Template:Cite journal/doc

{{csdoc|lead|academic and scientific papers and journals. For articles in magazines and newsletters, use {{tlx|cite magazine}}. Note that if you have a Digital Object Identifier (i.e., a DOI) for the journal reference you wish to add, we have 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.

Usage

 * To cite a professional or scientific journal


 * Vancouver system author style for a scientific journal

or


 * To cite a journal article with no credited author


 * To cite an online article that has been archived


 * To cite an article written in a foreign language


 * 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




 * To cite a professional or scientific journal


 * Vancouver system author style for a scientific journal

or 


 * To cite a journal article with no credited author


 * To cite an online article that has been archived


 * To cite a journal article written in a foreign language


 * 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



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Examples

 * Journal article

Displays as:

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

or Displays as:

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 * Include URL link to article, pre-print or abstract.

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 * Specify the DOI to provide a permanent link. Also give the PMID PubMed) 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 the URL is not specified, else as an additional linked PMC value. Note that access-date is not necessary when a permanent identifier is used.

Whereas if the URL had not been specified, then the title is linked to the PMC link, which is repeated: Displays as:

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": Displays as:

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 * 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.

Displays as:
 * Example using other identifiers

Alternate usages
For medical articles, this citation-filling template can be used to generate a cite journal template from a PubMed identifier (PMID).