Template:PubMed Central link
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Makes a link to PubMed Central, a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences, from a PMC identifier. The identifier is rendered using much of the same code that renders |pmc= in Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 templates except that this template can be used to render multiple PMC identifiers.
Usage
This template accepts these parameters:
|idn=– a PMC identifier; the|idn=parameter name is not required but is recommended for clarity when the template has multiple identifiers|pmc-embargo-daten=– for embargoed PMC identifier; specifies the end-date of the embargo period|link=– accepts a single valueno; for use when the 'PMC ' prefix in the rendering should not be linked|plainlink=– accepts a single valueyes; suppresses the 'PMC ' prefix in the rendering|leadout=– defines the conjunction between the last two identifiers in the rendered list; defaults to,
The basic form is:
{{pmc|id=137841}}→ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
To unlink the prefix:
{{pmc|id=137841|link=no}}→ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
To suppress the prefix:
{{pmc|id=137841|plainlink=yes}}→ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
For instructions on how to use Wikipedia to automatically expand a PMC into a full reference complete with article title, author(s), date, journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, etc., please see User:Citation bot/use. Alternatively, Diberri's Wikipedia template filling tool can generate a fully populated {{cite journal}} markup using the PMC article number. https://citation-template-filling.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages with PMC errors – error category for
{{PMC}}templates that show an error message - Category:PMC format – maintenance category for
{{PMC}}templates with an identifier that has an extraneous 'PMC' prefix - Category:PMC embargo expired – maintenance category for
{{PMC}}templates with lapsed|pmc-embargo-date=
Because this template uses the same code as cs1|2 templates, error and maintenance visibility is controlled the same way. See Help:CS1 errors § Controlling error message display.