<volume>

Volume Number

Number of a journal (or other document) within a series.

Remarks

Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <volume>, see Ordinal Numbers.
The <volume> element may be used in two contexts: (1) as a part of the metadata describing the document itself, and (2) as part of the description of a cited work inside a bibliographic reference (<element-citation> or <mixed-citation>).

Related Elements

The related <volume-id> element is used to record an identifier, such as a DOI, that describes an entire volume of a journal or series.

Attributes

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  volume       (#PCDATA %volume-elements;)*                 >

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

Example 1

In an element-style bibliographic citation (punctuation and spacing removed):
...
<ref>
<element-citation publication-type="journal">
<person-group>...</person-group>
<article-title>Electrogastrographic study of patients with unexplained
nausea, bloating and vomiting</article-title>
<source>Gastroenterology</source>
<year iso-8601-date="1980-08">1980</year>
<month>08</month>
<volume>79</volume>
<issue>2</issue>
<fpage>311</fpage>
<lpage>314</lpage>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...

Example 2

In a mixed-style bibliographic citation (punctuation and spacing preserved):
...
<ref>
<mixed-citation publication-type="journal">
<person-group>...</person-group>.
<article-title>Electrogastrographic study of
patients with unexplained nausea, bloating and
vomiting</article-title>. <source>Gastroenterology</source>
<year iso-8601-date="1980-08">1980</year> <month>08</month>;
<volume>79</volume>(<issue>2</issue>):
<fpage>311</fpage>&ndash;<lpage>314</lpage>.
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...