APA 7
APA 7th Edition is the most commonly used referencing style here at the University of Portsmouth. Below you will find general guidance on how to reference and cite using APA 7th Edition, as well as examples for the specific sources you are likely to use in your assignments.
Your department or lecturer may prefer you to reference sources differently from the guidance given here. Always follow the requirements of your department or lecturer.
External visitors are welcome to use this guide, but note that your institution's requirements may differ from those suggested here.
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Reference
If the journal article has an article number instead of a page range, include the word “Article” and then the article number instead of the page range.
Author, Initials. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume number(Issue number), Article article number. https://doi.org/ or URL
Jerrentrup, A., Mueller, T., Glowalla, U., Herder, M., Henrichs, N., Neubauer, A., & Schaefer, J. R. (2018). Teaching medicine with the help of “Dr. House”. PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article e0193972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193972
In-text Citation
For information about citing quotations from sources without page numbers, please see our guidance here.
It has been found that... (Jerrentrup et al., 2018)
Jerrentrup et al. (2018, para. 6) found that...