{"id":14959,"date":"2020-11-05T09:24:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/?p=14959"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:19:21","slug":"journal-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/journal-article\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cite a journal article in APA Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"kb-textbox border-left yellow\">This article reflects the\u00a0<strong>APA 7th edition<\/strong>\u00a0guidelines. <a href=index-5032.html>Click here<\/a> for APA 6th edition guidelines.<\/figure>\n<p>An <a href=index-1778.html>APA Style<\/a> citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a <a href=index-3360.html>DOI<\/a> (if available). Use the buttons below to explore the format.<\/p>\n<div class=\"scribbr-citation-example-generator\" data-citation-styles=\"apa\" data-source-type=\"articleJournal\" data-locale=\"en-US\"><\/div>\n<p>\t<h6 class=\"h3\">Generate accurate APA citations with Scribbr<\/h6>\n\n<div style=\"min-height: 96px\">\n  <auto-cite style=\"position:relative;z-index:1\" locale=en_US baseurl=https:\/\/autocite.cgs.scribbr.com domain=com citationstyle=apa env=production><\/auto-cite>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<script async src=index-2689.html charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"basic-format\">Basic format for an APA journal citation<\/h2>\n<p>The article title appears in plain text and sentence case, while the journal name is italicized and in title case (all major words capitalized).<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>). <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Article title<\/span>. <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Journal Name<\/em><\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Volume<\/em><\/span>(<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Issue<\/span>), <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Page range<\/span>. <span class=\"text-color-purple\">DOI<\/span> <span class=\"text-color-red\">or<\/span> <span class=\"text-color-purple\">URL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Mounier-Kuhn, P. (2012). Computer science in French universities: Early entrants and latecomers. <em>Information &amp; Culture: A Journal of History,\u00a0<\/em><em>47<\/em>(4), 414\u2013456. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7560\/IC47402<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Mounier-Kuhn, 2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>When viewing a journal article online, the required information can usually be found on the access page.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/apa-journal-citation.png\" alt=\"APA journal source info\" width=\"660\" class=\"aligncenter mt-4 mb-5\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Linking to online journal articles<\/h3>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/citing-sources\/what-is-a-doi\/\">DOI<\/a> should always be used where available. Some databases do not list one, but you may still find one by looking for the same article on another database. You don\u2019t need to include the name of the database in your citation.<\/p>\n<p>If no DOI is available and the article was accessed through a database, do not include a URL.<\/p>\n<p>If the article is not from a database, but from another website (e.g. the journal&#8217;s own website), you should ideally use a stable URL: this is often provided under a \u201cshare\u201d button. Otherwise, copy the URL from your browser&#8217;s address bar.<\/p>\n<h2>Citing an article with an eLocator or article number<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/pdf\/#journal\">Articles published only in PDF form<\/a> may provide an article number or &#8220;eLocator&#8221; instead of a page range; in this case, include the number in your citation, preceded by the word &#8220;Article.&#8221;<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>). <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Article title<\/span>. <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Journal Name<\/em><\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Volume<\/em><\/span>(<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Issue<\/span>), Article <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Number<\/span>. <span class=\"text-color-purple\">DOI<\/span> <span class=\"text-color-red\">or<\/span> <span class=\"text-color-purple\">URL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Burin, D., Kilteni, K., Rabuffetti, M., Slater, M., &amp; Pia, L. (2019). Body ownership increases the interference between observed and executed movements.\u00a0<em>PLOS ONE<\/em>,\u00a0<em>14<\/em>(1), Article e0209899. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0209899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Burin et al., 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"unpublished\">Citing unpublished journal articles<\/h2>\n<p>When citing from an article that has not yet been formally published, the format varies depending on whether or not it has already been submitted to a journal. Note that different formats are used for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/dissertation\/#unpublished\">unpublished dissertations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/survey\/#unpublished\">raw data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Unpublished article<\/h3>\n<p>The text of an article which has not yet appeared online or in publication (i.e. which is only available directly from the author) should be cited as an &#8220;Unpublished manuscript.