APA Citation Generator (7th Edition)
Make an APA 7 reference-list entry plus parenthetical and narrative in-text citations for articles, books, chapters, web pages, videos and reports.
Italicize in your document: "Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8". Copied plain text cannot carry italics.
APA Style, 7th edition, is the citation format of psychology, education, nursing, business and most social sciences. This generator turns the details you type into a reference-list entry and both in-text forms: parenthetical (Author, 2020) and narrative, Author (2020). It applies the Publication Manual's rules for initials, the ampersand, et al., DOIs and dates. Nothing is looked up online, so it works for any source, and what you type stays in your browser.
How to use this tool
- Choose the source type: journal article, book, edited-book chapter, web page, news article, online video or report.
- Enter each author on its own line as Family, Given names, or an organisation name without a comma.
- Fill in the date, title, journal or website, volume, issue, pages and the DOI or URL.
- Copy the reference and the in-text citation, then italicize the parts the note lists (or paste the HTML version).
Formula
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx
Given names become initials with periods, and "&" comes before the last author. Up to 20 authors are listed; from 21 on, the first 19 are followed by ". . ." and the last author. Web pages, news articles and videos use the full date; undated works use (n.d.), and a work without an author starts with its title. The journal name and volume are italic, while book, web page, report and video titles are italic and article and chapter titles are not. In-text citations use the first author plus "et al." from three authors.
Example
Grady, Her, Moreno, Perez and Yelinek's 2019 article in Psychology of Popular Media Culture, volume 8, issue 3, pages 207–217, gives: Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185. In the text it is (Grady et al., 2019) or Grady et al. (2019).
Frequently asked questions
When do I use et al. in APA 7?
In every in-text citation of a work with three or more authors, from the first citation on. The reference list still names up to 20 authors.
Do I need "Retrieved from" before a URL?
No. APA 7 dropped it. A retrieval date ("Retrieved July 3, 2019, from") is only for undated pages whose content changes, such as a population clock; enter an access date for those.
Should titles be in sentence case?
Yes, for articles, books, chapters, reports and web pages: only the first word, the first word after a colon and proper nouns are capitalized. Tick the option to convert, then check that names and places kept their capitals.
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