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

How to apa reference a journal article in text. When using APA format follow the author-date method of in-text citation. Year of publication Title of article. Author names if available will always come first in your reference page for APA citation for journal articles.

Publication year goes between parentheses followed by a period. When there are four or more. D of up to 20 authors with the last name preceded by an ampersand.

Most journals have both volume numbers and issue numbers for the issues within a. To write the name of a journal or magazine in an APA paper. For the final author listed add an ampersand after the comma and before the final authors last name.

Title of journal article. Article title not in italics. The general form of a journal article reference is.

The foundation of the reference is the same as for a journal article. The periodical title is run in title case and is followed by the volume number which with the title is also italicized. Some journal articles will not have a DOI.

Author s of the article. Journal name in italics volume number in italics issue number page number range of. Journal of the American Medical Association.