Magazine & Journal Article Citation Examples for APA 7th Ed.
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Examples of journal articles begin on page 3.
Magazine article, in print, monthly publication, single page
Dunn, J. (2020, October). Long may she reign. Vanity Fair
, 62
(9), 32.
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication date). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume
#
(issue #
if available), pages.
Magazine article, in print, weekly publication, consecutive pages, no DOI
Ducharme, J. (2020, January 27). When it comes to some medical treatment, researchers find
less is more. Time
, 195
(2), 42-45.
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication date). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume
#
(issue # if available), pages.
(For articles found in print magazines and databases, include the digital object identifier, or DOI, at the very end of
the citation, when one is provided. There was no DOI for this example. See the example below of a journal article
with a DOI.)
Magazine article, online
Blakemore, E. (2020, Summer). The dolls that changed the world. Popular Science, 292
(2),
46-51. https://digital.emagazines.com/popsci/20200519/mobile/index.html
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication date). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume
#
(issue # if available), pages. Article URL
(When available, use the URL that leads directly to the article instead of using the URL that leads to the periodical.)
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Magazine article, no author, in a library database
The science of decision making and peer pressure.
(2016, February 8). New York Times Upfront,
148
(8),
S17.
Title of article. (Publication date). Title of Magazine, Volume #
(issue #
if available), pages.
(If there is no author, begin with the article title followed by the date. When you find a source in a library database,
APA states that you do not need to include the database name or URL.)
Magazine article comment, anonymous author, in print, bimonthly publication
Anonymous. (2016, March/April). Don’t forget to stop at Oregon’s newest state park,
Cottonwood Canyon. It is beautiful and not far from Wasco [Comment on the article
“Road reconsidered: Highway 97”]. 1859 Oregon’s Magazine
.
Commenter's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial or Username. (Comment date). Title of comment or up to first
20 words of comment exactly as written [Comment on the article “Title of magazine article”]. Title of
Magazine
.
(Because the comment was signed Anonymous, use Anonymous in the Author field. When there is no author listed,
leave the field blank like in the example above. With Citation Maker, you can only include one month in the Date
field. For a bimonthly periodical, create your citation using the first month. After you save the citation to your
reference list, add a slash followed by the second month.)
Magazine article comment, online
DCH. (2020, June 20). About 85% of the stars in the Milky Way are Red Dwarfs unsuitable for
an Earth-like planet. Another 10-12% [Comment on the article “The Milky Way could
have dozens of alien civilizations capable of contacting us”]. Popular Science
.
https://www.popsci.com/story/science/drake-equation-alien-civilizations/
Commenter's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial or Username. (Comment date). Title of comment or up to first
20 words of comment exactly as written [Comment on the article “Title of magazine article”]. Title of
Magazine
. URL
(Since the commenter did not indicate his or her real name, only their username is listed in the Author field.)
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Magazine article, film review, online, no volume or issue number, no page numbers
Glieberman, O. (2018, December 12). Emily Blunt is practically perfect in every way in a 'Mary
Poppins' sequel that uncannily recreates the original's wholesome studio-system vibe.
[Review of the film Mary Poppins returns,
by R. Marshall, Dir.]. Variety
.
https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/mary-poppins-returns-review-emily-blunt-1203085
530/
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication date). Title of article [Review of the film Film title,
by
Director's First Initial. Middle Initial. Director's Last name, Dir.]. Title of Magazine
, Volume # if
available
(issue # if available),
pages if available. URL
(To cite a film review published in a periodical, use Citation Maker to create a citation for the periodical article.
After you save the citation to your reference list, add the information about the film review in brackets. Follow the
same format for a review of a book, television episode, music album, etc.)
Examples:
[Review of the book Book title
, by A. A. Author].
[Review of the book Book title
, by E. E. Editor, Ed.].
[Review of the TV series episode “Episode title,” by W. W. Writer, Writer, & D. D. Director, Dir.]
