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APA 7th edition - Citations: Articles

APA 7th edition

Articles

General format

Reference List 

AuthorLastName, A. A. (year). Title of article: Capital letter also for subtitle and proper nouns. Title of Journal/Magazine/Newspaper, volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxx

In-Text

(AuthorLastName, Year)

1. Journal Article with DOI - Print or Online

Reference List

O'Connor, C. & Zaidi, H. (2021). Communicating with purpose: Image work, social media, and policing. Police Journal, 94(3), 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X20932957

In-Text

(O’Connor & Zaidi, 2021)

2. Journal Article with no DOI - From Library Database

Reference List

Pilar, L., Moulis, P., Pitrová, J., Bouda, P., Gresham, G., Balcarová, T., & Rojík, S. (2019). Education and business as a key topics at the Instagram posts in the area of gamification. Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 12(1), 26-33.

In-Text

(Pilar et al., 2019)

Note: If the article has no DOI and is from a library database, treat it as a print (no URL).

3. Journal Article with no DOI - From Website

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Payne, R. (2019). Religion, self-help, science: Three economies of western/ized Buddhism. Journal of Global Buddhism, 20, 69-86. https://www.globalbuddhism.org/jgb/index.php/jgb/article/view/240/246

In-Text

(Payne, 2019)

Note: If the article has no DOI and is from a website (not from a library database), provide a direct link to the article.

4. Journal Article - Three to Twenty Authors

Reference List

Rush, K., Adamack, M., Gordon, J., Lilly, M., & Janke, R. (2013). Best practices of formal new graduate nurse transition programs: An integrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(3), 345-356. http://doi.org /10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.06.009

In-Text

(Rush et al., 2013)

Note: For in-text citations with three or more authors, use ‘et al.’ after the first author listed. Do not list the remainder of the authors in the in-text citation.

5. Journal Article - Twenty-One or More Authors

Reference List

Oen, K., Guzman, J., Dufault, B., Tucker, L. B., Shiff, N. J., Watanabe Duffy, K., Lee, J. J. Y., Feldman, B. M., Berard, R. A., Dancey, P., Huber, A. M., Scuccimarri, R., Cabral, D. A., Morishita, K. A., Ramsey, S. E., Rosenberg, A. M., Boire, G., Benseler, S. M., Lang, B., . . . Duffy, C. M. (2018). Health- related quality of life in an inception cohort of children with juvenile idopathic arthritis: A longitudinal analysis. Arthritis Care & Research, 70(1), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23236

In-Text

(Oen et al., 2018)

Note: In a reference list entry with 21 or more authors, list the first 19 authors followed by ... and the final author. 
Note: For in-text citations with three or more authors, use ‘et al.’ after the first author listed. Do not list the remainder of the authors in the in-text citation.

6. Print Journal Article

Reference List

George, B. (2019). The CEO’s guide to retirement. Harvard Business Review, 97(6), 64-68.

In-Text

(George, 2019)

Note: If a print article has a DOI, include it after the page numbers.

7. Newspaper or Magazine Article - Online

Reference List

Crawford, T. (2021, August 4). TransLink launches new service that shows probability of empty seats on buses. The Vancouver Sun. https://vancouversun.com/news/translink-launches-new-service-that-shows-probability-of-empty-seats-on-buses

In-Text

(Crawford, 2021)

Note: For newspaper and magazine articles, use exact date in reference list and only the year in the in-text citation. If the news article is from a library database, do not include a URL. Add a page number if available, or leave this section blank.

8. Newspaper or Magazine Article - Print

Reference List

Frangou, C. (2021, July). The race against the mutations. Maclean’s, 134(6), 62- 67.

In-Text

(Frangou, 2021)

Note: For newspaper and magazine articles, use exact date in reference list and only the year in the in-text citation.

9. Newspaper or Magazine Article - No Author

Reference List

More than 4,700 Ontario pharmacies now required to install time-delayed narcotics safes amid a rise in robberies. (2023, March 29). The Toronto Star. 

In-Text

("More than 4,700 Ontario Pharmacies", 2023)

Note: If there is no author, use the title of the article in the author space for both the full reference and in-text citations.
- If the title is lengthy, you can shorten the title in the in-text citation and only use the first few words.
- Use quotations around the title in the in-text citation.
- In the in-text citation, use Title Case (capitalize all words four letters or longer).

10. Dynamed Article

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Clark, C. B., van Zuuren, E. J., & Oettgen, P. (Eds.). (2019). Cardiac amyloidosis. DynaMed. Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://www.dynamed.com/condition/cardiac-amyloidosis

In-Text

(Clark et al., 2019)

Note: Include a Retrieved from date as the information on Dynamed is designed to change.

11. Journal Article with Article Number Instead of Page Number

Reference List

López-Morales, H., Verónica del Valle, M., Canet-Juric, L., Andrés, M. L., Galli, J. I., Poó, F. & Urquijo, S. (2021). Mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study. Psychiatry Research, 295, Article 113567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113567.

In-Text

(López-Morales et al., 2021)

Note: Always double check the article to confirm it does not have page numbers. If the article only has an article number, include the word Article before the number.

12. Multiple Works with Same Author and Same Year

Reference List

Smith, R. (2021a). Cognitive Development in Early Childhood. Developmental Psychology Review, 8(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/xxxxxx

Smith, R. (2021b). Exploring the Psychology of Decision Making. Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 321-335. https://doi.org/xxxxxx

In-Text

(Smith, 2021a) and (Smith, 2021b)

Note: If you are citing two works by the same author in the same year, then the in text citations will look identical. To distinguish them you need to add a letter after the year – such as 2021a, 2021b. The alphabet order corresponds to their order in the reference list, so the source that comes first is ‘a’, second is ‘b’, and so on.