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Object template

Journal Article

A Journal Article is a peer-reviewed publication that disseminates the results of original research and scholarship to a field

A Journal Article is an article published in a peer-reviewed journal that disseminates the results of original research and scholarship. The object template records bibliographic details such as the journal title, volume, issue, and page range, together with authorship, publication status and dates, and persistent identifiers including the DOI, ISSN, and PubMed or PMC identifiers.

Fields

28 fields

Field nameTypeDefinitionBound to
Article Title*textThe title of the article.
Authoring RoletextThe nature of the person's role in the creation of the article.
Co-AuthorstextThe names of co-authors of the article.
First Listed AuthortextThe name of the first listed author for the article.first-author
JournaltextThe name of the journal in which the article is published, or to be published.
VolumenumberThe volume number of the journal.
IssuenumberThe issue number of the journal.
NIH Manuscript NumberidentifierThe NIH manuscript number, if applicable.
Open Access?booleanWhether the article is available via open access.open-access
Open Access Ref 1identifierThe reference number for the open access record, if the article is open access.
Open Access Ref 2identifierA second reference number for the open access record, if the article is open access.
Pubmed IDidentifierThe PubMed ID, if applicable.
Page Range FromnumberThe starting page of the article.
Page Range TonumberThe ending page of the article.
Publication DatedateThe date of publication.
Publication LocationtextThe city and country where the article was published.
Publication StatustextThe status of the article with regard to publication.
Refereed?booleanWhether the article underwent peer review.
URLurlA web address at which the article is available, if one exists.
PMC IDidentifierThe identifier assigned to the final article as referenced in PubMed Central (PMC).
DOIidentifierThe Digital Object Identifier.
ISSNidentifierThe International Standard Serial Number.
Publisher NametextThe name of the organisation making the article available.
Publisher ID TypetextThe nominal type of unique ID used for a publisher, for example ISNI.
Publisher IDidentifierThe unique ID used for a publisher, for example an ISNI or a DOI prefix.
Provisional Acceptance DatedateThe date on which the resource was accepted for publication, though further substantive changes may still be made, recorded in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY or YYYY-MM if the full date is not known).
Final Acceptance DatedateThe date on which the resource was accepted for publication with all substantive changes complete, recorded in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY or YYYY-MM if the full date is not known).
Research ClassificationpicklistThe subject or disciplinary classification of the research reported in the article.research-classification

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