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APA Style: Articles From Journals and Other Periodicals

Journal article with a DOI

Jost, J. T., Glaser, J., Kruglanski, A. W., & Sulloway, F. J. (2003a). Political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 129(3), 339–375. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.129.3.339

Narrative citation: Jost et al. (2003)

Parenthetical citation: (Jost et al., 2003)

Journal article without a DOI from the Academic Search Complete database on EBSCOhost

Claxton, N. X., & Price, J. (2019). Whose land is it? Rethinking sovereignty in British Columbia. BC Studies, 204, 115–138.

Narrative citation: Claxton and Price (2019)

Parenthetical citation: (Claxton & Price, 2019)

"For works without DOIs from most academic research databases, do not include a URL or database information in the reference because these works are widely available. . . . The reference should be the same as the reference for a print version of the work."

(Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 299)

Journal article without a DOI, with a nondatabase URL

Colley, R. C., Michaud, I., & Garriguet, D. (2018, April 18). Reallocating time between sleep, sedentary and active behaviours: Associations with obesity and health in Canadian adults. Health Reports, 29(4), 3–13. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/82-003-x/2018004/article/54951-eng.pdf

Narrative citation: Colley et al. (2018)

Parenthetical citation: (Colley et al., 2018)

Online article without a DOI, with a nondatabase URL

Annett, C., & Montpetit, D. (2020). The status of gender equality in Canada: Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. HillNotes. https://hillnotes.ca/2020/10/01/the-status-of-gender-equality-in-canada-reflecting-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-the-beijing-declaration-and-platform-for-action/

Narrative citation: Annett and Montpetit (2020)

Parenthetical citation: (Annett & Montpetit, 2020)

Journal article with a DOI, 21 or more authors

Landy, J. F., Jia, M. (Liam), Ding, I. L., Viganola, D., Tierney, W., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Ebersole, C. R., Gronau, Q. F., Ly, A., van den Bergh, D., Marsman, M., Derks, K., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Proctor, A., Bartels, D. M., Bauman, C. W., Brady, W. J., . . . Uhlmann, E. L. (2020). Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results. Psychological Bulletin, 146(5), 451–479. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000220.supp

Narrative citation: Landy et al. (2020)

Parenthetical citation: (Landy et al., 2020)

Journal article, advance online publication

Nielsen, K. S., Clayton, S., Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Capstick, S., & Whitmarsh, L. (2020). How psychology can help limit climate change. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/amp0000624

Narrative citation: Nielsen et al. (2020)

Parenthetical citation: (Nielsen et al., 2020)

Online periodical article with a group author

Statistics Canada. (2020, February 26). Reasons for not voting in the federal election, October 21, 2019. The Daily. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200226/dq200226b-eng.htm

Narrative citation: Statistics Canada (2020)

Parenthetical citation: (Statistics Canada, 2020)

Journal article with an article number and page numbers

O'Hara C. C., Scarborough C., Hunter K. L., Afflerbach J. C., Bodtker K., Frazier M., Lowndes, J. S. S., Perry, R. I., & Halpern, B. S. (2020). Changes in ocean health in British Columbia from 2001 to 2016. PLoS ONE 15(1), Article e0227502. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227502

Narrative citation: O'Hara et al. (2020)

Parenthetical citation: (O'Hara et al., 2020)

"If an article with an article number also has numbered pages (such as in a PDF), those page numbers may be used for in-text citations . . . but do not appear in the reference list entry."

(Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 295)