Apa Style For Journal Articles With Multiple Authors

Two authors or editors.

Apa style for journal articles with multiple authors. For example the way that you reference a single author will differ somewhat from how you reference a source with multiple authors. If you viewed a journal article in an online database and it does not have a doi you will need to do a quick search outside of the database to locate the url for the journal s home page pp. This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i e apa 7 which released in october 2019. Journal article with 3 or more authors search this guide search.

You should also use an ampersand instead of writing out and before the last author s name. Always include the issue number for a journal article. The rules for referencing both single and multiple authors apply to all sources whether the material came from books magazine articles newspaper articles journal articles or online sources. Apa citation style guide 6th edition.

For in text citations cite both names every time rios pickle 2010 or rios and pickle 2010 contend. The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here. Apa format establishes a number of clear rules for how to list reference works using author information. A guide to help users create citations using apa american psychological association style 7th edition.

If the journal article does not have a doi and is from an academic research database end the reference after the page range for an explanation of why see the database information page the reference in this case is the same as for a print journal article. The ampersand is used between two authors when their names are written in parentheses but when when the names are written in the narrative. For example you would write smith clark lane 2018. Apa format citation style 7th edition.

How you reference different sources varies depending on the number of authors to whom the source is attributed. The last author should be preceded with an ampersand. Apa format citation style 6th edition. Multiple authors this apa citation style guide provides practical advice for citing sources following the guidelines set forth in the publication manual of the american psychological association 6th edition.

Journal article two authors doi electronic or print this libguide is for apa 6th edition click here to visit our new apa 7th edition libguide general format. For reference list entries cite both authors names with the ampersand between the names. The following rules for handling works by a single author or multiple authors apply to all apa style references in your reference list regardless of the type of work book. To cite multiple authors in apa in text list the last names of the authors in parentheses at the end of the sentence you re sourcing followed by the year of publication.