| Last name | last last1 author author1 author1-last author-last surname1 author-last1 subject1 surname author-last subject | The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link' instead; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| String | suggested |
|---|
| First name | first given author-first first1 given1 author-first1 author1-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link' instead; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| String | suggested |
|---|
| 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://books.google.com/books?id=...
| URL | optional |
|---|
| Title | title | The title of the book; displays in italics
| String | required |
|---|
| Title link | title-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the source named in title – do not use a web address; do not wikilink.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Vancouver style author list | vauthors | If using Vancouver style, comma separated list of author names; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses - Example
- Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corporation))
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 2 | last2 author2 surname2 author-last2 author2-last subject2 | The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2' instead; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 2 | first2 given2 author-first2 author2-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2' instead; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 3 | last3 author3 surname3 author-last3 author3-last subject3 | The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3' instead.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 3 | first3 given3 author-first3 author3-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 4 | last4 author4 surname4 author-last4 author4-last subject4 | The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4' instead.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 4 | first4 given4 author-first4 author4-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 5 | last5 author5 surname5 author-last5 author5-last subject5 | The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5' instead.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 5 | first5 given5 author-first5 author5-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 6 | last6 author6 surname6 author-last6 author6-last subject6 | The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6' instead.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 6 | first6 given6 author-first6 author6-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 7 | last7 author7 surname7 author-last7 author7-last subject7 | The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7' instead.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 7 | first7 given7 author-first7 author7-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 8 | last8 author8 surname8 author-last8 author8-last subject8 | The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8' instead.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 8 | first8 given8 author-first8 author8-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name 9 | last9 author9 surname9 author-last9 author9-last subject9 | The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9' instead. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name 9 | first9 given9 author-first9 author9-first | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Collaboration | collaboration | Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors which list one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends 'et al.' to author name-list.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Date | date | Full date of the source; do not wikilink
| Date | optional |
|---|
| Work | work journal website newspaper magazine encyclopedia encyclopaedia dictionary | Name of the work in which the cited book text is found
| String | optional |
|---|
| Publisher | publisher institution | Name of the publisher; displays after title - Example
- [[HarperCollins]]
| String | suggested |
|---|
| Others | others | Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Year of publication | year | Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known
| String | suggested |
|---|
| ISBN | isbn ISBN ISBN13 isbn13 | International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible
| String | suggested |
|---|
| Editor last name | editor-last editor editor-surname editor-last1 editor-surname1 editor1 editor1-last editor1-surname | The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors
| String | optional |
|---|
| Editor first name | editor-first editor-given editor-first1 editor-given1 editor1-first editor1-given | 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
| String | optional |
|---|
| Link for editor | editor-link editor-link1 editor1-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Editor mask | editor-mask editor1-mask editor-mask1 | Replaces the name of the first editor 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 editor separator; for example, 'with' instead
| String | optional |
|---|
| Vancouver style editor list | veditors | Comma separated list of editor names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional names in doubled parentheses - Example
- Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corporation))
| String | optional |
|---|
| Edition | edition | When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed by ' ed.'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Series identifier | series version | Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal
| String | optional |
|---|
| Volume | volume | For one publication published in several volumes
| String | optional |
|---|
| Location of publication | location place | Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place
| String | suggested |
|---|
| 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'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Publication date | publication-date | Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink
| Date | optional |
|---|
| Page | page p | The number of a single page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'; use either page= or pages=, but not both
| String | optional |
|---|
| Page(s) cited | pages pp | A range of pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'; use either page= or pages=, but not both - Example
- 5–11
| String | suggested |
|---|
| At | at | May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient
| String | optional |
|---|
| Language | language | The language in which the source is written. Do not use the full language name; use ISO 639-1. Do not use icons or templates
| String | suggested |
|---|
| Translator last name | translator-last translator translator-last1 translator1 translator1-last | The surname of the translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional translators.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Translator first name | translator-first translator1-first translator-first1 | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional translators.
| String | optional |
|---|
| Script title | script-title | For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Bengali, 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:...
