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APA 7th edition citation assistance

APA Reference Page: Elements needed

Citation Format for online and bound journal articles.

Author, A.A & Author, B.B (Year of publication). Title of work: Subtitle after colon is capitalized. Journal Name, Volume number(Issue Number), page range. http://doi.org/xxxxxx

Example:

Keshavarz, H. (2021). Entrepreneurial capabilities of librarians in university libraries: A cross-contextual study on the impact of information literacy. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 26(3/4), 200–222. https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2021.1941576

To reference a print journal article, you need 7 elements:

  • Author(s)
  • Date of publication
  • Title of article
  • Title of Journal
  • Volume number
  • Issue number
  • Page numbers

To reference an electronic journal article, you need the DOI if one is assigned.  If no DOI is assigned, include the date retrieved and the name of the database from which you retrieved the article.

 

Important points to remember for periodical and Academic journal reference citation:

  • Keep authors in the same order as the Journal article. These are in order of contribution
    • Author format is Last name, followed by First and Middle initials.
    • The year the article was published is in parenthesis after the authors are listed. 
    • If there are several authors, they are combined with commas and an ampersand '&' before the final author, 
      • Anderson, M., McCauley, S. H., & Smith, C. N. (2021).
  • Journal article titles are not italicized
    • This is different from book titles and webpage titles which are both italicized. 
  • Journal article titles are capitalized like a sentence.
    • This means only the first letter is capitalized, as well as any proper nouns, such as names, cities, or organization titles. 
  • Academic Journal publishers will be Capitalized and in italics.
    • There will be a comma instead of a period following the Journal Publisher's name
      • The American Journal of Medicine,
  • The volume number will be italicized 
  • The issue number will not be italicized inside the parenthesis
  • There is no space between the volume number and the issue number.
    • Volume 8, in Issue 74 would be 8(74)
  • The page range or article number is listed directly following the volume and issue number. This is separated by a comma
    • No abbreviation for the word page is used, the page numbers are not in italics.  
      • Volume 8, in issue 74 on pages 23-58, would be written as 8(74), 23-58.

 

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned to an article by the publisher and is used to provide a persistent link to its location on the Internet.   In addition, they provide a linking mechanism in the reference lists of electronic articles that allow click-through access to each reference.  APA recommends that you use them in reference lists when DOIs are available. 

For more information, see http://www.doi.org

Academic Journal/ Periodical Examples

Journal article in a print:

Ericson, T. J., Alsop, R., Nicholson, P., & Miller, J. (2009). Gen Y in the workplace. Harvard Business Review, 87(2), 43-49.


Journal articles from database with DOI:

Rowe, M. & Baranoski, M. (2001). Citizenship, mental illness, and the criminal justice system. International

          Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 34(4), 303–308. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2011.07.010


Journal articles from database without DOI:

Van der Westhuizen, M. A. (2011). Relapse prevention: Aftercare services to chemically addicted adolescents. Best

          Practice in Mental Health, 7(2), 26-41. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25730131/