Subject Guides: Referencing: APA Style 7th Edition: Journals/ Periodicals

Scholarly Journals/ Periodicals

Notes:

Follow these examples closely for all layout, punctuation, spacing, and capitalising.
Reproduce titles as shown on the cited work. If the official title includes an abbreviation, reproduce it in the reference, (e.g. JAMA Pediatrics).
There is no need to include the retrieval date.
Do not write "p" before the page number.
Do not write "vol" before the volume number but italicise the volume number.
Include the issue number if it is available, even for journals with continuous pagination (i.e. the page numbers of each issue, follow on from the page numbers of the previous issue).
Do not italicise the issue number but put it in parentheses. Leave no space between volume and issue number.
If an article provides an article number (or "eLocator"), write the word "Article" and the article number instead of the page range.
Diagram of referencing elements.

Format:	Author, A. A. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Example:	Vandeyar, T. (2015). Policy intermediaries and the reform of e-Education in South Africa: e-Education policy implementation in South Africa. British Journal of Educational Technology, 46(2), 344–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12130

When a reference has up to 20 authors, spell out all authors' names in the reference list.

Format:	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Example:	Dalton, E. M., Lyner-Cleophas, M., Ferguson, B. T., & McKenzie, J. (2019). Inclusion, universal design and universal design for learning in higher education: South Africa and the United States. African journal of disability, 8, 519. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v8i0.519

Do not include any DOI or URL.

Format:	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page.
Example:	David K. Semenya. (2013). The making and prevention of rain amongst the Pedi tribe of South Africa: A pastoral response. Hervormde teologiese studies, 69(1), 1–5.