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<issue> Issue Number

Issue number of a journal, or in rare instances, a book.

Usage/Remarks

The <issue> element is also used in bibliographic references (<element-citation> and <mixed-citation>) where it indicates the issue in which the cited material was published.
If an article was published in a joint issue “Iss. 2-3”, both issue numbers should be placed into a single <issue> element: <issue>1-2</issue>.
Related Elements
The related element <issue-id> records an identifier for the issue. This <issue> number element is typically just a simple number such as “4” or “35”.
Attributes
content-type
seq
specific-use

Multi-lang Attributes

lang-focus
lang-focus-custom
lang-group
lang-source
lang-source-custom
lang-translate
lang-variant
lang-variant-custom

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <nlm-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
Description
Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  issue        (#PCDATA %issue-elements;)*                  >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Tagged Sample

In citations

Mixed citation
...
<ref id="G3">
 <mixed-citation publication-type="journal" publication-format="print">
  <string-name><surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname>
  <given-names>M</given-names></string-name>,
  <string-name><surname>Garijo Ayestaran</surname>
  <given-names>M</given-names></string-name>,
  <string-name><surname>Poch Olive</surname>
  <given-names>ML</given-names></string-name>.
  <article-title xml:lang="es">Evolucion de la mortalidad
  infantil de La Rioja (1980-1998)</article-title>
  [<article-title xml:lang="en">Evolution of the infant
  mortality rate in la Rioja in Spain
  (1980-1998)</article-title>]. <source>An Esp Pediatr</source>.
  <year iso-8601-date="2001-11">2001</year>
  <month>Nov</month>;<volume>55</volume>(<issue>5</issue>):
  <fpage>413</fpage>&ndash;<lpage>420</lpage>. Figura 3, Tendencia
  de mortalidad infantil [Figure 3, Trends in infant
  mortality]; p. 418. Spanish.</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
Element citation
...
<ref id="G3">
 <element-citation publication-type="journal" publication-format="print">
  <name><surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname>
   <given-names>M</given-names></name>
  <name><surname>Garijo Ayestaran</surname>
   <given-names>M</given-names></name>
  <name><surname>Poch Olive</surname>
   <given-names>ML</given-names></name>
  <article-title xml:lang="es">Evolucion de la mortalidad
   infantil de La Rioja (1980-1998)</article-title>
  <article-title xml:lang="en">Evolution of the infant
   mortality rate in la Rioja in Spain (1980-1998)</article-title>
  <source>An Esp Pediatr</source>
  <year iso-8601-date="2001-11">2001</year>
  <month>Nov</month>
  <volume>55</volume>
  <issue>5</issue>
  <fpage>413</fpage>
  <lpage>420</lpage>
  <comment>Figura 3, Tendencia de mortalidad infantil
   [Figure 3, Trends in infant mortality]; p. 418.
   Spanish</comment>
 </element-citation>
</ref>
...