Notes:
In APA 7th, you are required to format the DOIs as a URL, with "https://doi.org/" before the number e.g. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12128
Tip: Use CrossRef's guest query form to help you to find an article's DOI number.
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Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx |
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Matney, G. T. (2014). Early mathematics fluency with CCSSM. Teaching Children Mathematics, 21(1), 27–35. https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.21.1.0026 |
When a reference has up to 20 authors, spell out all authors' names in the reference list.
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Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx |
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Hadgkiss, E. J., & Renzaho, A. M. (2014). The physical health status, service utilisation and barriers to accessing care for asylum seekers residing in the community: A systematic review of the literature. Australian Health Review, 38(2), 142–159. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH13113 |
When an article has 21 or more authors, type the first 19 authors' names followed by an ellipsis ( . . .) then the last author's name.
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Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., Author, G. G., Author, H. H., Author, I. I., Author, J. J., Author, K. K., Author, L. L., Author, M. M., Author, N. N., Author, O. O., Author, P. P., Author, Q. Q., Author, R. R., Author, S. S., . . . Author, Z. Z. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx |
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Example |
Griswold, M. G., Fullman, N., Hawley, C., Arian, N., Zimsen, S. R., Tymeson, H. D., Venkateswaran, V., Tapp, A. D., Forouzanfar, M. H., Salama, J. S., Abate, K. H., Abate, D., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abdulkader, R. S., Abebe, Z., Aboyans, V., Abrar, M. M., Acharya, P., . . . Gakidou, E. (2018). Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 392(10152), 1015–1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2 |
Use the print format of an article reference with no URL.
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Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. |
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Trankle, S. A., & Haw, J. (2009). Predicting Australian health behaviour from health beliefs. Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology, 5(2), 9–17. |
Include the URL in the reference.
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Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://xxxxx |
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Murphy, A., Malenczak, D., & Ghajar, M. (2019). Identifying challenges and benefits of online education for students with a psychiatric disability. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 32(4), 395–409. https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/publications/jped/archived-jped/jped-volume-32 |
Write the word "Article" and the article number instead of the page range.
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Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), Article xxxxxx. https://doi.org/xxxxx |
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Grabenhorst, M., Michalareas, G., Maloney, L. T., & Poeppel, D. (2019). The anticipation of events in time. Nature Communications, 10, Article 5802. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13849-0 |
The APA style website has more information about specific journal article examples, including journal articles with missing information, retracted articles and pre-print articles.
Do not include any DOI or URL.
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Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. |
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Crowden, A. (2008). Professional boundaries and the ethics of dual and multiple overlapping relationships in psychotherapy. Monash Bioethics Review, 27(4), 10–27. |
Even though articles in CDSR are published in a database, they function as part of an online journal. CDSR articles are only accessible in this database, so need to specify a DOI (or URL if a DOI is not provided). Do not italicise the database name if it appears in the text.
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Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Database name. https://doi.org/xxxxx |
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Winter, J., Hunter, S., Sim, J., & Crome, P. (2011). Hands-on therapy interventions for upper limb motor dysfunction following stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006609.pub2 |
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