Template:Cite journal/doc

Cite journal is a template which is used for formatting references to articles in magazines and academic journals and for academic papers 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  tags for in-line citations.

Cite journal is intended for papers in journals, which are issued periodically and have volume and (usually) issue numbers. It is not intended for conference proceedings, which should be cited with Cite conference. Nor is it intended for articles in edited books or in encyclopedias or similar collections, which should be cited with Cite encyclopedia (which, despite its name, applies to all edited collections, not only encyclopedias).

Easier ways of citing are available. If the paper:
 * has a DOI, cite doi can be used,
 * is stored in JSTOR, cite jstor can be used,
 * is stored in PubMed Central, cite pmc can be used,
 * is listed on PubMed, cite pmid can be used.

An alternative to all of the above templates is to use the generic Citation template. It takes more or less the same parameters as the type-specific templates and produces a similar-looking citation, but with sections separated by commas instead of periods.

Usage
All field names must be lowercase. Unused fields should be removed, rather than left blank.

Parameters

 * Common parameters, horizontal format


 * Common parameters for Vancouver system citations


 * All parameters, horizontal format


 * Result (using lastname, firstname):


 * Result (using author):

Legend

 * number: A synonym for the issue parameter, specific to the template.
 * editor: Name of editor/editors. Do not Wikilink any values in the editor field but use editor-link instead. The template automatically adds "ed." after the editor's name unless the chapter parameter is used in which case the template adds "in" before the editor's name which appears after the chapter and before the title. This implies that the author is responsible only for part of the book (including the cited chapter) and the editor responsible for the whole book. If, however, the author(s) and editor(s) are responsible for the whole book, then the editor field or its alternates described below should not be used if the chapter field is being used. Instead, the editor(s) should be included in an author field with possibly "(ed.)" after the surname(s). Alternatively, the editor field may be used if the chapter detail is included in the title field instead of using the chapter field.
 * OR: alternatively editor-first and editor-last can be used in the same way as first and last.
 * OR: for multiple editors up to four in number, use the fields editor1-first, editor1-last, ..., editorn-first, editorn-last to 'correctly' record all the information about the book in the same way as firstn and lastn.
 * editor-link or editor1-link...editorn-link is used in the same way as authorlink or authorlinkn.
 * separator: The separator to use in lists of authors, editors, etc. Defaults to ".", but "," may be useful also. If the field is present, but blank, no separator will be used.

Examples

 * Formal citation


 * Vancouver style (common in biomedicine):


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


 * Specify the DOI to provide a permanent link. Also give the PMID abstract for medical articles, and the URL if the article is free. PubMed Central free full-text repository links may also be supplied and will link the title if URL not specified, else as additional linked PMC value at the end of the citation

Whereas if the url had not been specified, then the title is linked to PubMed Central's copy of the article and no duplicate PMC link is shown for compactness:

If the doi link is broken, then use of the doi_inactivedate parameter 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":


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


 * Other examples

Redirects

 * Cite Journal
 * Citejournal
 * Cite magazine
 * Cite magazine article
 * Cite paper
 * Citepaper
 * Cite document