Template:Cite journal/doc

Template:Template doc page viewed directly cite journal is for formatting references to articles in academic journals in a consistent and legible manner. It can be used at the end of the article, directly in the References section. It can also be placed within <ref> tags for in-line citations (see Wikipedia:Footnotes).

Usage

Copyable version:

{{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |month= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |accessdate= }}

Using lastname, firstname	Using author (firstname lastname)
{{cite journal | quotes = | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | year = | month = | title = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | issn = | pmid = | doi = | id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = }}	{{cite journal | quotes = | author = | date = | year = | month = | title = | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | issn = | pmid = | doi = | id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = }}

• quotes: Specify "quotes=no" to disable the quotes around the title. If "quotes" is not defined or set to the empty string, the template emits quotes around the title (default).
• author: Author
  • last works with first to produce last, first
  • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate article (internal link)
  • coauthors: allows additional authors
• date: January 1, 2006. Full date of publication.
  • year: 2006. Year of publication (ignored if the date field is used).
    • month: January. Month of publication (ignored if the date field is used, or if the year field is not used).
• title: Title of article. This is the only required parameter. All other parameters are optional.
• journal: Name of the journal.
• volume: Volume number of the journal in which the article is found
• issue: Issue number of the journal in which the article is found
• pages: 45–47: first page, and optional last page.
• issn: The publication's International Standard Serial Number such as 1111-2220
• pmid: The document's PubMed Unique Identifier, such as 15128012
• doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as 10.1016/j.coi.2004.08.001
  • Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
• id: A unique identifier, used if none of the above are applicable. In this case, you need to specify the kind of identifier you are using, preferably with a template like {{US patent}}. (Use one of the more specialized parameters if possible; they are linked automatically. In other words, don't use id = PMID 15128012 anymore. Use pmid = 15128012.)
• url: URL of a copy of the article, if available online.
  • format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).

    Specify as 'fee required' if free access no longer available.

    Specify as 'Reprint' if a full original version but not hosted by the original publisher.

• accessdate: Full date when URL was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2025-05-6". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: Retrieved on May 10, 2006.
• accessdaymonth and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = 10 May", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: Retrieved on 10 May 2006.

• laysummary: URL of a lay summary, which could be in a popular science magazine or newspaper. This field should be used whenever possible.
  • laysource: Name of the source, e.g. The Guardian (UK newspaper) or New Scientist.
  • laydate: Date of publication or, where this is not available, date of retrieval of the lay summary.

Examples

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

→

• {{cite journal | last=Smith | first=Joseph III | title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma | journal=The Saints' Herald | volume=26 | issue=19 | date=[[October 1]], [[1879]] | pages=289 | url=http://www.lavazone2.com/dbroadhu/IL/sain1872.htm#100179 | accessdate=2006-03-23 }}

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• You can specify the DOI to provide an ISBN-like functionality::

{{cite journal | last = Giles | first = Jim | title = Preprint Server Seeks Way to Halt Plagiarists | url = http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v426/n6962/full/426007a.html | journal = Nature | date= 6 November 2003 | pages = 7 | doi = 10.1038/426007a }}

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• {{cite journal | last=Fowler | first=Martin | authorlink=Martin Fowler | coauthors=Kent Beck | title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma | journal=The Saints' Herald | volume=26 | year=1879 | month=October | pages=289 }}

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• {{cite journal | first = W. Hugh | last = Woodin | title = The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I | journal = Notices of the AMS | volume = 48 | issue = 6 | year = 2001 | pages = 567–576 | url = http://www.ams.org/notices/200106/fea-woodin.pdf | language = Greek | format = PDF }}

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• {{cite journal | title = Disney Releases 10 Titles on Laser Videodisc | year= 1982 | journal = VIDEODISC/VIDEOTEX | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 175 }}

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See also

• Wikipedia:Cite sources: Style guide
• Wikipedia:Cite sources/example style: Style guide examples
• Wikipedia:Citation templates: Related templates