Template:Cite journal/doc

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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 w:Wikipedia:Footnotes).

Usage

Copyable version:

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

using first, last

using author

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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.
doi: digital object identifier. See also {{doi}}
id: Identifier such as {{ISSN|1111-2220}}, {{PMID|15128012}}</nowiki>
- other suitable id-related templates: {{doi}}, {{US patent}}
url: URL of a copy of the article, if available online.
- format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
accessdate: Full date when URL was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2006-02-17.
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).

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 }}

→ Smith, Joseph III (October 1879). "Last Testimony of Sister Emma". The Saints' Herald 26: 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 }}

→ Smith, Joseph III (October 1, 1879). "Last Testimony of Sister Emma". The Saints' Herald 26 (19): 289. Retrieved on 2006-03-23.

You can use the {{doi}} template in the ID parameter 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 | id = {{doi|10.1038/426007a}} }}

→ Giles, Jim (6 November 2003). "Preprint Server Seeks Way to Halt Plagiarists". Nature: 7. doi:10.1038/426007a.

You can also specify the doi directly:

{{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 }}

→ Giles, Jim (6 November 2003). "Preprint Server Seeks Way to Halt Plagiarists". Nature: 7. DOI:10.1038/426007a.

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

→ Smith, Joseph (October 1879). "Last Testimony of Sister Emma". The Saints' Herald 26: 289.

{{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 | format = PDF }}

→ Woodin, W. Hugh (2001). "The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I" (PDF). Notices of the AMS 48 (6): 567–576.

Usage

Examples

See also