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Journal Article Reference
Learn how to format references for journal articles, including those published in print, online, or retrieved from research databases.
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Author's Last Name, Author's First Initial. Author's Middle Initial. (Year). Title of
article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), Page(s). https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx
Example, One Author:
Sutherland, M.B. (2000). Problems of diversity in policy and practice: Celtic languages in the
United Kingdom. Comparative Education, 36(2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050060050045363
Example, Two Authors:
Sutherland, M.B., & Petty, M.L. (2004). Mood management across affective states: The hedonic contingency
hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65(3), 439-449.
Three to twenty Authors:
List by last names and initials; commas separate author names, while the last author name is preceded again by ampersand.
Example: Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S.
If More Than Twenty Authors:
If there are 21 or more authors, list the last names & first initials of the first 19 authors. After the 19th author's name, use an ellipses to take the place of the remaining author names, except do provide the final author's name, without an ampersand :
Pegion, K., Kirtman, B. P., Becker, E., Collins, D. C., LaJoie, E., Burgman, R., Bell, R., DelSole, R., Min, D., Zhu, Y., Li, W., Sinsky, E., Guan, H., Gottschalck, J., Metzger, E. J., Barton, N. P., Achuthavarier, D., Marshak, J., Koster, R., . . . Kim, H.
Author Last Name, Author First Initial. (Year, Month, Day). Article
Title. Magazine/Periodical title, volume(issue), page(s).
Example:
Elmer-DeWitt, P., & Farley, C.J. (1994, March 21). People who eat Hostess Twinkies. Time, 143(12),
22.