APA 7 Style Guide

Journal – APA Reference List

General tips

If a journal article has a DOI, include the DOI in the reference.
If the journal article does not have a DOI and is from an academic research database, end the reference after the page range.. The reference in this case is the same as for a print journal article.
Do not include database information in the reference unless the journal article comes from a database that publishes original, proprietary content, such as UpToDate.
If the journal article does not have a DOI but does have a URL that will resolve for readers (e.g., it is from an online journal that is not part of a database), include the URL of the article at the end of the reference.
If the journal article has an article number instead of a page range, include the article number instead of the page range (as shown in the Jerrentrup et al. example).
The title of article is in sentence case – Only the first word and proper nouns in the title are capitalized. Always capitalize the first word, the first word after a colon or a dash.
The journal title is in title case – Each word in the title is capitalized, except for articles (a, an, the), prepositions (against, between, in, of, to), conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet), and the infinitive 'to'.

Format

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of the article. Journal Name, volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy.

Examples

Journal article with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

McCauley, S.M., & Christiansen, M.H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126

Journal without a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

Anderson, M. (2018). Getting consistent with consequences. Educational Leadership, 76(1), 26-33.

Journal article with an article number or eLocator

Burin, D., Kilteni, K., Rabuffetti, M., Slater, M., & Pia, L. (2019). Body ownership increases the interference between observed and executed movements. PLOS ONE, 14(1), Article e0209899. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209899

Journal article, advance online publication (sometimes referred to as ePub before print)

Huestegge, S. M., Raettig, T., & Huestegge, L. (2019). Are face-incongruent voices harder to process? Effects of face-voice gender incongruency on basic cognitive information processing. Experimental Psychology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000440

Special section or special issue in a journal

Lilienfeld, S. O.(Ed.). (2018). Heterodox issues in psychology [Special section]. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 6(1), 51-104.

McDaniel, S. H., Salas, E., & Kazak, A. E. (Eds.). (2018). The science of teamwork [Special issue]. American Psychologist, 73(4).

Article from UpToDate database

Morey, M. C. (2019). Physical activity and exercise in older adults. UpToDate. Retrieved July 22, 2019, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/phsyical-activity-and-exercise-in-older-adults