • laysource: Name of the source of the laysummary. Displays in italics and preceded by an endash.
  • laydate: Date of the summary. Displays in parentheses.

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 needs to include terminating punctuation.

Anchor

• <span id="csdoc_ref" />ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value |ref=harv generates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template. See: Anchors for Harvard referencing templates.

Display options

• <span id="csdoc_display" /><span id="csdoc_author-mask" />author-mask: Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text. Set author-mask to a numeric value n to set the dash n em spaces wide; set author-mask to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, "with". You must still include the values for all authors for metadata purposes. Primarily intended for use with bibliography styles where multiple works by a single author are listed sequentially. Do not use in a list generated by {{reflist}}, <references /> or similar as there is no control of the order in which references are displayed.
• <span id="csdoc_author-name-separator" />author-name-separator: Controls the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space (, ); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk (*), colon (:) or hash (#) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup.
• <span id="csdoc_author-separator" />author-separator: Controls the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space (; ); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk (*), colon (:) or hash (#) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup.
• <span id="csdoc_display-authors" /><span id="csdoc_displayauthors" />display-authors: Controls the number of author names that are displayed when a citation is published. To control the displayed number of author names, set display-authors to the desired number. For example, |display-authors=2 will display only the first two authors in a citation. By default, the only the first eight cited authors are displayed; subsequent authors beyond eight are represented in the published citation by "et al." If a citation contains nine author names and one wishes all nine author names to display, "et al." may be suppressed by setting |display-authors=9. Aliases: displayauthors.

• <span id="csdoc_lastauthoramp" />lastauthoramp: Switches the separator between the last two names of the author list to space ampersand space ( & ) when set to any value. Example: |lastauthoramp=yes
• <span id="csdoc_postscript" />postscript: Controls the closing punctuation for a citation; defaults to a period (.); if the parameter is present, but blank, no terminating punctuation will be used. Ignored if quote is defined.
• <span id="csdoc_separator" />separator: Controls the punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc. Defaults to a period (.); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk (*), colon (:) or hash (#) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup.

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 |access-date= is not necessary when a permanent identifier is used.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

