APA 6 Style: Citing Articles

Citing Journal, Magazine, and News Articles

Notice: This guide provides information about APA 6th edition (2010) citation requirements for articles. For information on citing articles in APA 7th edition (2020), please see our updated APA 7 guide.

1. Journal Article with DOI
2. Journal Article without DOI
3. Journal Article with six or more Authors
4. Magazine Article – Print
5. Magazine Article – Online
6. News Article – Print
7. News Article – Online
8. Editorial or Letter to the Editor

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Journal Article with DOI

The DOI or digital object identifier is an alphanumeric identifier (made up of letters and numbers) that is a persistent link to information on the Internet. It is located on the first page of an electronic journal article near the copyright notice.

In-Text Citation

(Herbst-Damm & Julik, 2005)

References

Author's Last Name, First Initial., & Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Title of Journal, Volume #, page range. doi:####

Example:

Herbst-Damm, K. L. & Julik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225a

Notice:

• The DOI should not have a line break; start a new line if necessary. Do not end the DOI with a period.

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Journal Article Without DOI

In-Text Citation

(Sillick & Schutte, 2006)

References

Author's Last Name, First Initial., & Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Title of Journal, Volume #(Issue#), page range. Retrieved from web address

Example:

Sillick, T. J. & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap

Notice:

• The above article does not have a DOI (or digital object identifier); therefore, you must include the URL for the article. When a URL is too long to fit on one line, create a break where there is punctuation (period, slash, dash), with the punctuation beginning the next line. Do not end the URL with a period if it is not in the original.

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Journal Article with Six or More Authors

In-Text Citation

For a work with six authors or more, use the surname of the first author followed by et al.

(Terracciano et al., 2005)

References

For a work with six or seven authors, list all authors' names in the references entry. For a work with more than seven authors, list the first six authors and insert ellipses. After the ellipses, write the last author's name.

Author's Last Name, First Initial., Author's Last Name, First Initial., (list first six authors), . . . Final Author's Last Name, First Initial.  (Year of Publication). Article Title. Title of Journal, Volume #, page range. doi: ###

Example:

Terracciano, A., Abdel-Khalek, A. M., Adam, N., Adamovova, L., Ahn, C., Ahn, H., . . . McCrae, R. R. (2005, October 7). National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures. Science, 310, 96-100. doi:10.1126/science.1117199

Notice:

• Do not change the order of authors in a multi-authored work; the first author in the list is the lead author.

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Magazine Article - Print

In-Text Citation

(Mershon, 1998)

References

Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Title of Magazine, Volume #(Issue #), page range.

Example:

Mershon, D. H. (1998, November/December). Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86(6), 585.

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Magazine Article - Online

In-Text Citation

(Delap, 2016)

 References

Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Title of Magazine. Retrieved from web address.

Example:

Delap, L. (2016, Nov, 28). Green acres are flourishing on campus rooftops across the country. Maclean’s. Retrieved from http://www.macleans.ca/education/university/green-acres-are-flourishing-...

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News Article - Print

In-Text Citation

(Friessen, 2010)

References

Author's Last Name, First Initial.  (Date of Publication). Article Title. Title of Newspaper, page #.

Example:

Friessen, J. (2010, February 1). More than 300 people linked to suspected case of citizenship fraud. The Globe and Mail, p. A1.

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News Article - Online

In-Text Citation

(Cooper, 2010)

References

Author's Last Name, First Initial.  (Date of Publication). Article Title. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from web address

Example:

Cooper, H. (2010, March 8). Obama says health overhaul should trump politics. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

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Editorial or Letter to the Editor

In-Text Citation

(Smith, 2010)

References

Author's Last Name, First Initial.  (Date of Publication). Article Title             [Description]. Title of Newspaper/Magazine, Volume(Issue), page #.

Example:

Smith, Z. A. (2010). College presidents' pay: Would you want the job? [Letter to Editor]. Chronicle of Higher Education, LVL (23), A30.

Notice:

• A description of the source, such as letter to editor or editorial, is included in square brackets after the title of the article.