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ThisCitation Style 1 template is used to createcitations for preprints atarXiv. It links to the abstract athttps://www.arxiv.org/abs/eprint.
Usage
To use the template, you need only specify thearxiv oreprint parameter. Once you save the page,Citation bot will detect the citation and complete it automatically.
Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as|isbn= have upper-case aliases like|ISBN=, which are acceptable for use). Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples on this documentation page may include the current date. If the date is not current, thenpurge the page.
Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format
last1 (or an alias)last1 (or an alias)last1 (or an alias)last2 (or an alias)last2 (or an alias)last1 (or an alias)last1 (or an alias)last2 (or an alias)last1 (or an alias)last2 (or an alias) title page, pages, p or pp
Don't link. Aliases include 'last'; 'surname1'; 'surname'; 'author1'; and 'author'Don't link. Aliases include 'first'; 'given1'; and 'given'Don't link. Aliases include 'author1-link'; 'author-link'; 'authorlink1'; 'author1link'; and 'authorlink'Don't link. Similar: 'last3', etc. Aliases include 'surname2'; and 'author2'Don't link. Similar: 'first3', etc. Aliases include 'given2'Don't link. Similar: 'author-link3', etc. Aliases include 'author2-link'; 'authorlink2'; and 'author2link'Number (number of authors displayed) or 'etal' (more authors)Not for lists of cited works. Aliases include 'author1-mask'; and 'author-mask'Aliases include 'author2-mask'Set to 'amp' or 'ampersand' to separate the last author with ' & '; set to 'and' to separate with ' and ' Required Aliases include 'lang'Aliases include 'p'Aliases include 'pp' set to "yes" to suppress the "p." or "pp." before page numbersRequired. Aliases include 'eprint' Aliases include 'quotation''cs1' or 'cs2'
If a field name is listed in thePrerequisites column, it is a prerequisite for the field to the left.
Note that quotation marks aren't part of the parameter names or their aliases and are there to make identifying them easier for readers.
title: Title of the cited paper.
arxiv oreprint(mandatory): arXiv/Eprint identifier, without any "arXiv:" prefix. Prior to April 2007, the identifiers included a classification, an optional two-letter subdivision, and a 7-digit YYMMNNN year, month, and sequence number of submission in that category. E.g. gr-qc/0610068 or math.GT/0309136. After April 2007, the format was changed to a simple YYMM.NNNN. Starting inJanuary 2015, the identifier was changed to be 5 digits: YYMM.NNNNN.
class: arXiv classification, e.g. hep-th. Optional. To be used only with new-style (2007 and later) eprint identifiers that do not include the classification.
The template uses the style of{{cite journal}}. Once a paper is accepted in a peer-reviewed journal, it is recommended to use one of those templates, as the peer-reviewed status of the article is important, while preserving the arXiv link in order to guarantee open access to the previous version of the article. To preserve the arXiv link, add e.g.|arxiv=gr-qc/0610068 or|arxiv=math.GT/0309136 or|arxiv=YYMM.NNNN (following the above examples) to the{{citation}} or{{cite journal}} templates.
Examples
{{cite arXiv |last=Sparling |first=George A. J. |date=2006 |title=Spacetime is spinorial; new dimensions are timelike |eprint=gr-qc/0610068}}
Sparling, George A. J. (2006). "Spacetime is spinorial; new dimensions are timelike".arXiv:gr-qc/0610068.
{{cite arXiv |last=Leinster |first=Tom |date=2007 |title=The Euler characteristic of a category as the sum of a divergent series |eprint=0707.0835 |class=math.CT}}
Leinster, Tom (2007). "The Euler characteristic of a category as the sum of a divergent series".arXiv:0707.0835 [math.CT].
Parameters
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Deprecated CS1/CS2 parameters
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Date
none deprecated at present
Recently removed CS1/CS2 parameters
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Note
|authors=
|lastn= /|firstn=,|authorn=,|vauthors=
August 2024
Description
Authors
last: Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—useauthor-link instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, uselast or one of its aliases (e.g.|author=Bono). Aliases:surname,author,last1,surname1,author1.
author: this parameter is used to hold the name of an organizational author (e.g. a committee) or the complete name (first and last) of a single person; for the latter, prefer the use of|first= and|last=. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. Supportsaccept-this-as-written markup. Do not use italics in this field, as doing so produces corrupt metadata.
first: Given or first names of author; for example:Firstname Middlename orFirstname M. orFirstname M. Sr. Do not wikilink—useauthor-link instead. Aliases:given,first1,given1. Requireslast; first name will not display iflast is empty. Use generational and regnal suffixes only in accordance withMOS:JRSR and use honorifics (includingDr.,Sir, and similar) only in accordance withMOS:HON.
