How to cite sources using Schema.org in JSON-LD
Paul Grieselhuber
So you want to add your list of sources as citations to an article, blog post, or some other creative work? This is a short and sweet post that gives you the output format you are looking for.
This has been run through Google's Structured Data Testing Tool and successfully validates.
{
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Article",
"name": "The article title",
"about": "The subject of your article",
"author": {
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "https://www.website.com/author/your-name",
"name": "Your Name"
},
"citation": [
{
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"citation": "Smith et al, \"Some cited work\" Some Journal, Jan. 2015. "
},
{
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"citation": "Hatcher et al, \"Some other cited work\" Another Journal, Mar. 2019. doi: 12.3456/abc.01.123"
}
],
"commentCount": 100,
"copyrightHolder": {
"@id": "https://www.website.com/#organization"
},
"copyrightYear": 2019,
"datePublished": "2019-04-23 01:23:45",
"dateModified": "2019-04-23 03:23:45",
"description": "The subject of your article",
"discussionUrl": "https://www.website.com/blog/your-post#comments",
"editor": {
"@id": "https://www.website.com/author/your-name#author"
},
"headline": "The article title",
"image": "https://www.website.com/wp-content/uploads/image.jpg",
"inLanguage": "English",
"mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.website.com/blog/your-post",
"publisher": {
"@id": "https://www.website.com/#organization"
},
"sourceOrganization": {
"@id": "https://www.website.com/#organization",
"type": "Organization",
"name": "Our Company",
"logo": {
"@type": "ImageObject",
"name": "Our Logo",
"width": "230",
"height": "67",
"url": "https://www.website.com/images/logo.png"
}
},
"url": "https://www.website.com/blog/your-post"
}
Other fields have been added above for context, and because this stuff can be a PITA to figure out.
You'll obviously want to edit the other fields accordingly. Happy citing!