Author, A. A., Author, B. B. & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume (issue), pp-pp. https://doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Gallegos, Y., Taha, A. A., & Rutledge, D. N. (2016). Preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury. American Journal of Nursing, 116, 38-47. https://doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000508664.33963.20
Journal article without DOI, with a nondatabase URL:
For when there is no DOI but it was retrieved online give the URL of the journal home page:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B. & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume(issue), pp-pp. url
Hefti, K. S., Farnham, R. J., Docken, L., Bentaas, R., Bossman, S. and Schaefer, J. (2003). Back injury prevention: a lift team success story. AAOHN Journal, 51(6), 246-251. http://aaohn.org/
Journal article without DOI, from academic research database or print:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B. & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume(issue), pp-pp.
Malcolm, M. M., Shellman, J. and Rees, C. (2017). Innovation for geriatric care with an academic-practice model. Geriatric Nursing, 38(2), 173-174.
Journals, advanced online publication, this content usually hasn’t been assigned volume, issue, or page number but will have DOI:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B. & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of periodical. Advance online publication. https://doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Visentin, D. C., and Hunt, G. E. (2017). What do the stats mean? Improving reporting of quantitative nursing research. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi:10.1111/inm.12352
Journal article with an article number or eLocator:
Author, A.A, Author, B.B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title. Journal, Volume(Issue), Article enumber. https://doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Zhukova, N.V. (2019). Fatty acids of marine mollusks: impact of diet, bacterial symbiosis, and biosynthetic potential. Biomolecules, 9(12), Article e857. https://doi:10.3390/biom9120857
Magazine article without DOI, from academic research database or print:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year, Month). Title. Magazine. Volume(Issue), pages.
Monticello, M. (2017, August). A decision that could save your life. Consumer Reports. 82(8), 52-60.
Online Magazine Article:
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title. Magazine. http://www.website.com
Thomason, K. (2017, May 5). How blue light from your phone may be hurting your eyes (and what to do about it). Health. http://www.health.com
Magazine Article print version:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year, Month). Title. Magazine. Volume(Issue), pages.
Monticello, M. (2017, August). A decision that could save your life. Consumer Reports. 82(8), 52-60.
Newspaper Article without DOI, from academic research database or print:
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title. Newspaper.
O’Connor, A. (2017, July 18). Exercise’s scary side effect. The New York Times.
Online Newspaper Article:
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title. Newspaper. http://www.website.com
Brody, J. E. (2017, July 17). With cancer screening, better safe than sorry? The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com
Newspaper Article print version:
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title. Newspaper, page.
O’Connor, A. (2017, July 18). Exercise’s scary side effect. The New York Times, D1, D6.
All information found on this page can be further referenced in the A.P.A. 7th edition manual.
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
