How do Mendeley document types and fields map to their Citation Style Language (CSL) equivalents
Last updated on May 01, 2025
Click the Mendeley Desktop document type to see the CSL document type and fields mapping.
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Bill -> bill
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Legislative Body -> publisher
Note -> note
Number -> number
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Book -> book
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
BookSection -> chapter
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Book -> container-title
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Case -> legal_case
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Reporter -> author
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
ComputerProgram -> article
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Version -> number
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
ConferenceProceedings -> paper-conference
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Proc. Title -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
EncyclopediaArticle -> entry-encyclopedia
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Encyclopedia -> container-title
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Generic -> article
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
Number -> number
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Hearing -> speech
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
JournalArticle -> article-journal
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Journal -> container-title
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley field -> CSL item type
MagazineArticle -> article-magazine
Mendeley document type -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Film-> motion_picture
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Directors -> author
Distributor -> publisher
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
NewspaperArticle -> article-newspaper
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Patent -> patent
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Inventors -> author
Issue -> issue
Issuer -> publisher
Language -> language
Note -> note
Number -> number
PMID -> PMID
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Source -> container-title
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Report -> report
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
Number -> number
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Series -> collection-title
Series Volume -> volume
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Statute -> legislation
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Source -> publisher
Statute Number -> number
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
TelevisionBroadcast -> broadcast
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Directors -> author
Distributor -> publisher
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
Thesis -> thesis
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Please note: if Publisher is empty, CSL "publisher" contains University.
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
WebPage -&g webpage
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
PMID -> PMID
Publication -> container-title
Publisher -> publisher
Revision Number -> number
Series -> collection-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Mendeley document type -> CSL item type
WorkingPaper -> report
Mendeley field -> CSL field
Abstract -> abstract
Authors -> author
Chapter -> chapter-number
City, Country -> publisher-place
DOI -> DOI
Date Accessed -> accessed
Edition -> edition
Editors -> editor
Genre -> genre
ISBN -> ISBN
ISSN -> ISSN
Issue -> issue
Language -> language
Note -> note
Number -> number
PMID -> PMID
Publisher -> publisher
Series -> collection-title
Series Title -> container-title
Short Title -> title-short
Title -> title
Translators -> translator
URL -> URL
Volume -> volume
Year, Month, Day -> issued
Please note: The above are correct for the latest version of Mendeley Desktop 1.17.11
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