| String | optional |
|---|
| Translated title | trans-title | An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended
| String | optional |
|---|
| Chapter | chapter contribution entry article section | The chapter heading of the source; may be wikilinked or with 'chapter-url' but not both. For the contribution alias, see contributor-last
| String | optional |
|---|
| Script Chapter | script-chapter | Chapter heading for languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc); follows transliteration defined in chapter. Should be prefixed with an ISO 639-1 two-character code to help browsers properly display the script - Example
- ja:東京タワー
| String | optional |
|---|
| Translated chapter | trans-chapter | An English language chapter heading, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended
| String | optional |
|---|
| Type | type medium | Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case
| String | optional |
|---|
| Format | format | Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML
| String | optional |
|---|
| ASIN | asin ASIN | Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters
| String | optional |
|---|
| ASIN TLD | asin-tld | ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US
| String | optional |
|---|
| Bibcode | bibcode | Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters
| String | optional |
|---|
| biorXiv | biorxiv | biorXiv identifier; 6 digits
| Line | optional |
|---|
| CiteSeerX | citeseerx | CiteSeerX identifier; found after the 'doi=' query parameter
| Line | optional |
|---|
| DOI | doi DOI | Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'
| String | optional |
|---|
| EISSN | eissn EISSN | International Standard Serial Number for the electronic media of a serial publication; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen, but not an en dash or a space. - Example
- 2009-0048
| String | optional |
|---|
| Handle System identifier | hdl HDL | Handle System identifier for digital objects and other resources on the Internet
| String | optional |
|---|
| ISMN | ismn ISMN | International Standard Music Number; Use the ISMN actually printed on or in the work. Hyphens or spaces in the ISMN are optional. - Example
- 979-0-9016791-7-7
| String | optional |
|---|
| ISSN | issn ISSN | International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen
| String | optional |
|---|
| jfm code | jfm | Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code
| String | optional |
|---|
| JSTOR | jstor JSTOR | JSTOR identifier
| String | optional |
|---|
| LCCN | lccn LCCN | Library of Congress Control Number
| String | optional |
|---|
| MR | mr MR | Mathematical Reviews identifier
| String | optional |
|---|
| OCLC | oclc OCLC | Online Computer Library Center number
| String | optional |
|---|
| OL | ol OL | Open Library identifier; do not include "OL" at beginning of identifier
| String | optional |
|---|
| OSTI | osti OSTI | Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier
| String | optional |
|---|
| PMC | pmc | PubMed Center article number
| String | optional |
|---|
| PMID | pmid PMID | PubMed Unique Identifier
| String | optional |
|---|
| RFC | rfc | Request for Comments number
| String | optional |
|---|
| SSRN | ssrn | Social Science Research Network
| String | optional |
|---|
| Zbl | zbl | Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier
| String | optional |
|---|
| id | id ID | A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable
| String | optional |
|---|
| Quote | quote quotation | Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation
| String | 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
| String | optional |
|---|
| Mode | mode | Sets separator and terminal punctuation to the style named in the assigned value; allowable values are: 'cs1' or 'cs2' - Suggested values
cs1 cs2
| String | optional |
|---|
| Postscript | postscript | The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' - Default
- .
| String | optional |
|---|
| Author mask | author-mask author1-mask author-mask1 | 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 2 | author-mask2 author2-mask | Replaces the name of the second 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 3 | author-mask3 author3-mask | Replaces the name of the third 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 4 | author-mask4 author4-mask | Replaces the name of the fourth 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 5 | author-mask5 author5-mask | Replaces the name of the fifth 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 6 | author-mask6 author6-mask | Replaces the name of the sixth 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 7 | author-mask7 author7-mask | Replaces the name of the seventh 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 8 | author-mask8 author8-mask | Replaces the name of the eighth 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 |
|---|
| Author mask 9 | author-mask9 author9-mask | Replaces the name of the ninth 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 |
|---|
| Display authors | display-authors | number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used
| Number | optional |
|---|
| Author link | author-link author-link1 author1-link subject-link subject-link1 subject1-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 2 | author-link2 author2-link subject-link2 subject2-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 3 | author-link3 author3-link subject-link3 subject3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 4 | author-link4 author4-link subject-link4 subject4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 5 | author-link5 author5-link subject-link5 subject5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 6 | author-link6 author6-link subject-link6 subject6-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 7 | author-link7 author7-link subject-link7 subject7-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 8 | author-link8 author8-link subject-link8 subject8-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Author link 9 | author-link9 author9-link subject-link9 subject9-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| URL access date | access-date | The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink
| Date | optional |
|---|
| Original date | orig-date | Original date of publication; provide specifics
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name of second editor | editor-last2 editor-surname2 editor2 editor2-last editor2-surname | The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name of second editor | editor-first2 editor-given2 editor2-first editor2-given | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Link for second editor | editor-link2 editor2-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Mask for second editor | editor-mask2 editor2-mask | Replaces the name of the second editor 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 editor separator; for example, 'with' instead
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name of third editor | editor-last3 editor-surname3 editor3 editor3-last editor3-surname | The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name of third editor | editor-first3 editor-given3 editor3-first editor3-given | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Link for third editor | editor-link3 editor3-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Mask for third editor | editor-mask3 editor3-mask | Replaces the name of the third editor 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 editor separator; for example, 'with' instead
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name of fourth editor | editor-last4 editor-surname4 editor4 editor4-last editor4-surname | The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name of fourth editor | editor-first4 editor-given4 editor4-first editor4-given | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Link for fourth editor | editor-link4 editor4-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor
| Page name | optional |
|---|
| Mask for fourth editor | editor-mask4 editor4-mask | Replaces the name of the fourth editor 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 editor separator; for example, 'with' instead
| String | optional |
|---|
| Last name of fifth editor | editor-last5 editor-surname5 editor5 editor5-last editor5-surname | The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| First name of fifth editor | editor-first5 editor-given5 editor5-first editor5-given | Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'
| String | optional |
|---|
| Link for fifth editor | editor-link5 editor5-link | Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor
| Page name | optional< |
|---|