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This template is formatted like this:
{{{authors}}}. {{{title}}}. [[w:{{{journal}}}_(journal)|{{{journal}}}]], {{{pubyear}}}; {{{edition}}}: {{{pagenumbers}}}. {{Killbrackets|1=[{{{database1url|}}} {{{database1|}}}]}} {{Killbrackets|1=[{{{database2url|}}} {{{database2|}}}]}}
Notes on how to use this template edit
When to use it? edit
This template is for referencing scientific papers, like from Science, Nature, etc.
Template code edit
You can copy-paste the empty template below into your news article. Further explanation is given in the table below.
{{Source-science| |authors= |url= |title= |journal= |pubyear= |edition= |pagenumbers= |database1url= |database1= |database2url= |database2= }}
Usage of parameters edit
Parameter | Usage | Example |
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authors= | List all the authors as mentioned in the paper.
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Silveira JR, Raymond GJ, Hughson AG, Race RE, Sim VL, Hayes SF, Caughey B |
url= | URL of the paper on the website of the journal publishing it. | http://www.somejournal.com/... |
title= | Title of the article.
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The most infectious prion protein particles |
journal= | Name of the journal.
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Nature |
pubyear= | The year of publication. | 2005 |
edition= | The edition of the journal: this can be only the edition in general, or both the edition in total and the edition in that year. | 437(7056) |
pagenumbers= | Fill in from what page to what page the article is published.
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257-61 |
database1url= | The url of this article's entry in a commonly used database like PubMed, EMBASE, Psychological Abstracts, BIOSIS, Scholar.google.com, etc.
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http://www.somedatabase.com/... |
database1= | The name of that database.
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PubMed |
database2url= | The URL of the paper's entry in the second database. | http://www.anotherdatabase.com/... |
database2= | The same thing, for a second database, which could be a free-access alternative like PubMed Central. | PubMed Central |
Examples edit
The example used in the table above (with proper URLs) would finally look like this:
Silveira JR, Raymond GJ, Hughson AG, Race RE, Sim VL, Hayes SF, Caughey B. The most infectious prion protein particles. Nature, 2005; 437(7056): 257-61. PubMed PubMed Central
Another example without a database entry:
Wu JT, Riley S, Fraser C, Leung GM. Reducing the impact of the next influenza pandemic using household-based public health interventions. PLoS Medicine, 2006; 3(9): e361.
Same example, but without the optional URL:
Wu JT, Riley S, Fraser C, Leung GM. Reducing the impact of the next influenza pandemic using household-based public health interventions. PLoS Medicine, 2006; 3(9): e361.