Include the following bulleted elements for journal articles in your reference list.
Number. Author A. Article title. Abbreviated Journal Title. Year;volume number(issue number):page-page. doi:10.xxx
2. Evangelopoulos DS, Tobel MV, Cholewa D, et al. Impact of Lodox Statscan on radiation dose and screening time in paediatric trauma patients. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2010;20(6):382-386. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1261941
Online-only journals may have an article number rather than page numbers, these can be substituted in the reference
Number. Author A. Article title. Abbreviated Journal Title. Year;volume number(issue number):article number. doi:10.xxx
4. Maloney S, Nicklen P, Rivers G, et al. A cost-effectiveness analysis of blended versus face-to-face delivery of evidence-based medicine to medical students. J Med Internet Res. 2015;17(7):e182. doi:10.2196/jmir.4346
5. Chapman E, García Diéguez M. Radiotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;(3):CD003880. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003880.pub4
Many journal articles published online have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Include DOIs in your reference list if they exist, as they are more stable than a URL. If there is no DOI, include the URL instead and the date accessed. Do not add a full stop to URLs.
Number. Author A. Article title. Abbreviated Journal Title. Year;volume number(issue number):page-page. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL
6. Gusenbauer M, Haddaway NR. What every researcher should know about searching – clarified concepts, search advice, and an agenda to improve finding in academia. Res Synth Methods. 2021;12(2):136-147. Accessed June 8, 2022. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jrsm.1457
Increasingly, journals publish articles online before being allocated to a particular issue or volume. Terms you may come across include 'online early', 'online first', or 'advance online publication'. 'Forthcoming' usually means the article has been accepted for publication. The term 'in press' is generally no longer used. Section 3.11.4 explains more about early online journal articles
Occasionally, you may want to cite other versions of articles that you've found, usually via search engines like Google or Google Scholar. Researchers may opt to make their articles openly accessible online via repositories like arXiv, platforms like ResearchGate, or other servers. Pre-prints, post-prints, or author manuscripts are common terms, but always investigate whether a final published version or 'version of record' exists and use it instead. Otherwise, indicate the version you are citing.
Number. Author A. Article title. Abbreviated Journal Title. Published online Month Day, Year. doi:10.xxx
7. Nnama-Okechukwu C, McLaughlin H, Okoye U, et al. Indigenous knowledge and social work education in Nigeria: challenges and need for sustainable development. Int Soc Work. Published online May 25, 2022. doi:10.1177/00208728221098511
Number. Author A. Article title. Abbreviated Journal Title. Preprint posted online Month Day, Year. doi:10.xxx
8. Awaya N, Ma L. Tree boosting for learning probability measures. arXiv. Preprint posted online June 7, 2022. doi:arxiv:2101.11083
Number. Author A. Article title. Newspaper Title. Month Day, Year:page.
9. Kirkham, R. Support for children. The Ballarat Courier. August 17, 2019:4.
Number. Author A. Article title. Newspaper Title. Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL
10. Ilanbey, S. Andrews dumps young offender reforms.The Sunday Age. June 5, 2022. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://tinyurl.com/2p94jbx5
Refer to the AMA Manual of Style Chapter 3.11 for more guidance and examples related to references for journal articles.
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