APA Journal Archive Tag Library

<degrees>

Degree(s)

Academic titles or professional certifications, such as “MD” or “PhD”, that may follow a person’s name

Remarks

This element is only used inside the <contrib> element, relates only to people, and typically follows the name of a person.

Degree and certification information may be placed directly following the person’s name within the contributor information or within the name of the contributor: 

<contrib contrib-type="author">
<string-name>
<surname>Smyth-Jones</surname>,
<given-names>George</given-names>,
<suffix>Sr.</suffix>,
<degrees>PhD, MSW</degrees>
</string-name>
</contrib>

Attribute

content-type Type of Content

Related Elements

Contrast with suffix. As part of information about a contributor, the <suffix> element should be used for parts of people’s names (e.g., “Jr.”), not for degrees. The academic degrees are part of the information about a contributor, not part of the name of the contributor, and should be tagged with the <degrees> element.

Contrast with MathML degree. This element is not related to the similarly named MathML <degree> element, which is a mathematical term for angles and relationships and does not relate to people or education.

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | bold | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | sub | sup)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<speaker>, <string-name>

Example


...
<article-meta>
...
<title-group>...</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib>
<string-name><given-names>Hedy S.</given-names>
<surname>Wald</surname>, <degrees>PhD</degrees></string-name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<author-notes>
<corresp>
<addr-line>Hedy S. Wald, PhD, Biomedical Center, Warren Alpert Medical
School, Brown University, Box GB-232, Providence, RI 02912</addr-line>
<ext-link specific-use="live" xlink:href="mailto:hedy_wald@brown.edu"
ext-link-type="email">hedy_wald@brown.edu</ext-link>
</corresp>
</author-notes>
...
</article-meta>
...

Module

articlemeta3.ent

APA Journal Archive Tag Library

Version of July 22, 2013