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This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for preprints at arXiv. It links to the abstract at https://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.

Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|isbn= have upper-case aliases like <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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, then the page.

Most-commonly-used parameters in horizontal format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" copy="1"> {{cite arXiv}}: Empty citation (help) A bot will complete this citation soon. Click here to jump the queue</syntaxhighlight>

Full parameter set in horizontal format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" copy="1"> {{cite arXiv}}: Empty citation (help) A bot will complete this citation soon. Click here to jump the queue</syntaxhighlight>

Most-commonly-used parameters in vertical format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" copy="1"> {{cite arXiv}}: Empty citation (help) A bot will complete this citation soon. Click here to jump the queue </syntaxhighlight>

Full parameter set in vertical format

Vertical list	Prerequisites	Brief instructions / notes
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" copy="1"> {{cite arXiv}}: Empty citation (help) A bot will complete this citation soon. Click here to jump the queue </syntaxhighlight>	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 numbers Required. Aliases include 'eprint'   Aliases include 'quotation' 'cs1' or 'cs2'

• If a field name is listed in the Prerequisites 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 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.

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. <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|arxiv=gr-qc/0610068 or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|arxiv=math.GT/0309136 or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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

{{#lst:Help:CS1 errors|deprecated_params_table}} {{#lst:Help:CS1 errors|deleted_params_table}}

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. <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|first= and <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|last=. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. Supports accept-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 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. Use generational and regnal suffixes only in accordance with MOS:JRSR and use honorifics (including Dr., Sir, and similar) only in accordance with MOS:HON.
  • 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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|first1=...<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|last1=...<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 vanc, displays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters. (Alternatively, {{CS1 config|name-list-style=vanc}} at the top of the page can do the same to every citation on the pages.)
• vauthors: comma-separated list of author names formatted as in the Vancouver system. (This parameter accepts an easy copy-and-paste from sources that format author lists this way.) (Do not convert lists that have first name(s) to this format, because truncating the given name(s) reduces the identifiability of authors who happen to have common names.) Enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
• :<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
  • author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|vauthors= as described above
• authors: deprecated Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of last.
• translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-surname, translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1. Supports accept-this-as-written markup.
  • translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-given, translator1-first, translator-first1.
  • OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-lastn, translator-firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-firstn requires a corresponding translator-lastn, but not the other way around). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translatorn-last, translatorn-first, or translator1 through translatorn.
  • translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link.
  • OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-linkn. Aliases: translator1-link through translatorn-link.
• 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

"Wikipedia:Undated" redirects here. For undated signatures, see Template: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. 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, see Help: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 or ref is required to disambiguate the link targets.

For approximate year, precede with "c. ", like this: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|date=c. 1900.

For no date, or "undated", use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|date=2021-12-25<!--date from page source--><syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|date=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|publication-date=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|access-date=, <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|archive-date=, etc.) except for <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|date= parameter also handles a year by itself. Do not use in combination with the |date= parameter, unless both of the following conditions are met:
  1. Shortened footnotes target multiple citations with same last name and year of publication. (This situation necessitates a CITEREF disambiguator, usually a lowercase letter suffixed to the year.)
  2. 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

Title

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

• title: Title of source. Displays in quotation marks. For titles containing quotation marks, convert regular quotation marks (") to single quotation marks ('). See MOS:QINQ for guidance in more complex situations.

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: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|language=ru; <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|lang=fr, pt-br; <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|lang=Russian; <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|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, e.g. español at a French-language wiki instead of the English word "Spanish". Aliases: lang

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite arXiv

<templatedata> { "params": { "arxiv": { "aliases": [ "eprint" ], "label": "arXiv ", "description": "arXiv identifier without the \"arXiv:\" prefix; can include version number", "type": "string", "required": true, "example": "1612.00008v1" }, "title": { "label": "Title", "description": "Title of the paper cited", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "first": { "aliases": [ "first1", "given", "given1" ], "label": "First name", "description": "First name of first author", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "last": { "aliases": [ "last1", "surname", "surname1" ], "label": "Last name", "description": "Last name of first author", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "author": { "aliases": [ "author1" ], "label": "Author", "description": "Complete name of the first author", "type": "string" }, "author-link": { "aliases": [ "author-link1", "author1-link" ], "label": "Author's article", "description": "Title of the Wikipedia article about the first author", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "first2": { "aliases": [ "given2" ], "label": "Author 2's first name", "description": "First name of second author", "type": "string" }, "last2": { "aliases": [ "surname2" ], "label": "Author 2's last name", "description": "Last name of second author", "type": "string" }, "author2": { "label": "Author 2", "description": "Full name of second author", "type": "string" }, "author-link2": { "aliases": [ "author2-link" ], "label": "Author 2's article", "description": "Title of Wikipedia article about the second author", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "collaboration": { "label": "collaboration", "description": "Name of a group of authors, in addition to the ones listed in the Author parameters", "type": "string" }, "class": { "label": "arXiv class", "description": "arXiv classification, for post-2007 ids ", "type": "string" }, "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "Date of the source being cited. Use n.d. for no date, and c. for inexact dated.", "type": "string" }, "df": { "label": "Date format for publication dates", "description": "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", "type": "string" }, "trans-title": { "label": "Translated title", "description": "English translation of title", "type": "string" }, "language": { "label": "Language(s)", "description": "Language(s) the source is written in. Separate by commas, and do not include 'and'.", "type": "string" } }, "format": "{{_ |_=_}}", "description": "Formats a citation to a paper with an arXiv id", "paramOrder": [ "arxiv", "class", "author", "first", "last", "first2", "last2", "author2", "author-link", "author-link2", "title", "collaboration", "date", "df", "trans-title", "language" ] } </templatedata>

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