OR: for multiple authors, uselast1,first1 throughlastn,firstn, wheren is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (eachfirstn requires a correspondinglastn, but not the other way around).See thedisplay parameters to change how many authors are displayed. Aliases:surname1,given1 throughsurnamen,givenn, orauthor1 throughauthorn. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use|first1=...|last1=...|author2=....
author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases:author-link1,author1-link,authorlink.
OR: for multiple authors, useauthor-link1 throughauthor-linkn. Aliases:author1-link throughauthorn-link.
name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set toamp,ampersand, or&, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set toand, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set tovancdisplays name lists inVancouver style when the lists use thelast/first forms of name parameters.
vauthors: comma-separated list of author names inVancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names indoubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
author-link andauthor-mask may be used for the individual names in|vauthors= as described above
collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requiresauthor,last, orvauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list.
Note: When usingshortened footnotes orparenthetical referencing styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.
Date
"Wikipedia:Undated" redirects here. For undated signatures, seeTemplate:Undated.
date: Date of referenced source. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, season and year, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.[date 1] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after the website and publisher.For acceptable date formats, seeHelp:Citation Style 1 § Dates.
Shortened footnotes target full citations using the year specified in this parameter. A lowercase letter may be suffixed to the year to disambiguate{{sfn}} links to multiple works by the same author in the same year,[more] unless the date is formatted as YYYY-MM-DD. In the latter case,year orref is required to disambiguate the link targets.
For approximate year, precede with "c.", like this:|date=c. 1900.
For no date, or "undated", use|date=n.d.
The date of a Web page, PDF, etc. with no visible date can sometimes be established by searching the page source or document code for acreated orupdated date; a comment for editors such asdate=2021-12-25<!--date from page source-->|orig-date=Original date 2011-01-01 can be added.
Automatic date formatting:Citation Style 1 and2 templates, including this template, automatically render dates in all date parameters (such as|date=,|publication-date=,|access-date=,|archive-date=, etc.) except for|orig-date= in the style specified by the article's{{use dmy dates}} or{{use mdy dates}} template. See those templates' documentation for details.
year: Year of publication. The more flexible|date= parameter also handles a year by itself. Do not use in combination with the|date= parameter, unlessboth of the following conditions are met:
Shortened footnotes target multiple citations with same last name and year of publication. (This situation necessitates aCITEREFdisambiguator, usually a lowercase letter suffixed to the year.)
The|date= format is YYYY-MM-DD. (This format prevents the addition of a disambiguating letter to the year.)
df: date format; sets rendered dates to the specified format; does not support date ranges or seasonal dates; overrides the automatic date formatting described above. Accepts one value which may be one of these:
dmy – set publication dates to day month year format; access- and archive-dates are not modified;
mdy – as above for month day, year format
ymd – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
dmy-all – set publication, access-, and archive-dates to day month year format;
mdy-all – as above for month day, year format
ymd-all – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
^Publication dates in references within an article should all have the same format. This may be a different format from that used for archive and access dates.SeeMOS:DATEUNIFY.
title: Title of source. Displays in quotation marks. For titles containing quotation marks, convert regular quotation marks (") to single quotation marks ('). SeeMOS:QINQ for guidance in more complex situations.
Titles containing certain characters will not display and link correctly unless those characters are encoded.
language: The language (or a comma-separated list of the languages) in which the source is written, as either theISO 639 language code (preferred) or the full language name. Examples:|language=ru;|lang=fr, pt-br;|lang=Russian;|language=French, Portuguese.See the list of supported codes and names. Do not use templates or wikilinks. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name or names. When the only source language is English, no language is displayed in the citation. The use of languages recognized by the citation module adds the page to the appropriate subcategory ofCategory:CS1 foreign language sources. Because cs1|2 templates are often copied from en.wiki to other wikis, the use of language codes is preferred so that language names render in the correct language and form, e.g.espagnol at a French-language wiki instead of the English word "Spanish". Aliases:lang
TemplateData
This section contains configuration data used by editing tools and automated bots. Changes to this data can result in widespread and unintended effects. For more information seeHelp:Citation Style 1#TemplateData
