Template:Journal

This template provides a custom, simplified citation scheme for journals. Requires {{Reflist}} for citations to work.

Documentation

To invoke this template, enter <ref>{{journal |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |etal= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |date= |page= |pages= |url= |pdf= |doi= }}</ref> after your claim. Consult our style guide for more information on how to use it.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Status
last	The paper author's last name.	string	required
first	The paper author's first name. If there is one, middle name also goes here.	string	required
last2	The second paper author's last name. Use only if the authors are two in total.	string	optional
first2	The second paper author's first name. If there is one, middle name also goes here. Use only if the authors are two in total.	string	optional
etal	States that there are more than two paper authors. Do not use last2 and first2 together with it. Only the first author needs to be cited, e.g. "Doe John et al." (not "Doe John, Doe Jane & et al."). Enter "true" to enable.	boolean	optional
title	The paper's title.	string	required
journal	The name of the journal in which the paper is published.	string	required
volume	The number of the journal's volume.	string	optional
issue	The number of the journal's issue.	string	optional
date	The paper's date of publication. Use the YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. "2022-03-15". Do not use other date formats.	string	required
page	The specific page you are citing. Use if you are citing only one page. pages should not be used with it.	string	optional
pages	The specific pages you are citing. Use if you are citing more than one page. page should not be used with it. Please prefer shorter expressions, e.g. "178-9", "243-51" (not "178-179", "243-251"). Hyphens (-) are automatically replaced with en dashes (–).	string	optional
url	The URL that leads to the paper's webpage. The webpage must be legal.	url	optional
pdf	The URL that leads directly to the paper's PDF. The PDF must be provided legally.	url	optional
doi	The paper's DOI ID, if it has one. Make sure the resulting DOI URL works properly.	string	optional

Example

<ref>{{journal |last=Graham |first=Stuart |last2=Vishnubhakat |first2=Saurabh |title=Of Smart Phone Wars and Software Patents |journal=Journal of Economic Perspective |volume=27 |issue=1 |date=2013 |pages=71-3 |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.27.1.67 |pdf=https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.27.1.67 |doi=10.1257/jep.27.1.67}}</ref>
<ref>{{journal |last=Clarkson |first=Gavin |title=Cyberinfrastructure and patent thickets: Challenges and responses |journal=First Monday |volume=12 |issue=6 |date=2007-06-04 |url=https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1872/1755 |doi=10.5210/fm.v12i6.1872}}</ref>