This is a documentation subpage for మూస:Cite pmid. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original మూస page.

Per consensus, this template should no longer be used. Instead, please use the ((cite journal)) template.

Per WP:CITEVAR, only use this template in articles whose references are formatted as described below. Please do not use the cite pmid template in articles whose references are formatted differently (e.g., articles that use the Vancouver system).

Saves you filling out a citation template every time you want to cite a source. If your source has a PMID, just enter ((Cite pmid|PMID of your source)).

Simplest form which will put a number at the citation location and place the citation in the reference section:

<ref>((Cite pmid|PMID))</ref>^[1]

If another Wikipedia article already uses that reference (via the Cite pmid template), it will automatically use the existing information to present the full citation details of the reference in the article. If not, a bot will retrieve the information from PubMed and create the citation for you within a few minutes.

Use like this:

<ref name="Example2006">((Cite pmid|12122621))</ref>^[2]

To refer to the same reference elsewhere in the same article, use:

<ref name="Example2006" />^[2]

If you want to remove the "edit" link that this template places, add a second parameter with the text "noedit":

<ref name="Example2006a">((Cite pmid|12122621|noedit))</ref>^[3]

The template works by transcluding a template, which is stored as Template:cite pmid/xxxxxxxx. This subpage is filled out by a bot using the ((cite journal)) syntax. If the article already exists in, say, Template:Cite doi, a redirect to the appropriate page will be created.

1. ↑ PMID 1 (PMID 1)
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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} PMID 12122621 (PMID 12122621)
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3. ↑ PMID 12122621 (PMID 12122621)
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• Wikipedia:PMID and PubMed Central
• ((Cite doi))
• ((Cite jstor))
• ((Cite hdl))
• ((Cite pmid))