APA in-text citation style uses the authors last name and the year of publication for example.

How to apa in text cite a journal article. Journal of the American Medical Association. To write the the name of an article title in the body of your paper. Basic Rules for Citing a Journal Article Include up to 7 authors names in reference list p.

In turn if sources have no authors students should indicate the. When an article has one to seven authors all authors names are cited in the References List entry. Give the last name and initials e.

The title of the journal should be in italics - Example. For every in-text citation in your paper there must be a corresponding entry in your reference list. For journal book report or brochure titles italicize the title and capitalize the important words.

Also surnames and initials of the first and middle names should be separated with a comma. If the journal article does not have a DOI and is from an academic research database end the reference after the page range for an explanation of why see the database information pageThe reference in this case is the same as for a print journal article. Bass Enochs DiBrezzo 2002 Written all subsequent times as Bass et al 2002 In-text Citation Direct Quote.

Journal Title Volume issue page range. And then the last authors name. Do NOT put quotation marks around it.

More information on citing sources without pagination is given on the APA Style web page. Click here for APA 6th edition guidelines. Name of Journal Volume Number Issue Number first page number-last page number.