[Review of the album Album title
, by S. S. Singer]
Journal article, four authors, in print, consecutive pages
Noland, H., Price, J. H., Dake, J., & Telljohann, S. K. (2009). Adolescents' sleep behaviors and
perceptions of sleep. Journal of School Health, 79
(5), 224-230.
Author1's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., Author2’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. Author3’s Last
Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., & Author4’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial (Publication year).
Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume #
(issue # if available), pages.
(For journal articles, only include the year of publication and not the full date.)
Journal article, four authors, online, article number, DOI
Wijeyakulasuriya, D. A, Eisenhauer, E. W., Shaby, B. A., & Hanks, E. M. (2020). Machine
learning for modeling animal movement. PLoS ONE,
15
(7), Article e0235750.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235750
Author1's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., Author2’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. Author3’s Last
Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., & Author4’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication year).
Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume #
(issue #
if available), Article # if available. Article DOI if
available
(When available, use the article number -- also called eLocator -- instead of page numbers. For online sources, use
the DOI instead of the URL, when a DOI is provided.)
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Journal article, individuals and organization as author, online, DOI
De Vries, R., Nieuwenhujze, M., Buitendijk, S. E. & the members of Midwifery Science Work
Group. (2013). What does it take to have a strong and independent profession of
midwifery? Lessons from the Netherlands. Midwifery
, 29(10), 1122-1128.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.07.007
Author1's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., Author2’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., Author3’s Last
Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. & Organization Name. (Publication year). Title of article. Title of
Journal, Volume #
(issue #
if available), pages if available. Article DOI if available
(In Citation Maker, enter the organization in the last name field when there is both an individual/s and an
organization/s as author. In this example, there should not be a comma before the & because the text that follows it
is not in reverse order. After you save the citation to your reference list, remove that comma.)
Journal article, three authors, in a library database, DOI
Hubbard, R. E., Andrew, M. K., & Rockwood, K. (2009). Effect of parental age at birth on
accumulation of deficits, frailty and survival in older adults. Age and Ageing
, 38
(4),
380-385. http://www.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp035
Author1's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., Author2’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. & Author3’s
Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume #
(issue
# if available),
pages if available. Article DOI if available
(When you find a source in a library database, APA states that you do not need to include the database name or
URL. However, if a DOI is listed for the article, include the DOI.)
Journal article, republished in English from another language, DOI
Piaget, J. (1972). Intellectual evolution from adolescence to adulthood (J. Bliss & H. Furth,
Trans.). Human Development
, 15
(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1159/000271225 (Original
work published 1970)
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication year). Title of article (Translator1's First Initial. Middle
Initial. Translator1's Last name & Translator2's First Initial. Middle Initial. Translator2's Last name,
Trans.). Title of Journal, Volume #
(issue number
if available), pages if available. Article DOI if available
(Original work publication date)
(To cite an article republished in English from another language, use Citation Maker to create a citation for the
periodical article. After you save the citation to your reference list, add the information about the translator(s) and
the date of the original publication, if given.)
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Journal article, republished in a book
Spilka, M. (1982). Of George and Lennie and Curley’s wife: Sweet violence in Steinbeck’s
Eden. In D. Smith (Ed.), Contemporary literary criticism
(Vol. 104, pp. 430-44). Gale.
(Reprinted from “Of George and Lennie and Curley’s wife: Sweet violence in
Steinbeck’s Eden,” 1974, Modern Fiction Studies, 20
[2],
169-179)
Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication date of book). Title of article. In Editor’s First Initial.
Middle Initial. Editor’s Last Name (Ed.), Title of book
(Volume #, pages). Publisher. (Reprinted from “Title
of journal article,” publication year, Title of Journal
, Volume #
[issue number
if available], pages)
(To cite a journal article republished in a book, use the Book template / Part of a Book option on Citation Maker to
create a citation for the book. After you save the citation to your reference list, add the information about the journal
in parentheses. Start with this phrase: Reprinted from. Note that the issue number is in brackets instead of
parentheses to avoid double parentheses. Do not end the information within the parentheses or the citation itself with
a period.)
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