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APA 7th ed. - Referencing Tool

Referencing - Journal Articles

Journal articles with One author

Guidelines

-All volume and/or issue details are to be provided in the reference list as they appear in the publication.

-Only provide a volume number and issue number if there is one. Some journals will only have a volume number, some may have issue number only and some may have season or month listed, which ever is listed is used.

-The URL or DOI must be included if available

 

In-text Citation

(Author, Year, Page Range)

 

Reference List (Print journal article)

Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range.

 

Reference List (Electronic journal article)

Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx OR URL 

In text example

 Reference list example

 

 (Wilkinson, 2018, p.35)

 
 

 
 (MacPherson, 2014, p.304)

 

 

 

 

(O'Reilly-Knapp, pp. 53-55)

 
 

Print example

Wilkinson, J. (2018). The internet as a research and information tool for health. Canadian Journal of Physiology, 6(2), 34-45.

E-journal in library database example

MacPherson, H. (2014). Acupuncture for depression: state of the evidence. Acupuncture in Medicine, 32(4), 304-305.  https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=cul&AN=97459329&site=ehost-live&custid=ns251549

Open-access example

O'Reilly-Knapp, M. (2016). Integrative psychotherapy 'revisited'. International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy. 7, 49-59. http://www.integrative-journal.com/index.php/ijip/article/view/126/79

 

 

 

 

Journal articles with Two authors

Guidelines

-All volume and/or issue details are to be provided in the reference list as they appear in the publication.

-Only provide a volume number and issue number if there is one. Some journals will only have a volume number, some may have issue number only and some may have season or month listed, which ever is listed is used.

-The URL or DOI must be included if available

In-text Citation

(Author, Year, Page Range)

 

Reference List (Print journal article)

Author, & Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range.

 

Reference List (Electronic journal article)

Author, & Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx OR URL

 

In text example

 Reference list example

 In-text citation (paraphrase or direct quotation): 

(Matthys & Funk, 2008, p.45)

Matthys and Funk (2008, p. 45) found ….

 

 

(Kaplan & Haenlein, 2019, p. 17)

 

 

 

 

(Stoilov & Stoilova, 2022, pp. 6-8)

 
 

 

 Print example:

Matthys, H., & Funk, P. (2008). EPs 7630 improves acute bronchitic symptoms and shortens time to remission. Results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial. Planta Medica. 74(6), 686-692.

  Open access example:

​Kaplan, A., & Haenlein, M. (2019). Siri, Siri, in my hand: Who’s the fairest in the land? On the interpretations, illustrations, and implications of artificial intelligence. Business Horizons, 62(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.08.004 

  E-journal in library database example:

Stoilov,T., & Stoilova, K. (2022). An algorithm for business management based on portfolio optimization. Mathematics, 10(22), 1-19. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=asn&AN=160463980&site=ehost-live&custid=ns251549

Journal articles with Three to twenty authors

Guidelines

 -All volume and or issue details are to be provided in the reference list as they appear in the publication. 

-Only provide a volume number and issue number if there is one. Some journals will only have a volume number, some may have issue number only and some may have season or month listed, which ever is listed is used.

-In the case of three to twenty authors, the in-text citation should list the name of the first author followed by 'et al. (meaning ‘and others’)

-All authors’ names are to be provided in the order in which they appear in the publication. Do not rearrange them alphabetically.

-Put a comma and an ampersand before the final author.

 

In-text Citation

(Author et al., Year, Page Range)

 

Reference List (Print journal article)

Authors. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range.

 

Reference List (Electronic journal article)

Authors. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx OR URL 

In text example

 Reference list example

 In-text citation

(Hashmi et al., 2012, p. 2393)

 

 

 

(Rusic et al., 2021)

Print example

Hashmi, J., Baria, A., Baliki, M., Huang, L., Schnitzer, T., & Apkarian, A. (2012). Brain networks predicting placebo analgesia in a clinical trial for chronic back pain. Pain, 153(12), 2393-2402.

