Template:Cite arXiv

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Citation Style 1 templates

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This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for preprints at the arXiv. It links to the abstract at http://www.arxiv.org/abs/eprint.

Usage

To use the template, you need only specify the arxiv or eprint parameter. Once you save the page, Citation bot will detect the citation and complete it automatically.

Common parameters, horizontal format

{{cite arXiv |last= |first= |author-link= |eprint= |title= |class= |date= }}

Common parameters, vertical format

{{cite arXiv
 | last       =
 | first      =
 | author-link=
 | eprint     =
 | title      =
 | class      =
 | date       =
 }}

• arxiv or eprint (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 in January 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.
• title: Title of the cited paper.

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

Deprecated

Description

Authors

• last: Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, use last or one of its aliases (e.g. |author=Bono). Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1.
  • author: this parameter is used to hold the complete name of a single author (first and last) or to hold the name of a corporate author. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead.
  • first: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: given, first1, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
  • OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through lastn, firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each firstn requires a corresponding lastn, but not the other way around). See the display parameters to change how many authors are displayed. Aliases: surname1, given1 through surnamen, givenn, or author1 through authorn. 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, use author-link1 through author-linkn. Aliases: author1-link through authorn-link.
  • name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to amp, ampersand, or &, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to and, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to vancdisplays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters.
• vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:

  |vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal

  • author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in |vauthors= as described above
• collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list.
• Note: When using shortened footnotes or parenthetical referencing styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.

Date

• 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. Required when year is used to disambiguate {{sfn}} links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.^[more] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after the publisher. For acceptable date formats, see Help:Citation Style 1 § Dates.

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 a created or updated date; a comment for editors such as date=2021-12-25<!--date from page source-->|orig-date=Original date 2011-01-01 can be added.

Automatic date formatting: Citation Style 1 and 2 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 source being referenced. The usage of this parameter is discouraged; use the more flexible |date= parameter instead unless both of the following conditions are met:
  1. The |date= format is YYYY-MM-DD.
  2. The citation requires a CITEREF disambiguator.
• 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

Title

(See also Help:Citation Style 1 § Titles and chapters.)

• title: Title of source. Displays in quotes.

Titles containing certain characters will not display and link correctly unless those characters are encoded.

newline	[	]	|
space	[	]	{{!}} (preferred)
	{{bracket|text}}		| or {{pipe}} – see also Help:Table § Rendering the pipe

• language: The language (or a comma-separated list of the languages) in which the source is written, as either the ISO 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 of Category: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: espagnol at a French-language wiki instead of the English word "Spanish". Aliases: lang

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite arXiv

Template:Cite arXiv uses preprint and limited parameter sets; TemplateData has errors:

• |translator-first2= is not a valid parameter
• |translator-first= is not a valid parameter
• |translator-last2= is not a valid parameter
• |translator-last= is not a valid parameter
• |translator-link2= is not a valid parameter
• |translator-link= is not a valid parameter
• |translator2= is not a valid parameter
• |translator= is not a valid parameter

Formats a citation to a paper with an arXiv id

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
arXiv	arxiv eprint	arXiv identifier without the "arXiv:" prefix; can include version number Example 1612.00008v1	String	required
arXiv class	class	arXiv classification, for post-2007 ids	String	optional
Author	author author1	Complete name of the first author	String	optional
First name	first first1 given given1	First name of first author	String	suggested
Last name	last last1 surname surname1	Last name of first author	String	suggested
Author 2's first name	first2 given2	First name of second author	String	optional
Author 2's last name	last2 surname2	Last name of second author	String	optional
Author 2	author2	Full name of second author	String	optional
Author's article	author-link author-link1 author1-link	Title of the Wikipedia article about the first author	Page name	optional
Author 2's article	author-link2 author2-link	Title of Wikipedia article about the second author	Page name	optional
Authors	authors	Full list of all authors	String	optional
Title	title	Title of the paper cited	String	suggested
Translator	translator translator1	Full name of first translator	String	optional
Translator's last name	translator-last translator1-last translator-last1	Translator's last name	String	optional
Translator's first name	translator-first translator1-first translator-first1	Translator's first name	String	optional
Translator's article	translator-link translator-link1 translator1-link	Title of Wikipedia article of the (first) translator	Page name	optional
Translator 2's first name	translator-first2 translator2-first	Translator 2's first name	String	optional
Translator 2's last name	translator-last2 translator2-last	Translator 2's last name	String	optional
Translator 2	translator2	Full name of second translator	String	optional
Translator 2's article	translator-link2 translator2-link	Title of Wikipedia article about second translator	Page name	optional
collaboration	collaboration	Name of a group of authors, in addition to the ones listed in the Author parameters	String	optional
Date	date	Date of the source being cited. Use n.d. for no date, and c. for inexact dated.	String	optional
Date format for publication dates	df	Either ymd (Year-Month-Day), dmy (Day-Month-Year), or mdy (Month-Day-Year) add -all at end to also affect access and archive dates Example dmy	String	optional
Translated title	trans-title	English translation of title	String	optional
Language(s)	language	Language(s) the source is written in. Separate by commas, and do not include 'and'.	String	optional

External links

• Understanding the arXiv identifier

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