Journals
Always check your unit assessment information to find which style you are required to use, as different disciplines and units use different referencing styles.
It is essential that you write in a referencing style that is clear and consistent, and act with academic integrity at all times.
Deakin guide to APA7 (PDF, 920.5 KB)
Last updated: 19 June 2024
Overview
In-text citation
Information prominent examples:
...use of safety equipment amongst perfusionists can vary (Butt et al., 2025).
...resulted in significant impacts on learning (Cromley & Runzhi, 2025).
Author prominent examples:
Butt et al. (2025) investigated the use bubble alarms in cardiopulmonary bypass procedures and...
Cromley and Runzhi (2025, p. 17) suggest multimedia effects on learning can be 'more uneven' than previous studies suggest.
References
For both online and print articles in journals:
- Capitalise only the first letter of the first word in the title of an article (as well as the subtitle). Proper nouns, initialisms and acronyms are also capitalised.
- Capitalise the first letter of every main word in the journal title.
- Format the journal title and also the volume number in italics.
- Include the volume number, issue number and page range, if available.
- Include a DOI if the article has one.
- Some articles may have a URL instead of a DOI, and they may be included; however, DO NOT include a link to a library database. See DOIs and URLs for more information.
Article with a DOI
Author, Initials. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers. DOI
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
Article without a DOI
Reeve, W., Ardley, J., Tian, R., De Meyer, S., Terpolilli, J., Melino, V., Tiwari, R., Yates, R., O'Hara, G., Howieson, J., Ninawi, M., Zhang, X., Bruce, D., Detter, C., Tapia, R., Han, C., Wei, C., Huntemann, M., Han, J., … Kyrpides, N. (2014). Genome sequence of the Listia angolensis microsymbiont Microvirga lotononidis strain WSM3557 (T). Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9(3), 540–550.
Article with a URL
- Note: Only provide a URL if no DOI.
- Never use a Library database URL.
Author, Initials. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers. URL
Stegmeir, M. (2016). Climate change: New discipline practices promote college access. The Journal of College Admission, (231), 44–47. https://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/NACAC/nacac_jca_spring2016/#/46
Article with no DOI or URL
Author, Initials. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers.
Baker, B. C., Buckenmaier, C., Narine, N., Compeggie, M. E., Brand, G. J., & Mongan, P. D. (2007). Battlefield anesthesia: Advances in patient care and pain management. Anesthesiology Clinics, 25(1), 131–134.
Borton, J. L. S., Markowitz, L. J., & Dietrich, J. (2005). Effects of suppressing negative self-referent thoughts on mood and self-esteem. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 172–190.
Article with an article number / eLocator
- If the journal article has an article number or eLocator, include the word “Article” and then the article number instead of the page range.
Author, Initials. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), Article article number or locator. DOI
Butt, S. A., Lidegaard, Ø ., Skovlund, C., Hannaford, PC., Iversen, L., Fielding, S., & Morch, L. S, (2018). Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of pancreatic cancer: A cohort study among premenopausal women. PLoS ONE, 13(10). Article e0206358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206358
Advance online publication
Advance online publication can refer to a work that has not yet been assigned a volume, issue or page numbers. It can also refer to a work that has been peer reviewed but not yet copyedited or formatted for final production.
In-text citation
Trezise et al. (2014) studied working memory in adolescent males…
References
Author, Initials. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal. Advance online publication. DOI
Trezise, K. L., Gray, K. M., Taffe, J., & Sheppard, D. M. (2014). Working memory in adolescent males with Down syndrome and males with autism and intellectual disability: Implications for the classroom. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. Advance online publication. https://doi:10.3109/13668250.2013.874550
In press
Use the term in press to refer to a peer-reviewed article accepted for publication in a future issue of a journal.
Pachur , T., & Scheibehenne, B. (in press). Unpacking buyer-seller differences in valuation from experience: A cognitive modelling approach. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Review in a journal
In-text citation
Mirabito and Heck (2016) …
References
Reference the review author, but include details of the material under review in square brackets.
Author, Initials. (year, month day). Title of article. [Review of the book/film Title of book/film by Initials. Author/Director] Title of Journal, volume(issue), page numbers. DOI
Mirabito, L. A., & Heck, N. C. (2016). Bringing LGBTQ youth theatre into the spotlight [Review of the film The year we thought about love, by E. Brodsky, Dir.]. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 3(4), 499–500. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000205