How to Cite a Journal Article

Academic journals, peer-reviewed articles, and research papers.

What You'll Need

Article Title
Author(s)
Journal Name
Date Published
Volume
Issue
Pages
DOI
URL

The DOI is usually near the article title or in the page footer. If accessing through a database, the article record contains volume, issue, and page numbers.

Example Citations

APA
Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. C. (1953). The Structure of DNA. Nature, 171(4356), 737-738. https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0
In-text (Watson & Crick, 1953)
MLA Handbook (in-text citations)
Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “The Structure of DNA”. Nature, vol. 171, no. 4356, 1953, pp. 737-8, https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.
In-text (Watson and Crick)
CMOS 17e with Bluebook (notes and bibliography [14.19])
Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “The Structure of DNA”. Nature 171, no. 4356 (1953): 737-38. https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.
Footnote James D. Watson and Francis H. C. Crick, “The Structure of DNA”, Nature 171, no. 4356 (1953): 737-38, https://doi.org/10.1038/171737a0.

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