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=== Usage ===

'''cite arXiv''' is for formatting references to preprints at the [[arXiv]]. It links to the abstract at <tt><nowiki>http://www.arxiv.org/abs/</nowiki><tt>''eprint''.

To use the template, you need only specify the 'eprint' parameter. Once you save the page, [[User:Citation bot|a bot]] will detect the citation and complete it automatically.

; Common parameters, horizontal format
<tt><nowiki>{{cite arXiv |last= |first= |authorlink= |eprint= |title= |class= |year= |version= |accessdate= }}</nowiki></tt>

*'''last1, last2, last3...''': Surnames of the author(s)
*'''first1, first2, first3...''': Forenames of the author(s)
**'''author1, author2, author3''' etc: Name(s) of the author(s) if last-first format is not appropriate (e.g. some east Asian names)
*'''authorlink1, authorlink2...''': Name of author's wikipedia page.  Will be used to make author name a link, if present.  Optional.
*'''eprint (Mandatory)''': 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 uear, 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.
*'''class''': arXiv classification, e.g. hep-th.  Optional.  To be used only with new-style eprint identifiers, that do not include the classification.
*'''title''': Title of the cited paper.
*'''year''': Year of publication.  Optional.
*'''version''': arXiv version, including leading "v", e.g. "v1".  Optional.

The template also supports most of the parameters supported by {{tl|cite journal}} or {{tl|citation}}, and uses the style of {{tl|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 article. To preserve the arXiv link, add e.g. {{para|arxiv|gr-qc/0610068}} or {{para|arxiv|math.GT/0309136}} or {{para|arxiv|YYMM.NNNN}} (following the above examples) to the {{tl|citation}}/{{tl|cite journal}} templates.

== Examples ==

*<tt><nowiki>
{{cite arXiv
 |last=Sparling |first=George A.J. 
 |eprint=gr-qc/0610068
 |title=Spacetime is spinorial; new dimensions are timelike
 |year=2006
 |version=v1
 }}
</nowiki></tt>
:→ {{cite arXiv
 |last=Sparling |first=George A.J. 
 |eprint=gr-qc/0610068
 |title=Spacetime is spinorial; new dimensions are timelike
 |year=2006
 |version=v1
 }}
*<tt><nowiki>
{{cite arXiv
 |last=Leinster |first=Tom
 |eprint=0707.0835
 |class=math.CT
 |title=The Euler characteristic of a category as the sum of a divergent series
 |year=2007
 }}
</nowiki></tt>
:→ {{cite arXiv
 |last=Leinster |first=Tom
 |eprint=0707.0835
 |class=math.CT
 |title=The Euler characteristic of a category as the sum of a divergent series
 |year=2007
 }}
*<tt><nowiki>
{{cite journal
 |author=C. Balázs,  E. L. Berger,  P. M. Nadolsky,  C.-P. Yuan
 |year=2007
 |title=Calculation of prompt diphoton production cross sections at Tevatron and  LHC energies
 |journal=[[Physical Review D]]
 |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=013009
 |arxiv=0704.0001
 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.76.013009
}}</nowiki>
:→ {{cite journal
 |author=C. Balázs,  E. L. Berger,  P. M. Nadolsky,  C.-P. Yuan
 |year=2007
 |title=Calculation of prompt diphoton production cross sections at Tevatron and  LHC energies
 |journal=[[Physical Review D]]
 |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=013009
 |arxiv=0704.0001
 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.76.013009
}}

== External links ==
*[http://arxiv.org/help/arxiv_identifier Understanding the arXiv identifier]

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