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Note: Journal articles, news paper articles, and magazine articles are all referred to as periodicals in these style guides because they are published on a regular schedule.

APA Format for a Journal Article

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Example

Gottvall, M., Brunell, C., Eldebo, A., Metso, F. J., Jirwe, M., & Carlsson, T. (2023). Post‐migration psychosocial experiences and challenges amongst LGBTQ+ forced migrants: A meta‐synthesis of qualitative reports. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(1), 358–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15480

Notes

• Author's names are ordered: Last, First Initial
• Only include the year for the date
• The title of the article is in sentence case: Only the first letter and any proper nouns are capitalized
• The journal title is italicized and in Title Case
• The volume number is also italicized
• The issue number is in (parentheses)
• The DOI can be formatted as a link (https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15480) or as a number (DOI: 10.1111/jan.15480). If there is no DOI, use a permalink from the Library Search item record or the database you found it in.
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