ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2015

10 Article Authoring Tag Set, version 1.1 • 10.5 Attributes

10.5.82 @publication-type Type of Referenced Publication

Category of publication being cited (for example, book, letter, review, journal, patent, report, standard, data, working-paper).

In elements <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, and <nlm-citation>, this attribute may be used if the element is used.
Value Meaning
Text, numbers, or special characters The type of publication, for example, book, journal (for a journal article), patent, or data (for a dataset, database, spreadsheet, et al.).