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.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	suggested
Author link	author-linkauthorlink	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 2	last2author2	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 2	first2	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 2	author-link2author2-linkauthorlink2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 3	last3author3	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 3	first3	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 3	author-link3author3-linkauthorlink3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 4	last4author4	The surname of the forth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 4	first4	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the forth author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 4	author-link4author4-linkauthorlink4	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the forth author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 5	last5author5	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 5	first5	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 5	author-link5author5-linkauthorlink5	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 6	last6author6	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 6	first6	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 6	author-link6author6-linkauthorlink6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 7	last7author7	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 7	first7	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 7	author-link7author7-linkauthorlink7	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 8	last8author8	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 8	first8	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 8	author-link8author8-linkauthorlink8	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	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. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 9	first9	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Author link 9	author-link9author9-linkauthorlink9	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Last name 10	last10author10	The surname of the tenth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If ten authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last two authors. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 10	first10	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the tenth author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Last name 11	last11author11	The surname of the 11th author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If more than nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the remaining authors. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
First name 11	first11	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the 11th author; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Display authors	displayauthorsdisplay-authors	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Boolean	optional
Author separator	author-separator	Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as   Default ; Example empty Auto value empty	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 , Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Vancouver style authors	vauthors	comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Source date	date	Date of the source; do not wikilink. As listed in the publication Default empty Example Summer 2017 Auto value empty	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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Number	optional
Original year	orig-yearorigyear	Original year of publication; provide specifics Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 2	editor2-lasteditor2	The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 2	editor2-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 2	editor2-linkeditor2linkeditorlink2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 3	editor3-lasteditor3	The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 3	editor3-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 3	editor3-linkeditor3linkeditorlink3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 4	editor4-lasteditor4	The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 4	editor4-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 4	editor4-linkeditor4linkeditorlink4	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 5	editor5-lasteditor5	The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 5	editor5-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 5	editor5-linkeditor5linkeditorlink5	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 6	editor6-lasteditor6	The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 6	editor6-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 6	editor6-linkeditor6linkeditorlink6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 7	editor7-lasteditor7	The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 7	editor7-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 7	editor7-linkeditor7linkeditorlink7	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 8	editor8-lasteditor8	The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 8	editor8-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 8	editor8-linkeditor8linkeditorlink8	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Editor last name 9	editor9-lasteditor9	The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor first name 9	editor9-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Editor link 9	editor9-linkeditor9linkeditorlink9	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Page	optional
Others	others	Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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:... Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Translated title	trans-titletrans_title	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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 "//..." Default empty Example https://www.nytimes.com/... Auto value empty	Line	suggested
URL status	url-status	If set to 'live', the title displays with the URL linked; if set to 'dead', the title displays with the archive URL linked Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Content	optional
Department	department	Department within the periodical Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Journal	journal	Name of the source journal; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'work' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Content	required
Chapter	chapter	The chapter heading of the source Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Type	type	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Content	optional
Edition	edition	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Location of publication	location	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Publisher	publisher	Name of the publisher; displays after title Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Content	optional
Publication date	publication-date	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Date	optional
Volume	volume	For one publication published in several volumes Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	suggested
Issue	issue	Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Page	page	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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.' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	suggested
At	at	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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') Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
arXiv identifier	arxiv	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
ASIN	asin	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
ASIN TLD	asin-tld	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Bibcode	bibcode	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
biorXiv	biorxiv	biorXiv identifier; 6 digits Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
CiteSeerX	citeseerx	CiteSeerX identifier; found after the 'doi=' query parameter Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
DOI	doi	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
DOI broken date	doi-broken-date	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Date	optional
ISBN	isbn	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
ISSN	issn	International Standard Serial Number (print); 8 characters; usually split into two groups of four using a hyphen Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
eISSN	eissn	International Standard Serial Number (online); 8 characters; usually split into two groups of four using a hyphen Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
jfm code	jfm	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
JSTOR	jstor	JSTOR identifier Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
LCCN	lccn	Library of Congress Control Number Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
MR	mr	Mathematical Reviews identifier Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
OCLC	oclc	Online Computer Library Center number Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Number	optional
OL	ol	Open Library identifier Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
OSTI	osti	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
PMC	pmc	PubMed Center article number Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Number	optional
PMID	pmid	PubMed Unique Identifier Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
RFC	rfc	Request for Comments number Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Number	optional
SSRN	ssrn	Social Science Research Network Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Zbl	zbl	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
id	id	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
URL access level	url-access	Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited') Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Archive date	archive-datearchivedate	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Date	optional
URL access date	access-dateaccessdate	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Date	optional
Registration	registration	If the reference requires registration, type 'yes' to notify the reader. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Subscription	subscription	If the reference requires a subscription, type 'yes' to notify the reader. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Lay summary URL	lay-urllayurllaysummary	URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary' Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Lay source	lay-sourcelaysource	Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Lay date	lay-datelaydate	Date of the summary; displays in parentheses Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Date	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	Content	optional
Postscript	postscript	The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' Default . Example empty Auto value empty	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 Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	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 . Example empty Auto value empty	Line	optional
Content deliverer (i.e. Database)	via	Provider of the article (not the publisher), usually an aggregator of journal articles or a repository Default empty Example JSTOR, Project MUSE, Elsevier Science Direct Auto value empty	String	suggested
Bibcode access level	bibcode-access	If the full text is available from ADS via this Bibcode, type 'free'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
DOI access level	doi-access	If the full text is free to read via the DOI, type 'free'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
HDL access level	hdl-access	If the full text is free to read via the HDL, type 'free'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
Jstor access level	jstor-access	If the full text is free to read on Jstor, type 'free'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
OpenLibrary access level	ol-access	If the full text is free to read on OpenLibrary, type 'free'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional
HDL access level	osti-access	If the full text is free to read on OSTI, type 'free'. Default empty Example empty Auto value empty	String	optional

See also

• Citation-template-filling tool, can be used for DrugBank, HGNC, ISBN, PubMed and PubChem

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