Reference list entry: Journal article

Journal article: basic form, two authors, read online, with digital object identifier (doi)

Gaudio, J. L., & Snowdon, C. T. (2008). Spatial cues more salient than color cues in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) reversal learning. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 122, 441-444. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.4.441

First author last name, First initial. Middle initial., & Second author last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal name, Volume number, Pages. doi: number

Journal article: basic form, single author, print

Alibali, M. W. (1999). How children change their minds: Strategy change can be gradual or abrupt. Developmental Psychology 35, 127-145.

Murray, M. E. (2001). Outcomes of concurrent utilization review. Nursing Economics, 19, 17-23.\

Author Last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal name, Volume number, Pages. 

Journal article: basic form, two authors, read online, with doi

Hamilton, R. J., & Bowers, B. (2007). The theory of genetic vulnerability: A Roy model exemplar. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20, 254-264. doi: 10.1177/0894318407303127

First author last name, First initial. Middle initial., & Second author last name, First initial.  (Year). Article title. Journal name, Volume number, Page. doi: number

Journal article: two authors, read online from journal website, a webtext, no page numbers, no doi

Carter, S., & Dunbar-Odom, D. (2009). The converging literacies center: An integrated model for writing programs. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 14(1). Retrieved from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/

First author last name, First initial., & Second author last name, First initial. (Year of publication) Article title. Journal name, Volume number(issue number).. Retrieved from URL

Journal article: journal paginated by issue, 3-6 authors, read online, with doi

Alibali, M. W., Phillips, K. M. O., & Fischer, A. D. (2009). Learning new problem-solving strategies leads to changes in problem representation. Cognitive Development, 24, 89-101. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.12.005

First author last name, First initial. Middle initial., Second author last name, First initial. Middle initial. Middle initial, & Third author last name, First initial. Middle initial.. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal name, Volume number, Pages. doi: number

Journal article: 7 or more authors, print

Sternberg, R. J., Jarvin, L., Birney, D. P., Naples, A., Stemler, S. E., Newman, T., . . . Grigorenko, E. L. (2014). Testing the theory of successful intelligence in teaching grade 4 language arts, mathematics, and science. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106, 881-899.

First author last name, First initial. Middle initial., Second author last name, First initial. Middle initial., Third author last name, First initial., Fourth author last name, First initial. Middle initial., Fifth author last name, First initial. Middle initial., Sixth author last name, First initial, … Last author last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year of publication) Article title. Journal name, Volume number, Pages. 

 

Note: In a reference-list entry for a source with 8 or more authors, list the first six authors, then put ellipses (…) for the ones you omit, and then include the last author’s name.

Journal article: in Internet-only journal, secondary reference

Greenberg, M. T., Domitrovich, C., & Bumbarger, B. (2000, March 30). Prevention of mental disorders in school-aged children: Current state of the field. Prevention and Treatment, 4, Article 1. Retrieved from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume4/pre0040001a.htm

First author last name, First initial. Middle initial., Second author last name, First initial.,& Third author last name, First initial.  (Year, Month Day of publication). Article title. Journal name,, Volume number, Article number. Retrieved from URL