&#8221; The title is italicized and information about the author\u2019s university is included if available:<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>). <em><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Article title<\/span><\/em> [Unpublished manuscript]. <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Department Name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">University Name<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Smith, J. M., &amp; Davis, H. (2019).<em> Language acquisition among autistic children <\/em>[Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Smith &amp; Davis, 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"submitted-for-publication\">Article submitted for publication<\/h3>\n<p>An article that has been submitted to a journal but not yet accepted is cited as a \u201cManuscript submitted for publication.\u201d The title is italicized, and the name of the journal to which it was submitted is <strong>not<\/strong> included:<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>). <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Article title<\/em><\/span> [Manuscript submitted for publication]. <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Department Name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">University Name<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Smith, J. M., &amp; Davis, H. (2019).<em> Language acquisition among autistic children<\/em>\u00a0[Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Smith &amp; Davis, 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"in-press\">Article in press<\/h3>\n<p>An article that has been submitted and accepted for publication in a journal is cited as \u201cin press.\u201d Here, the name of the journal is included, university information is omitted, and \u201cin press\u201d is written in place of the year (both in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/apa-reference-page\/\">reference list<\/a> and the in-text citation):<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. (in press). <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Article title<\/span>. <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Journal Name<\/em><\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Smith, J. M., &amp; Davis, H. (in press). Language acquisition among autistic children. <em>Journal of Developmental Psychology<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Smith &amp; Davis, in press)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"special-issue\">Special issue of a journal<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to cite a special issue of a journal rather than a regular article, the name(s) of the editor(s) and the title of the issue appear in place of the author\u2019s name and article title:<\/p>\n<table class=\"kb-apa-example\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>APA format<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"text-color-purple\">Last name<\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Initials<\/span>. (Ed. <span class=\"text-color-red\">or<\/span> Eds.). (<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Year<\/span>). <span class=\"text-color-purple\">Title of issue<\/span> [Special issue]. <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Journal Name<\/em><\/span>, <span class=\"text-color-purple\"><em>Volume<\/em><\/span>(<span class=\"text-color-purple\">Issue<\/span>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a><\/th>\n<td>Pollak, S. D., Camras, L. A., &amp; Cole, P. M. (Eds.). (2019). New perspectives on the development of human emotion [Special issue]. <em>Developmental Psychology<\/em>, <em>55<\/em>(9).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citation<\/a><\/th>\n<td>(Pollak et al., 2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Note that if you want to cite an individual article from the special issue, it can just be cited in the basic format for journal articles.<\/p>\n    <h2>Frequently asked questions about APA Style citations<\/h2>\n<dl class=\"faq-list faq-list--arrows w-100 my-5\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\">\n            <div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n            <dt id=\"doi-or-url-in-an-apa-journal-citation\" class=\"faq-list__title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/doi-or-url-in-an-apa-journal-citation\/\" class=\"faq-list__link qa-faq-anchor\">\n                    <span itemprop=\"name\">\n                        When should I include a DOI or URL in an APA journal citation?\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/dt>\n            <dd id=\"doi-or-url-in-an-apa-journal-citation-answer\" class=\"faq-list__answer qa-faq-answer kb-article-styles\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n                <div itemprop=\"text\">\n                                        <p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/journal-article\/\">APA journal citation<\/a>, if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/citing-sources\/what-is-a-doi\/\">DOI<\/a> (digital object identifier) is available for an article, always include it.<\/p>\n<p>If an article has no DOI, and you accessed it through a database or in print, just omit the DOI.<\/p>\n<p>If an article has no DOI, and you accessed it through a website other than a database (for example, the journal\u2019s own website), include a URL linking to the article.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/dd>\n        <\/div>\n            <div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n            <dt id=\"format-a-doi-in-apa-style\" class=\"faq-list__title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/format-a-doi-in-apa-style\/\" class=\"faq-list__link qa-faq-anchor\">\n                    <span itemprop=\"name\">\n                        How do I format a DOI in APA Style?