Formal citation{{cite journal|last=Smith|first=Joseph III|title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma|journal=The Saints' Herald|volume=26|year=1879|month=October|pages=289}}→ Smith, Joseph III (1879). "Last Testimony of Sister Emma". The Saints' Herald. 26: 289. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)รวมลิงก์ URL ไปยังบทความฟรีพิมพ์ล่วงหน้าหรือบทคัดย่อ ระบุวันที่เข้าถึงด้วย เว้นแต่ว่า URL จะคงที่{{cite journal|author=[[Winston Churchill|Winston S. Churchill]]|title=A silent toast to William Willett|url=http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=266|accessdate=2007-05-16|journal=Pictorial Weekly|date=[[1934-04-28]]}}→ Winston S. Churchill (1934-04-28). "A silent toast to William Willett". Pictorial Weekly. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2007-05-16. Check date values in: |date= (help)Specify the DOI to provide a permanent link. Also give the PMID abstract for medical articles, and the URL if the article is free. PubMed Central free full-text repository links may also be supplied and will link the title if URL not specified, else as additional linked PMC value at the end of the citation{{cite journal|author=Viollet B; Andreelli F; Jørgensen SB ''et al''|title=The AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity|journal=J. Clin. Invest.|volume=111|issue=1|pages=91–8|year=2003|month=January|pmid=12511592|pmc=151837|doi=10.1172/JCI16567|url=http://www.jci.org/articles/view/16567}}→ Viollet B, Andreelli F, Jørgensen SB; และคณะ (2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". J. Clin. Invest. 111 (1): 91–8. doi:10.1172/JCI16567. PMC 151837. PMID 12511592. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Whereas if the url had not been specified, then the title is linked to PubMed Central's copy of the article and no duplicate PMC link is shown for compactness:

{{cite journal|author=Viollet B, Andreelli F, Jørgensen SB, ''et al''|title=The AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity|journal=J. Clin. Invest.|volume=111|issue=1|pages=91–8|year=2003|month=January|pmid=12511592|pmc=151837|doi=10.1172/JCI16567|url=}}→ Viollet B, Andreelli F, Jørgensen SB; และคณะ (2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". J. Clin. Invest. 111 (1): 91–8. doi:10.1172/JCI16567. PMC 151837. PMID 12511592. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

If the doi link is broken, then use of the doi_brokendate parameter unlinks the doi value, indicates when the doi-problem was first noticed, and will also add the page to "Category:Pages with DOIs broken since YYYY":

{{cite journal|author=Viollet B, Andreelli F, Jørgensen SB, ''et al''|title=The AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity|journal=J. Clin. Invest.|volume=111|issue=1|pages=91–8|year=2003|month=January|pmid=12511592|pmc=151837|doi=10.1172/JCI16567|doi_brokendate=2008-06-18|url=}}→ Viollet B, Andreelli F, Jørgensen SB; และคณะ (2003). "The AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity". J. Clin. Invest. 111 (1): 91–8. doi:10.1172/JCI16567. PMC 151837. PMID 12511592. Unknown parameter |doi_brokendate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Other examples

• {{cite journal|last=Fowler|first=Martin|authorlink=Martin Fowler|coauthors=Kent Beck|title=Last Testimony of Sister Emma|journal=The Saints' Herald|volume=26|year=1879|month=October|pages=289}}

→ Fowler, Martin (1879). "Last Testimony of Sister Emma". The Saints' Herald. 26: 289. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

• {{cite journal|first=W. Hugh|last=Woodin|title=The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I|journal=Notices of the AMS|volume=48|issue=6|year=2001|pages=567–576|location=Providence, RI|publisher=American Mathematical Society|url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200106/fea-woodin.pdf|format=PDF|issn=1088-9477|oclc=34550461}}

→ Woodin, W. Hugh (2001). "The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. 48 (6): 567–576. ISSN 1088-9477. OCLC 34550461.

• {{cite journal|title=Disney Releases 10 Titles on Laser Videodisc|year=1982|journal=VIDEODISC/VIDEOTEX|volume=2|issue=3|pages=175}}

→ "Disney Releases 10 Titles on Laser Videodisc". VIDEODISC/VIDEOTEX. 2 (3): 175. 1982.