Template:Cite journal

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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:Footnotes).

Usage

Common parameters, horizontal format (with today's date)

{{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |month= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |accessdate= 2024-12-27 |quote= }}

Common parameters, horizontal format

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

Using lastname, firstname

Using author (firstname lastname)

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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 (interwiki 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 = 2024-12-27". 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.
- 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.
quote: Relevant excerpt from the journal.

An alternate method of adding one or more references to common media (preferably in Layman's terms) from the related journal citation can be specified within a single <ref>...</ref> tag using other citation templates; for example:

Text in the article.<ref>{{cite journal | ... }}<br /> '''Related news articles:''' *{{cite news | ... }} *{{cite web | ... }}</ref>

Examples

Formal citation: {{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.

Include URL link to free-article, pre-print or abstract: {{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. http://www.lavazone2.com/dbroadhu/IL/sain1872.htm#100179. Retrieved 2006-03-23.

Specify the DOI to provide a permanent and direct link to the article from the publisher: {{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. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v426/n6962/full/426007a.html.

Other examples

{{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 }}

→ Fowler, Martin; Kent Beck (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 |language=Greek |format=PDF }}

→ Woodin, W. Hugh (2001). "The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I" (PDF). Notices of the AMS 48 (6): 567–576. http://www.ams.org/notices/200106/fea-woodin.pdf.

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

→ "Disney Releases 10 Titles on Laser Videodisc". VIDEODISC/VIDEOTEX 2 (3): 175. 1982.

Useful links

Zotero - find articles in Mozilla Firefox and easily paste them into Wikipedia as citation templates with Ctrl-Alt-C
Verisimilus's Cite generator - find articles using built-in Google Scholar interface and automatically produce an appropriate cite template. Also features a BibTeX to {{cite}} converter.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite journal