\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/dt>\n            <dd id=\"format-a-doi-in-apa-style-answer\" class=\"faq-list__answer qa-faq-answer kb-article-styles\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n                <div itemprop=\"text\">\n                                        <p>Include the DOI at the very end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">APA reference entry<\/a>. If you\u2019re using the 6th edition APA guidelines, the DOI is preceded by the label \u201cdoi:\u201d. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/apa-seventh-edition-changes\/\">7th edition<\/a>, the DOI is preceded by \u2018https:\/\/doi.org\/\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>6th edition:<\/strong> <span class=\"highlight-blue\">doi:<\/span>10.1177\/0894439316660340<\/li>\n<li><strong>7th edition:<\/strong> <span class=\"highlight-blue\">https:\/\/doi.org\/<\/span>10.1177\/0894439316660340<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>APA citation example (7th edition)<\/h3>\n<p>Hawi, N. S., &amp; Samaha, M. (2016). The relations among social media addiction, self-esteem, and life satisfaction in university students. <em>Social Science Computer Review<\/em>, <em>35<\/em>(5), 576\u2013586. <span class=\"highlight-blue\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0894439316660340<\/span><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/dd>\n        <\/div>\n            <div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n            <dt id=\"et-al-apa-citations\" class=\"faq-list__title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/et-al-apa-citations\/\" class=\"faq-list__link qa-faq-anchor\">\n                    <span itemprop=\"name\">\n                        When should I use \u201cet al.\u201d in APA in-text citations?\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/dt>\n            <dd id=\"et-al-apa-citations-answer\" class=\"faq-list__answer qa-faq-answer kb-article-styles\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n                <div itemprop=\"text\">\n                                        <p>The abbreviation \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/citing-sources\/et-al\/\">et al.<\/a>\u201d (meaning \u201cand others\u201d) is used to shorten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/in-text-citation\/\">APA in-text citations<\/a> with <strong>three or more authors<\/strong>. Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n<p>Only include the first author\u2019s last name, followed by \u201cet al.\u201d, a comma and the year of publication, for example (Taylor et al., 2018).<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/dd>\n        <\/div>\n            <div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n            <dt id=\"how-many-authors-in-an-apa-reference-list-entry\" class=\"faq-list__title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/how-many-authors-in-an-apa-reference-list-entry\/\" class=\"faq-list__link qa-faq-anchor\">\n                    <span itemprop=\"name\">\n                        How many authors do I include in an APA reference list entry?\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/dt>\n            <dd id=\"how-many-authors-in-an-apa-reference-list-entry-answer\" class=\"faq-list__answer qa-faq-answer kb-article-styles\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n                <div itemprop=\"text\">\n                                        <p>You may include up to 20 authors in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/reference-entry\/\">reference list entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When an article has more than 20 authors, replace the names prior to the final listed author with an ellipsis, but do not omit the final author:<\/p>\n<p>Davis, Y., Smith, J., Caulfield, F., Pullman, H., Carlisle, J., Donahue, S. D., James, F., O\u2019Donnell, K., Singh, J., Johnson, L., Streefkerk, R., McCombes, S., Corrieri, L., Valck, X., Baldwin, F. M., Lorde, J., Wardell, K., Lao, W., Yang, P., . . . O\u2019Brien, T. (2012).<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/dd>\n        <\/div>\n            <div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\">\n            <dt id=\"publication-date-apa-journal-citation\" class=\"faq-list__title\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/frequently-asked-questions\/publication-date-apa-journal-citation\/\" class=\"faq-list__link qa-faq-anchor\">\n                    <span itemprop=\"name\">\n                        Should I include the exact publication date or just the year in an APA journal citation?\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/dt>\n            <dd id=\"publication-date-apa-journal-citation-answer\" class=\"faq-list__answer qa-faq-answer kb-article-styles\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n                <div itemprop=\"text\">\n                                        <p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-style\/apa-reference-page\/\">APA reference list<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/journal-article\/\">journal article citations<\/a> include only the year of publication,<strong> not<\/strong> the exact date, month, or season.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of volume and issue numbers makes a more specific date unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/dd>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article reflects the\u00a0APA 7th edition\u00a0guidelines. Click here for APA 6th edition guidelines. An APA Style citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). 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