Template:Cite Journal

Purpose

Citation template used to cite from academic journal articles.

Usage

Citation templates must be enclosed in <ref></ref> tags in order to be properly displayed and sorted. Pages will also need a ==References== section with Template:Reflist. This section must be placed near the bottom of the page, before any navigation templates and categories.

This template includes several parameters for citing certain information. For formatting purposes, most parameters are left optional, but the appropriate sources must be named when using this template.

Parameter	Description	Function
quote	The quoted text or transcription from the article. This parameter should also be used when citing Japanese or non-English text. If a translation is available, add it to the translquote parameter.	Optional, but recommended
des	A description of the page, if necessary. This parameter should be used when citing a printed chart or illustration.	Optional
translquote	If the quoted text or transcription has been translated, use this parameter.	Optional; use for translations
article	The name of the article.	Required
author	The author(s) of the article.	Required
journal	The name of the journal the article was published in.	Required
volume	Volume of the journal the article was published in.	Optional
issue	Issue of the journal the article was published in.	Optional
page	The page(s) of the journal that the article is in.	Optional
published	The date the article was published, if available. Format as "Month Day, Year".	Optional
lang	The language the book is in. This parameter should be used when citing non-English publications.	Optional
transl	The source of the book's translation. This parameter should be used if a quoted text is sourced from a fan translation or scanlation. Include the name of the translator or group, formatted as (Group) fan translation or Fan translation by (name).	Optional
doi	Digital object identifier for the article. Automatically links to the article if provided.	Optional

Code

All parameters

{{Cite Journal|quote=|translquote=|article=|author=|journal=|volume=|issue=|page=|published=|lang=|transl=|doi=}}