This template formats a citation to an article in a magazine or journal, using the provided source information (e.g. journal name, author, title, issue, URL) and various formatting options.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Last name	`last` `author` `author1` `authors` `last1`	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Line	suggested
First name	`first` `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	Line	suggested
Author link	`author-link` `authorlink`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Page name	optional
Last name 2	`last2` `author2`	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.	Line	optional
First name 2	`first2`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 2	`author-link2` `author2-link` `authorlink2`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.	Page name	optional
Last name 3	`last3` `author3`	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.	Line	optional
First name 3	`first3`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 3	`author-link3` `author3-link` `authorlink3`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.	Page name	optional
Last name 4	`last4` `author4`	The surname of the forth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.	Line	optional
First name 4	`first4`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the forth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 4	`author-link4` `author4-link` `authorlink4`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the forth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 5	`last5` `author5`	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.	Line	optional
First name 5	`first5`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 5	`author-link5` `author5-link` `authorlink5`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 6	`last6` `author6`	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.	Line	optional
First name 6	`first6`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 6	`author-link6` `author6-link` `authorlink6`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 7	`last7` `author7`	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.	Line	optional
First name 7	`first7`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 7	`author-link7` `author7-link` `authorlink7`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.	Page name	optional
Last name 8	`last8` `author8`	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.	Line	optional
First name 8	`first8`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 8	`author-link8` `author8-link` `authorlink8`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 9	`last9` `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.	Line	optional
First name 9	`first9`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 9	`author-link9` `author9-link` `authorlink9`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.	Page name	optional
Display authors	`displayauthors` `display-authors`	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;	Number	optional
Author mask	`author-mask`	Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead	String	optional
Last author ampersand	`last-author-amp` `lastauthoramp`	When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'	Boolean	optional
Author separator	`author-separator`	Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as Default ;	Line	optional
Author name separator	`author-name-separator`	Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as Default ,	Line	optional
Source date	`date`	Date of the source; do not wikilink. As listed in the publication Example Summer 2017	Date	suggested
Year of publication	`year`	Year of the source being referenced; recommended only when date parameter format is YYYY-MM-DD and a CITEREF disambiguator is needed	Number	optional
Original year	`orig-year` `origyear`	Original year of publication; provide specifics	Number	optional
Editor last name	`editor-last` `editor1-last`	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-last', 'editor'	Line	optional
Editor first name	`editor-first` `editor1-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'	Line	optional
Editor link	`editor-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'	Page name	optional
Editor last name 2	`editor2-last` `editor2`	The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 2	`editor2-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 2	`editor2-link` `editor2link` `editorlink2`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 3	`editor3-last` `editor3`	The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 3	`editor3-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 3	`editor3-link` `editor3link` `editorlink3`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 4	`editor4-last` `editor4`	The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 4	`editor4-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 4	`editor4-link` `editor4link` `editorlink4`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 5	`editor5-last` `editor5`	The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 5	`editor5-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 5	`editor5-link` `editor5link` `editorlink5`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 6	`editor6-last` `editor6`	The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 6	`editor6-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 6	`editor6-link` `editor6link` `editorlink6`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 7	`editor7-last` `editor7`	The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 7	`editor7-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 7	`editor7-link` `editor7link` `editorlink7`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 8	`editor8-last` `editor8`	The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 8	`editor8-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 8	`editor8-link` `editor8link` `editorlink8`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 9	`editor9-last` `editor9`	The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 9	`editor9-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 9	`editor9-link` `editor9link` `editorlink9`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.	Page name	optional
Others	`others`	Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'	Content	optional
Title	`title`	The title of the article; can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in quotes.	Content	required
Script title	`script-title`	For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: \|script-title=ja:...	Line	optional
Translated title	`trans-title` `trans_title`	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	Content	optional
URL	`url` `URL`	The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found. Requires schemes of the type "http://..." or maybe even the  protocol relative scheme "//..." Example https://www.nytimes.com/...	Line	suggested
Dead URL	`dead-url` `deadurl`	If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live	Line	optional
Format	`format`	Format of the work referred to by 'url' ('url' is required when using 'format'); examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	Content	optional
Department	`department`	Department within the periodical	String	optional
Journal	`journal`	Name of the source journal; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'work'	Content	required
Chapter	`chapter`	The chapter heading of the source	String	optional
Type	`type`	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	Content	optional
Series	`series` `version`	Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal; alias of 'version'	Content	optional
Language	`language`	The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates	Content	optional
Edition	`edition`	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'	Line	optional
Location of publication	`location`	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'	String	optional
Publisher	`publisher`	Name of the publisher; displays after title	Content	optional
Place of publication	`publication-place`	Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'	Content	optional
Publication date	`publication-date`	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink	Date	optional
Volume	`volume`	For one publication published in several volumes	Line	suggested
Issue	`issue`	Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically	Line	optional
Page	`page`	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	Line	optional
Pages	`pages`	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'	Line	suggested
At	`at`	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	Line	optional
No pp	`nopp`	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	Line	optional
arXiv identifier	`arxiv`	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	Line	optional
ASIN	`asin`	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	Line	optional
ASIN TLD	`asin-tld`	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	Line	optional
Bibcode	`bibcode`	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	Line	optional
biorXiv	`biorxiv`	biorXiv identifier; 6 digits	Line	optional
CiteSeerX	`citeseerx`	CiteSeerX identifier; found after the 'doi=' query parameter	Line	optional
DOI	`doi`	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
DOI broken date	`doi-broken-date`	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	Date	optional
ISBN	`isbn`	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	Line	optional
ISSN	`issn`	International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen	Line	optional
jfm code	`jfm`	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	Line	optional
JSTOR	`jstor`	JSTOR identifier	Line	optional
LCCN	`lccn`	Library of Congress Control Number	Line	optional
MR	`mr`	Mathematical Reviews identifier	Line	optional
OCLC	`oclc`	Online Computer Library Center number	Number	optional
OL	`ol`	Open Library identifier	Line	optional
OSTI	`osti`	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	Line	optional
PMC	`pmc`	PubMed Center article number	Number	optional
PMID	`pmid`	PubMed Unique Identifier	Line	optional
RFC	`rfc`	Request for Comments number	Number	optional
SSRN	`ssrn`	Social Science Research Network	Line	optional
Zbl	`zbl`	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	Line	optional
id	`id`	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	Line	optional
URL access level	`url-access`	Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited')	String	optional
Archive URL	`archive-url` `archiveurl`	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'	Line	optional
Archive date	`archive-date` `archivedate`	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	Date	optional
URL access date	`access-date` `accessdate`	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	Date	optional
Registration	`registration`	If the reference requires registration, type 'yes' to notify the reader.	String	optional
Subscription	`subscription`	If the reference requires a subscription, type 'yes' to notify the reader.	String	optional
Lay URL	`lay-url` `layurl`	URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'	Line	optional
Lay source	`lay-source` `laysource`	Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash	String	optional
Lay date	`lay-date` `laydate`	Date of the summary; displays in parentheses	Date	optional
Quote	`quote`	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	Content	optional
Postscript	`postscript`	The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' Default .	Line	optional
Ref	`ref`	An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv and sfn templates	Line	optional
Separator	`separator`	The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' Default .	Line	optional
Content deliverer (i.e. Database)	`via`	Provider of the article (not the publisher), usually an aggregator of journal articles or a repository Example JSTOR, Project MUSE, Elsevier Science Direct	String	suggested
Bibcode access level	`bibcode-access`	If the full text is available from ADS via this Bibcode, type 'free'.	String	optional
DOI access level	`doi-access`	If the full text is free to read via the DOI, type 'free'.	String	optional
HDL access level	`hdl-access`	If the full text is free to read via the HDL, type 'free'.	String	optional
Jstor access level	`jstor-access`	If the full text is free to read on Jstor, type 'free'.	String	optional
OpenLibrary access level	`ol-access`	If the full text is free to read on OpenLibrary, type 'free'.	String	optional
HDL access level	`osti-access`	If the full text is free to read on OSTI, type 'free'.	String	optional

References

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