APA Citation Guide (APA 7th Edition): Journal Articles

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number if Page Numbering Begins at 1 for Each Issue in the Volume), first page number-last page number. https://doi.org/number

Example

Bailey, N. W. (2012). Evolutionary models of extended phenotypes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 27(3), 561-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.05.011

Required elements: Author last name, year, page number

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Bailey, 2012, p. 562)

Narrative in-text citation example

Bailey (2012) states that "insert quote here" (p. 562).

Required elements: Author last name, year

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Bailey, 2012)

Narrative in-text citation example

Bailey (2012) finds that...

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given., & Last Name of Second Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number if Page Numbering Begins at 1 for Each Issue in the Volume), first page number-last page number. https://doi.org/number

Example

Lane, J. D., & Williams, R. B. (1987). Cardiovascular effects of caffeine and stress in regular coffee drinkers. Psychophysiology, 24(2), 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1987.tb00271.x

Required elements: Authors' last names, year, page number

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Lane & Williams, 1987, p. 158)

Narrative in-text citation example

Lane and Williams (1987) state that "insert quote here" (p. 158).

Required elements: Authors' last names, year

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Lane & Williams, 1987)

Narrative in-text citation example

Lane and Williams (1987) find that...

First Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given., Second Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given., Third Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given., & Last Name of Final Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number if Page Numbering Begins at 1 for Each Issue in the Volume), first page number-last page number. https://doi.org/number

Examples

Pempek, T. A., Yermolayeva, Y. A., & Calvert, S. L. (2009). College students' social networking experiences on Facebook. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 3(2), 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.010

Tobaldini, E., Costantino, G., Solbiati, M., Cogliati, C., Kara, T., Nobili, L., & Montano, N. (2017). Sleep, sleep deprivation, autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular diseases. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 74(Pt B), 321–329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.07.004

Duell, N., Steinberg, L., Icenogle, G., Chein, J., Chaudhary, N., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Fanti, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Takash, H. M. S, Bacchini, D., & Chang, L. (2017). Age patterns in risk taking across the world. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(5), 1052–1072. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0752-y

Required elements: First author's last name, year, page number
 

Parenthetical in-text citation examples

(Pempek et al., 2009, p. 230)

(Tobaldini et al., 2017, p. 325)

(Duell et al., 2017, p. 1060)

Narrative in-text citation examples

Pempek et al. (2009) state that "insert quote here" (p. 230).

Tobaldini et al. (2017) state that "insert quote here" (p. 325).

Duell et al. (2017) state that "insert quote here" (p. 1060).

Required elements: First author's last name, year

Parenthetical in-text citation examples

Pempek et al. (2009) find that...

Tobaldini et al. (2017) find that...

Duell et al. (2017) find that...

Example

Wiskunde, B., Arslan, M., Fischer, P., Nowak, L., Van den Berg, O., Coetzee, L., Juárez, U., Riyaziyyat, E., Wang, C., Zhang, I., Li, P., Yang, R., Kumar, B., Xu, A., Martinez, R., McIntosh, V., Ibáñez, L. M., Mäkinen, G., Virtanen, E., . . . Kovács, A. (2019). Indie pop rocks mathematics: Twenty One Pilots, Nicolas Bourbaki, and the empty set. Journal of Improbable Mathematics, 27(1), 1935–1968. https://doi.org/10.0000/3mp7y-537

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Wiskunde et al., 2019, p. 1937)

Narrative in-text citation example

Wiskunde et al. (2019) state that "insert quote here" (p. 1937).

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Wiskunde et al., 2019)

Narrative in-text citation example

Wiskunde et al. (2019) find that...

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number if Page Numbering Begins at 1 for Each Issue in the Volume), first page number-last page number.

Example

Carlisle, D. (2012). In the line of fire. Nursing Standard, 26(39), 18-19.

Required elements: Author last name, year, page number

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Carlisle, 2012, p. 18)

Narrative in-text citation example

Carlisle (2012) states that "insert quote here" (p. 18).

Required elements: Author last name, year

Parenthetical in-text citation example

(Carlisle, 2012)

Narrative in-text citation example

Carlisle (2012) finds that...

Instead of page numbers, some journal articles may have an article number or eLocator. For these types of articles, include the word “Article” and then the article number in place of the page range in the References List citation.
 

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given., & Last Name of Second Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number), Article article number. https://doi.org/number

Example

Rice, E., Mashford-Pringle, A., Qiang, J., Henderson, L., Maclean, T., Rhoden, J., Simms, A., & Stutz, S. (2024). Frameworks, guidelines, and tools to develop a learning health system for Indigenous health: An environmental scan for Canada. Learning Health Systems, 8(1), Article e10376. https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.10376

(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number)

Note: The article number or eLocator is not included in the in-text citation.


Examples

If citing the PDF version of the article, include the page number where the quote is found, such as: (Rice et al., 2024, p. 2).

If there are no page numbers, include the paragraph number where the quote is found, such as: (Rice et al., 2024, para. 3).

(Author's Last Name, Year)

Example

(Rice et al., 2024)