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When no individual author name is listed, but the source can clearly be attributed to a specific organization\u2014e.g., a press release by a charity, a report by an agency, or a page from a company’s website\u2014use the organization\u2019s name as the author in the reference entry<\/a> and APA in-text citations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When no author at all can be determined\u2014e.g. a collaboratively edited wiki or an online article<\/a> published anonymously\u2014use the title in place of the author. In the in-text citation, put the title in quotation marks if it appears in plain text in the reference list, and in italics if it appears in italics in the reference list. Shorten it if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[45252],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"How do I cite a source with no author in APA Style?<\/title>\n <!-- Mirrored from www.scribbr.com/wp-json/wp/v2/qa_faqs/98132 by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR/YP'2000] --> <!-- Added by HTTrack --><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /><!-- /Added by HTTrack --> <meta name=\"description\" content=\"If the source was created by an organization, cite this as the author. 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