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Display fields

The DISPLAY fields which you may see in records of zbMATH Open Database are summarized below.

au   authors, editors
ti   title
la   language
so   source
py   publication year
dt   document type
cc   classification code
ut   english keywords
ab   review / abstracts
rv   reviewer
ci   citations

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any   (including au ti, ut, cc, ci, ab)
au   author(s), editors, author references
ai   identified author(s); will also be executed when clicking at the name of an identified author
ti   title
so   source
py   publication year
cc   classification code
rv   reviewer
dt   document type
an   accession number

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