DOI example

Rusic, D., Vilovic, M., Bukic, J., Leskur, D., Seselja Perisin, A., Kumric, M., Martinovic, D., Petric, A., Modun, D., Bozic, J., & Aurilio, C. (2021). Implications of COVID-19 pandemic on the emergence of antimicrobial resistance: Adjusting the response to future outbreaks. Life, 11(3), 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11030220

Journal articles with more than Twenty authors

Guidelines

- All volume and or issue details are to be provided in the reference list as they appear in the publication.

-Only provide a volume number and issue number if there is one. Some journals will only have a volume number, some may have issue number only and some may have season or month listed, which ever is listed is used.

- In the case of more than twenty authors, the in-text reference should list the name of the first author followed by 'et al. (meaning ‘and others’)

- If an article has more than twenty authors, list the names of the first nineteen authors followed by ... and then the last author's name in the reference entry.

- All authors’ names are to be provided in the order in which they appear in the publication. Do not rearrange them alphabetically.

In-text Citation

(Author et al., Year, Page Range)

 

Reference List (Print journal article)

Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, ... & Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range.

 

Reference List (Electronic journal article)

Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, Author, ... & Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx OR URL 

In text example

 Reference list example

 In-text Citation

(Bikdeli et al., 2020, p. 1004). 

     
 

DOI example

Bikdeli, B., Madhavan, M. V., Gupta, A., Jimenez, D., Burton, J. R., Der Nigoghossian, C., Chuich, T., Nouri, S. N., Dreyfus, I., Driggin, E., Sethi, S., Sehgal, K., Chatterjee, S., Ageno, W., Madjid, M., Guo, Y., Tang, L. V., Hu, Y., Bertoletti, L., Giri, J., … Global COVID-19 Thrombosis Collaborative Group. (2020). Pharmacological Agents Targeting Thromboinflammation in COVID-19: Review and Implications for Future Research. Thrombosis and haemostasis, 120(7), 1004–1024. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1713152

Secondary sources

Guidelines

- There may be times when you wish to cite information that another author has cited, and you have not been able to find the original source. 

- As you have not read the original work, you will only include the source that you did read in your Reference List. 

- The in-text citation needs to include the author/s of the original research followed by the phrase "as cited in", before providing the citation of the text that was actually consulted.

- Use secondary references sparingly, e.g. when the original text is not accessible.

 

In-text Citation

(Authors of Original Source, Original Year, Page Range, as cited in Authors of Secondary Source, Year, Page Range)

In text example

 Reference list example

 In-text Citation

(Ertmer et al., 2012, as cited in ​​Gülbahar et al., 2017, p. 25)​ 

 

Secondary Source

Gülbahar, Y., Rapp, C., Kilis, S., & Sitnikova, A. (2017). Education with social media: Development and evaluation of a social media toolkit. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(1), 23-39. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=eue&AN=121515860&site=ehost-live&custid=ns251549

Journal articles with One author

Guidelines

-If a journal article has an article number instead of a page range, then put the word "Article", followed by the article number instead of the page range.

-Journal articles with article numbers may still have pdf versions that have page numbers, those page numbers must still to be used for in-text citations.

-Only provide a volume number and issue number if there is one. Some journals will only have a volume number, some may have issue number only and some may have season or month listed, use which ever one is listed.

 

In-text Citation

(Author, Year, Page Numbers)

 

Reference List (Print journal article)

Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), Article XXXX.

 

Reference List (Electronic journal article)

Author. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), Article XXXX. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx OR URL 

In text example

 Reference list example

 

(Stephens et al., 2023, pp. 8-10)

Journal Article with Article Number

Stephens, J.M., Iasiello, M., Ali, K., Agteren, J., & Fassnacht, D.B. (2023). The importance of measuring mental wellbeing in the context of psychological distress: using a theoretical framework to test the dual-continua model of mental health. Behavoral Sciences, 13(5), Article 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13050436