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APA Style Citation Guide 7th Edition

APA Guidance

Journals

The parts of your citation must be put in a certain order based on the "style" of citation you are using. 

Basic Author format:  

One author: Author''s last name, First Initial. Middle Initial.  

Two authors: Author's last name, First Initial. Middle Initial. & Author's last name, First Initial. Middle Initial.

Up to twenty authors: List all authors in above format.

Twenty-one or more authors: List nineteen authors, then ... and last author.

APA Journal Article
APA Journal Format

Author's last name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of

     article. Journal name,Vol(Issue)page range.

     https://doi.org/[numbers/letters in doi

APA Journal Example

Burman, J. T. (2018). Through the looking-glass: PsycINFO as an historical 

    archive of trends in psychology. History of Psychology, 21(4), 302-333.

    https://doi.org/10.1037/hop0000082

More Examples Additional Examples from APA

 

Journal article with an article number:

Journal article In press:

 

APA Style 7th edition Journal Bibliographic Citation Format

Where to Find Reference Information for a Journal Article